Graduate Diploma Fees

* This will be refunded if there are insufficient numbers and the program is cancelled.

** All students living in or taking courses within the Metro Vancouver area are automatically enrolled in the U-Pass plan and fees are charged along with tuition. For further information or to find out how to get your U-Pass, please go to the U-Pass website.

*** All graduate students are automatically enrolled in an extended medical/dental plan and fees are charged along with tuition. There are limited opportunities to opt out of the plan if you do not require coverage. For further information or to opt out, please go to the Plan website at ihaveaplan.ca (or contact Plan administrators directly at 1.866.369.8795).

Fees may be paid by one of the following methods.  Please note that all payment methods require a student number.

• Internet/telephone banking through your personal financial institution. (If a 10-digit number, add a “0” to the beginning of your student number.)

• Direct payment at Student Services, Burnaby Campus (MBC 3000). Direct payment at Student Services, Burnaby Campus (MBC 3000). Payment can also be made at Harbour Centre and SFU Surrey. (This service is free of charge but students must know what fees are due—the Student Services staff may not be able to check this.)

• Cheque or money order payable to Simon Fraser University sent to Field Programs (GDE), Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6.

Fees must be paid by the end of the third week of the Term. A penalty of 2% of outstanding fees will be charged where the balance of the fees is not paid by the end of the fourth week of the university term, plus 2% of outstanding fees for each four-week period thereafter.

Withdrawal in the first month of the term will result in a refund of 75% of the tuition fees and in the second month of the term a refund of 50% of the tuition fees. No other refund will be made.

Refunds are calculated from the date the student officially notifies the Field Programs office in writing of his/her withdrawal from the term and/or from the University.

Fee credits issued by SFU Professional Programs for supervision of student teachers may be applied to fees in a Graduate Diploma program. The certificate value is calculated at the prevailing per-credit rate for undergraduate course fees, i.e. $163.80 per credit. For new regulations regarding the use of TFCs and instructions on redeeming them, please see the Tuition Fee Credit webpage.