2025

2025

Below are key events from 2025 at the UFS, highlighting internationalisation initiatives and engagements.

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Two UFS Students Selected for Prestigious US Civic Engagement Programme
UFS Qwaqwa becomes focal point for global scientific efforts to secure SA's farms against rodents
UFS master’s student champions disability awareness and language preservation through storytelling
Glory Kamthunzi becomes South Africa's first RIBA Silver Medal recipient
Omphemetse Sothomela prepares to experience the UK through the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary
UFS students celebrate international success with consecutive master’s degrees
UFS reaches new heights with Southern Africa’s highest weather station
Prof Liezel Lues elected President of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration
UFS launches Giraffe Research Programme and Infrastructure at Amanzi Private Game Reserve
UFS launches International Institute of the Arts
UFS and US Consulate strengthen century-long academic partnership
UFS champions global collaboration as SASUF+ launches with expanded vision and impact
University of San Diego students explore sustainability and heritage at the UFS
Africa Month: Celebrating unity and positive futures at UFS
UFS academic joins UN Working Group on Corruption and Human Rights
COIL – connecting minds across borders
Redefining the future of international student policies
UFS the only university in South Africa with Platinum status for financial governance
UFS law scholars contribute to key UN Human Rights Council forum in Geneva
ASUFS Symposium strengthens collaboration on sustainability
Second Southern African Mountain Conference kicks off with a resounding start in Drakensberg
Global experts to converge on the Maloti-Drakensberg for the Second Southern African Mountain Conference (SAMC2025)nce (SAMC2025)
UFS celebrates rise of student to African Union Student Parliament
Prof Maxim Finkelstein selected as Ewha Global Fellow
Growing partnership with HSMW in Germany brings new perspectives on internationalisation
International partners visit the UFS to advance agricultural business and sustainability
Five staff members represent the UFS in the WESAF doctoral programme
UFS Among Global Top 1 000 in 2025 THE World University Subject Rankings
UFS International Studies Group - the preferred choice of top international history scholars
UFS Unit of Engineering Sciences and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences tie the academic knot

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