13 December 2022 | Story Valentino Ndaba

Get ready to register in 2023 by familiarising yourself with all the crucial details about the formal enrolment procedure at the University of the Free State (UFS). The institution encourages all incoming first-year and senior students to regularly visit the registration website for comprehensive information.

Important registration dates:


30 January-17 February 2023: Curriculum advice and registration for senior students
30 January-17 February 2023: Curriculum advice and registration for postgraduate (honours and PGDip) students unless communicated otherwise by your faculty)
6-17 February 2023: Curriculum advice and registration for first-year students
20 February 2023: Classes start
24 February 2023: Last date to add or change modules 
21 March 2023: Last date to cancel modules with full credit 
31 March 2023: Last date to add or change modules (master’s and doctoral)

What’s the next step?


The UFS registration page contains step-by-step guides with comprehensive instructions on registering to assist students better and simplify the registration process.

Find the following guides on the page:

Faculty-specific registration assistance:


For a specific advising schedule, make sure first to visit your faculty for more details.

Need registration support?


Parents, first-year, senior, and international students may direct registration inquiries to the institutional contact center and the WhatsApp chatbot.

Institutional Contact Centre: +27 51 401 9111 
WhatsApp chatbot: +27 87 240 6370 



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