Fraser International College (FIC) is located in Burnaby, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and was opened in September 2006.

FIC is a private educational business that operates under agreement with Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

. Courses at FIC are designed in consultation with faculty and departments at SFU, which allows for an oversight of course material and quality.

While under original and preliminary discussions at SFU, the FIC proposal (then called IBT) was the source of a great deal of controversy. FIC is operated by Navitas Limited, a publicly listed Australian educational company (formally International Business and Technology Education Ltd.).

FIC currently has more than 1300 students enrolled. Students in FIC come from more than 35 countries/regions.