History: Master of Arts (MA) is a master's degree in History programme offered by Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. The programme runs for 5 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 2,193 per semester (CAD 2,193 per semester for local students).
SFU's History MA runs through the same major study areas as the department's PhD, the Americas, Asia, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, and asks for a 3.33 undergraduate GPA in history or a closely related field over the final two years of study. All students take a historical-methods course and a professional-development workshop, then choose between a thesis option, which pairs three further courses with an 18-unit, 15,000-to-21,000-word thesis, and a course-intensive option, which instead pairs six further courses with an oral-examined field essay or project. Program length runs four to six terms, current SFU undergraduates can apply up to 10 units toward an accelerated master's, and students must show reading ability in a non-English language, with French specifically required for anyone whose research focuses on Canadian history.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.33 / 4.33
Admission Requirements: The History MA normally requires an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.33 over the final two years of study, together with a bachelor's degree in history; a degree in a closely related discipline may be accepted in exceptional cases. Beyond that department-stated GPA figure, the program page states only that applicants must satisfy SFU's general graduate admission conditions under Graduate General Regulations 1.3, which is where English-language proficiency is set; the institution-wide thresholds are IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (6.0 per band) or TOEFL iBT 90 overall (20 per section). PhD-track candidates in the same department are additionally expected to demonstrate reading ability in a language other than English acceptable to their supervisory committee.
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.
