Applicants are normally required to hold an undergraduate degree in a related field with a minimum of 3.0 GPA on SFU's 4.33 scale (B average or 70%). Applications from students with other degrees or with equivalent professional training and experience will also be considered.

Applicants from a wide diversity of backgrounds may apply to do graduate studies in REM. A recently completed bachelors degree, including a university-level course in statistics is required. Prospective PhD applicants should contact faculty and are expected to have a masters degree.
Applicants to the School of Resource and Environmental Management must have completed an undergraduate course in parametric and nonparametric statistics. It is expected that new students will have acquired and be familiar with the following concepts/methods prior to entry in the School:

describing distributions graphically and quantitatively (e.g. mean, median, standard deviation)
basic concepts of statistical inference (e.g. calculating test statistics and comparing p-values with an alpha value)
basic inferential tests (t-tests, simple ANOVA, chi-square)
simple linear regression and correlation.
GRE scores are not required.

IELTS - Overall band score of 7.0 of the academic (NOT general) test with a minimum of 6.5 in each section. TOEFL IBT - 93, with a minimum score of 20 in each category. For the paper-based TOEFL test, the University normally requires a score of 580, with TWE 5. Pearson Academic (PTE) - Overall 65 minimum 60 in all of their sections.