Academics
SFU has been rated as Canada's best comprehensive university (in 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) in the annual rankings of Canadian universities in Maclean's magazine since 1991. The Higher Education Strategy Associates ranked Simon Fraser University 6th nationally in Science and Engineering and 10th nationally in Social Sciences and Humanities. Research Infosource, Canada’s leading provider of research intelligence evaluation, named SFU the top comprehensive university in Canada for “publication effectiveness” in 2006. Similar to most Canadian universities, SFU is a public university, with more than half of funding coming from taxpayers and the remaining from tuition fees.
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| Simon Fraser University | |
| ARWU World | 201-301 |
| ARWU Natural Science & Math | 151-200 |
| ARWU Engineering & CS | 151-200 |
| ARWU Social Sciences | 76-100 |
| THE-WUR World | 226-250 |
| Canadian rankings | |
| ARWU National | 8-17 |
| HESA Science/Engineering | 6 |
| HESA Social.Sci/Humanities | 10 |
| Maclean's Comprehensive | 1 |
| THE-WUR National | 10-15 |
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
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