Sustainable Development Certificate at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada is a certificate in Sustainable Development programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,263 per credit (CAD 221 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Sustainable Development
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 221 / credit
International tuition: CAD 1,263 / credit
Information for the 2025/26 academic year · Last checked September 2026 · Source: sfu.ca · How we collect data ·
Program details
Overview
This certificate covers foundational engineering principles, design practices, current technologies, and the economics and policies tied to the global cleantech sector. It builds a multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving through paid co-op work experience, paid laboratory work, and collaborative research opportunities. Graduates are prepared to work in sustainable food and water solutions, clean power generation and use, sustainable manufacturing, smart cities, renewable energy, or the cleantech sector broadly.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This certificate is not an external entry point: SFU's Resource and Environmental Management program states that students wishing to enrol normally must already be admitted to and currently registered in an SFU degree program, and must be in good academic standing at the time of enrolment. No separate application, application fee, or admission deadline is published for the certificate itself. Beyond good standing, enrolment requires the approval of the REM Academic Advisor, who is to be contacted directly before a student registers in the certificate's course sequence; the page does not describe a formal review process beyond that advisor sign-off. Neither the certificate page nor the wider REM admissions material publishes a minimum cumulative GPA threshold, a specific secondary-school course list, or an English-language test score for this certificate, since it draws only from students who have already cleared SFU's regular undergraduate admission requirements through their home degree program.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, with one set of dates per applicant type rather than by citizenship. Fall 2027 entry: high-school-route applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027, while transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027 (Education and Contemporary Arts transfer applicants may apply from 1 October 2026). Spring 2027 entry runs 1 July to 15 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry runs 1 December 2026 to 15 January 2027. Admission documents are generally due 28 February 2027 (Fall) and offers must be accepted by 1 May. International applicants use the same EducationPlannerBC dates and portal; SFU publishes no separate international deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
