OFFICE OFTHE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND PROVOST

Enrollment Plan 2012/2013; Undergraduate Admission Targets for 2012/2013

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Enrollment Management and Planning at its meeting of

February 15, 2012 gives rise to the following motions:

That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the 2012/2013 Enrollment Plan attached as

That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the 2012/2013 DOMESTIC undergraduate

admission targets to each Faculty, by semester and basis of admission category as indicated in Table CI in

That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the 2012/2013 INTERNATIONAL

undergraduate admission targets to each Faculty, by semester and basis of admission category as indicated in

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2011/12 Funded Domestic Program FTEs (pgmFTEs) and New Student Intakes:

SFU was funded for 17,682 undergraduate full-time equivalents (pgmFTE) in 2011/12 and the SFU

Enrolment Plan pgmFTEs target for 2011/12 is 18,158 (excluding coop pgmFTEs). The End-of-

Week-3 Enrolments indicate that we have achieved 17,911 actual undergraduate pgmFTEs this year

(excluding Co-op but including 69 distance learning and undeclared FTE’s). This represents 98.6%

of the 2011/12 undergraduate pgmFTEs plan of 18,158 as shown in section 6p of the SFU Enrolment

New domestic student intake targets for 2011/12 were 5,303 (478 in summer, 3,961 in fall and 864 in

spring). However, we admitted 5,186 new students (401 in summer, 3,845 in fall and 940 in spring)

or 97.8% thereby falling short of our pgmFTE target. (See Table 1 for 2011/12 Senate Approved Plan

undergraduate domestic and international enrolment and new intake targets and Table 2 for

2011/12 Actual enrolment and new intakes by Faculty. The totals may not add up due to rounding.)

Table 1: 2011/12 Plan Enrolment and New Student Intake Targets

Table 2: 2011/12 Actual Enrolment and New Student Intakes

Appendix B provides further details of new undergraduate domestic and international student intake

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2011/12 Unfunded International pgmFTEs and New Student Intakes:

SFU’s internal target for full cost recovery international students was 3,177 pgm FTE’s for 2011/12

(or 17.5% of the domestic student target). The actual international student enrolment is 3,618

pgmFTEs which equals 20.2% of our domestic student enrolment. We achieved 113.9% of this target

In order to meet the above pgmFTE targets of 3,177, the total new international student intake

target was set at 927 for 2011/12 (194 in summer, 446 in fall and 287 in spring). Due to a high

number of qualified international students, we admitted 174.9% of our intake target or 1,621 new

international students this year (272, 879 and 470 in each of the three terms).

Historical New Intakes and pgmFTEs (Plan/Senate Approved vs. Actual)

The new intake targets for each semester are determined by first allocating FTE capacity to

undergraduate students returning from previous semesters. Retention rates and course loads for

continuing students are assumed to remain the same as in the previous year. The remaining FTE

capacity determines how many new students are to be admitted. Within each semester, there are

three groups of students for which separate basis of admission targets are identified. These are

students entering from BC secondary schools, transfer students from BC colleges and university

colleges, and a collection of groups labelled as “Other”. Other includes students transferring from

other universities, students pursuing a second degree, mature students, secondary school

graduates from other Canadian provinces, visiting, special entry, concurrent studies, BC grade 11,

BC technical schools, etc. Starting 2012/13, basis of admission targets will be identified for three

new groups: 1) Secondary (which includes high school students from BC, Canada and abroad); 2)

Postsecondary (which includes college transfers both within and outside BC, university transfers,

CEGEP and students from technical institutes); and 3) Other (which includes all other admission

categories including mature students, degree holders, special entry, visiting, concurrent studies,

etc.). Table 3 indicates total new intakes and pgmFTEs, (target and actual) from 2007/08 to 2011/12.

Table 3: Undergraduate New Intakes and pgmFTEs (2007/08 – 2011/12)

first year that new intakes are tied to non ‐

and actual) indicated for 2011/12 are for non‐

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The Simon Fraser University Enrolment Plan (see Appendix A) indicates actual student enrolments

from 2005/06 to 2011/12 and planned enrolments from 2011/12 through 2018/19. The 2011/12 Actual

and 2011/12 Actual* columns indicate the same numbers except in the WAFTE section. WAFTE

changes were made in FCAT and EDUC effective 2012/13. An undergraduate pgmFTE is calculated

by accumulating all undergraduate units taken by all students in each undergraduate program and

dividing by the applicable full-time load for each program. An activity FTE (AFTE) for a Faculty is

calculated by multiplying the number of units for every course offered by the Faculty by the number

of students in every course and dividing by 30. The Weighted FTE (WAFTE) for a Faculty is calculated

by multiplying the AFTEs by a weight which reflects the relative cost of delivery.

To be consistent with other research universities, a coop term is defined as a full load for the

purpose of counting undergraduate FTEs starting 2011/12. The definition of coop as full-time was

already in effect for graduate students starting 2010/11. Starting 2011/12, the SFU Enrolment Plan

includes new sections where undergraduate coop FTEs are reported separately. For example,

sections 8p and 9p show only undergraduate domestic and international coop FTEs respectively.

Sections 6p and 7p contain pgmFTEs without coop FTEs and provide the enrolment targets starting

2011/12 and going forward for each Faculty for domestic and international program enrolments

respectively. Sections 4p and 5p provide total pgmFTEs (including coop) by faculty and show the

actual pgmFTE totals up to 2011/12 for undergraduate domestic and international enrolments. The

actuals going back to 2005/06 have been restated to reflect the 8-Faculty restructure in 2009/10 and

the move of ARCH to the Faculty of Environment in 2011/12.

With respect to undergraduate enrolment, the 2011/12 actual undergraduate pgmFTE enrolment

currently exceeds the Ministry funded pgmFTE enrolment of 17,682 (17,911 non-coop plus 1,132

coop) by 1,361 pgmFTEs. The goal is to decrease the domestic enrolment overage by half by 2016/17

and increase the international undergraduate enrolment by a corresponding number such that the

total undergraduate enrolment (without coop) remains close to the 2011/12 plan level of 21,335 (see

Starting 2012/13, the graduate FTEs are indicated for Regular and Specialty graduate programs.

Regular graduate programs are research-based and generally charge a semester tuition fee, while

the Specialty programs are professional-based and generally charge a per credit tuition fee. The

2012/13 graduate FTEs are projections from each Faculty.

As shown in the SFU Enrolment Plan, the 2012/13 undergraduate funded pgmFTE target for

domestic students (excluding Coop FTEs) is 17,836 (see section 6p of the SFU Enrolment Plan). The

proposed international FTE target for 2012/13 is 3,560 and approximately 20% of domestic funded

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Based on the university and faculty pgmFTE targets in the Enrolment plan, Institutional Research

has estimated that SFU would need to admit 5,545 domestic and 962

international new students. See Table 4 below for a breakdown by Faculty.

Table 4: Proposed 2012/13 New Intakes and Program by Faculty

Appendix C provides further details of proposed new domestic and international student intake

targets for 2012/13 using the new categories of Secondary, Postsecondary and Other.

To project for new intakes in 2012/13, the IRP projection model uses data including headcounts, credits, credit-loads and retention

rates by categories of new and continuing students in 2011/12 to estimate the pgmFTEs likely generated by returning students

(pgmFTEs.ret) in 2012/13. The gap between planned pgmFTEs and pgmFTEs.ret has to be closed by pgmFTEs generated by new

intakes. The model shows how many new intakes are required to achieve the planned pgmFTEs. After acquiring the number of new

intakes required by Faculty, term and basis of admission, IRP then tweaks the new intakes within the model in consultation with the

Business and Policy Analysis unit of the Registrar’s Office using their estimates of new admits by GPA cut-offs, by term and basis of

admission to ensure that the distribution of proposed new intakes match as closely as possible with the number of qualified

At Feb 15, 2012 SCEMP, FASS, BUS, FCAT, FENV and SCI agreed to an adjustment of their 2012/13 undergraduate domestic and/or

international new intake targets such that the net impact on the university’s total new intake target is zero i.e., the university’s new

intake targets remain at 5,545 and 962 for domestic and international, respectively. With the agreed adjustments, it would be

difficult for these Faculties to meet their individual Faculty planned pgmFTEs as per the SFU Enrolment Plan unless their planned

pgmFTEs were also adjusted. The IRP projection models were re-run using the agreed new intakes to project the resulting

pgmFTEs by Faculty and the SFU Enrolment Plan was revised to reflect the projected pgmFTEs as the 2012/13 planned pgmFTEs by

Faculty. The university’s planned undergraduate domestic pgmFTE target (without coop) changed from 17,829 to 17,836 and its

planned undergraduate international pgmFTE target changed from 3,506 to 3,560, as a result.

17,682 17,682 17,682 17,682 17,682 17,682 17,682 17,682 17,682 17,682

26,317 26,287 26,320 26,325 26,325 26,325 26,325

23,158 23,117 23,107 23,028 22,930 22,930 22,930

Note: Section 2p is the sum of sections 4p, 5p and 10p.

22,646 22,477 22,397 22,320 22,216 22,216 22,216

19,839 19,669 19,568 19,426 19,242 19,242 19,242

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22,502 22,441 22,441 22,441 22,441 22,441 22,441

19,856 19,785 19,742 19,658 19,559 19,559 19,559

Note: Section 4ph is the sum of sections 4p and 5p.

18,831 18,631 18,517 18,435 18,331 18,331 18,331

16,537 16,337 16,203 16,056 15,872 15,872 15,872

Note: Section 4p is the sum of sections 6p and 8p.

19.5% 20.4% 21.2% 21.7% 22.4% 22.4% 22.4%

Note: Section 5p is the sum of sections 7p and 9p

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21,396 21,335 21,335 21,335 21,335 21,335 21,335

18,880 18,809 18,766 18,682 18,584 18,584 18,584

Note: Section 6pnc is the sum of Sections 6p and 7p

17,836 17,636 17,522 17,440 17,336 17,336 17,336

15,663 15,463 15,329 15,182 14,998 14,998 14,998

16.6% 17.3% 17.9% 18.3% 18.7% 18.7% 18.7%

20.0% 21.0% 21.8% 22.3% 23.1% 23.1% 23.1%

Note: 2005/06-2008/09 show reported actuals restated for 2009/10 restructured Faculties. The transfer of ARCH to FENV in 2011/12 is also restated to 2005/06. The 2011/12 Actual and Actual* are the same for pFTEs

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11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1%

Note: Section 10p is the sum of sections 11p and 12p

Note: Starting in 2011/12 Coop is defined as full-time and carrying 15 units per term. In prior years, Coop carry the units assigned in SIMS. This change makes SFU consistent with the definition that coop is a full load

Note: Starting in 2011/12 UGRAD Coop is defined as full-time and carrying 15 units per term. In prior years, Coop carry the units assigned in SIMS. This change makes SFU consistent with the definition used by other

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Note: Section 11p is the sum of sections 13p and 15p.

Section 12p is the sum of sections 14p and 16p.

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Note: Starting 2010/11, a Graduate Coop student is treated as a full-time student.

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17,780 17,780 17,780 17,780 17,780 17,780 17,780 17,780 17,780 17,780

26,263 26,238 26,281 26,293 26,303 26,303 26,303

22,573 22,543 22,548 22,480 22,393 22,393 22,393

Note: Section 2a is the sum of sections 4a, 5a and 10a.

22,551 22,385 22,313 22,243 22,148 22,148 22,148

19,356 19,193 19,102 18,964 18,785 18,785 18,785

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22,676 22,623 22,631 22,639 22,649 22,649 22,649

19,589 19,533 19,503 19,431 19,343 19,343 19,343

Note: Section 4ah is the sum of sections 4a and 5a.

18,964 18,771 18,664 18,589 18,494 18,494 18,494

16,372 16,183 16,057 15,914 15,735 15,735 15,735

Note: Section 4a is the sum of sections 6a and 8a.

19.6% 20.5% 21.3% 21.8% 22.5% 22.5% 22.5%

Note: Section 5a is the sum of sections 7a and 9a

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21,571 21,518 21,526 21,534 21,544 21,544 21,544

18,614 18,558 18,528 18,455 18,368 18,368 18,368

Note: Section 6anc is the sum of Sections 6a and 7a

17,969 17,776 17,669 17,594 17,499 17,499 17,499

15,499 15,310 15,183 15,041 14,862 14,862 14,862

20.0% 21.1% 21.8% 22.4% 23.1% 23.1% 23.1%

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11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1%

Note: Section 10a is the sum of sections 11a and 12a

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Note: Section 11a is the sum of sections 13a and 15a.

Section 12a is the sum of sections 14a and 16a.

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WAFTE TARGETS = AFTE TARGET X 2008/09 WAFTE/AFTE

27,442 27,442 27,442 27,442 27,442 27,442 27,442 27,442 27,442 27,442

47,848 47,825 48,702 48,173 48,115 48,820 48,227

40,985 40,993 41,520 41,081 40,889 41,310 40,956

Note: Section 2w is the sum of sections 4w, 5w and 10w.

42,213 41,961 42,656 41,996 41,773 42,477 41,884

36,127 35,920 36,296 35,747 35,413 35,834 35,480

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34,227 34,209 34,247 34,288 34,342 34,342 34,342

29,489 29,464 29,434 29,327 29,202 29,202 29,202

Note: Section 4wh is the sum of sections 4w and 5w.

28,591 28,345 28,202 28,111 27,999 27,999 27,999

24,631 24,390 24,210 23,993 23,726 23,726 23,726

Note: Section 4w is the sum of sections 6w and 8w.

19.7% 20.7% 21.4% 22.0% 22.7% 22.7% 22.7%

Note: Section 5w is the sum of sections 7w and 9w

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33,675 33,656 33,695 33,736 33,790 33,790 33,790

29,002 28,976 28,946 28,839 28,714 28,714 28,714

Note: Section 6wnc is the sum of Sections 6w and 7w

28,094 27,848 27,704 27,614 27,502 27,502 27,502

24,194 23,953 23,774 23,557 23,290 23,290 23,290

19.9% 20.9% 21.6% 22.2% 22.9% 22.9% 22.9%

Actual* reflects the change in SCA weights applied to WAFTEs starting 2012/13.

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11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1%

13,621 13,616 14,455 13,885 13,773 14,477 13,885

11,496 11,530 12,086 11,754 11,687 12,108 11,754

Note: Section 10w is the sum of sections 11w and 12w

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Note: Section 11w is the sum of sections 13w and 15w. 2011/12 Actual* reflects the EDUC WAFTE change starting 2012/13.

Section 12w is the sum of sections 14w and 16w.

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Table B1: 2011/12 New Domestic Student Intake Targets

by Faculty, Basis of Admission and Semester - All Campuses (Headcount)

BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL

Table B2: 2011/12 New Domestic Student Intake Actuals by Faculty, Basis of Admission and Semester - All Campuses (Headcount)

BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL

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Table B3: 2011/12 New International Student Intake Targets by Faculty, Basis of Admission and Semester - All Campuses (Headcount)

BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL

Table B4: 2011/12 New International Student Intake Actuals by Faculty, Basis of Admission and Semester - All Campuses (Headcount)

BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL BC12 BCCOL OTHER TOTAL

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Table C1: Proposed New Domestic Student Intake Targets

% DISTRIBUTION OF NEW DOMESTIC STUDENT INTAKE TARGETS

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Table C2: Proposed New International Student Intake Targets

%DISTIBUTION OF NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INTAKE TARGETS

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