All of these scholarships, awards and bursaries are supported through a combination of operating funds, interest from endowments and private donations. The Off Campus Housing Office at SFU has a current listing of landlords and roommates in the surrounding communities who offer accommodation to SFU students. Listings are updated and posted regularly, displaying locations and costs, and indicating whether the accommodation is a room, an apartment, a townhouse, a house, single occupancy or shared. Another program offered in 3rd week of December and first week of January prior to Spring semester. A thorough series of events including social, academic, personal and educational enhancement type activities follow the orientation periods.
Intramural leagues can include soccer, rugby, volleyball, basketball, badminton and other sports.
Every SFU student has a free computer account offering access to e-mail and the Internet. Courses are offered each semester in software use, and six labs on campus are open to all students for coursework on 400 microcomputers of various kinds. Another 400 computers are available for students in various department programs. International Involvement Exchange programs with approximately 50 universities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Field schools in such countries as China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Fiji, Mexico and Thailand.