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Graduations
The UFS will honour all graduates during the upcoming graduation ceremonies to be held in the Callie Human Centre on the UFS Bloemfontein Campus from 9 to 11 December 2019.


During the upcoming graduation ceremonies, the University of the Free State (UFS) will confer a number of qualifications on the Bloemfontein Campus on 9, 10 and 11 December 2019 in the Faculties of Education; the Humanities; Law; Theology and Religion; Economic and Management Sciences; Natural and Agricultural Sciences; and Health Sciences. 517 National Professional Diplomas and Advanced Certificates will be awarded to students graduating from the UFS South Campus University Access Programme.

An additional 147 master’s and doctoral degrees will be conferred in the Faculties of Education, Economic and Management Sciences, Health Sciences, the Humanities, Law, and Theology and Religion.

For more information about the upcoming graduation ceremonies and events, visit the UFS graduation ceremonies page.

Graduates can read through the Bloemfontein Graduations: Preparing for Graduations - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), which contain the necessary information for graduates to note during the graduation processions.
 
Graduation ceremonies for the different faculties will take place on the following dates:

9 Dec 2019
14:30: South Campus: Open Distance Learning 
Certificates and diplomas

10 Dec 2019
09:00: Faculties of Education, the Humanities, Law, and Theology and Religion 
All certificates, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, and honours degrees

14:30: Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences and Natural and Agricultural Sciences 
All certificates, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, and honours degrees

11 Dec 2019
09:00: Faculty of Health Sciences
All certificates, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, and honours degrees

14:30: All Faculties 
Master's and doctoral qualifications

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UFS 2015 group for Stanford Sophomore College announced
2015-06-09

Photo (from left to right):
Farzaana Adam, Cornel Vermaak, Anje Venter, Tristan van der Spuy, Precious Mokwala and Naushad Mayat.

Six second-year students from the UFS were selected to attend a two-week seminar at the Stanford Sophomore College in August/September 2015.

The Stanford Sophomore College (SoCo) is an immersive learning experience. Participants attend class meetings during the morning while afternoons include class activities, explorations of Stanford University (USA), field trips, and other organised events.

Since 2012 UFS students have been invited to apply. This year’s successful applicants were recently announced. They are:

•    Farzaana Adam
B. Accounting student
Attending the SoCo seminar on Great Ideas in Computer

•    Naushad Mayat
Medicine student
Attending the SoCo seminar on HIV/AIDS Epidemics

•    Precious Mokwala
Social Sciences student
Attending the SoCo seminar on Photography: Truth or Fiction

•    Tristan van der Spuy
B. Accounting student
Attending the SoCo seminar on A Walk Down Wall Street

•    Anje Venter
Actuarial Science student
Attending the SoCo seminar on New Millenium Mix: Cross between Race and Culture

•    Cornel Vermaak
Medicine student
Attending the SoCo seminar on The Intersection between Arts and Science


SoCo group of 2014 announement:
http://www.ufs.ac.za/templates/news-archive-item?news=4019 
2012:
http://www.ufs.ac.za/templates/news-archive-item?news=2344

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