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09 January 2020 | Story Valentino Ndaba

Are you a first-year or senior student in need of essential registration information? Look no further, below is your official guide to the process.

Bloemfontein Campus:
First-year students:
20 – 24 January 2020: On-campus registration

Senior students:
9 January – 7 February 2020: Online registration
27 – 31 January 2020: On-campus registration

On-campus registration:
Callie Human Centre, Bloemfontein Campus
Weekdays from 08:00 to 15:00

South Campus:
First-year and senior students:
13 January 2020: UAP: Education (excluding international students)
14 January 2020: UAP: Natural and Agricultural Sciences (excluding international students)
15 January 2020: Higher Certificate: The Humanities (excluding international students)
16 January 2020: Higher Certificates: Economic and Management Sciences and second-year extended EMS programme (excluding international students)
17 January 2020: All international students (all faculties)

On-campus registration:
Madiba Hall, South Campus, Bloemfontein
Weekdays from 08:30 to 15:30

Sub-regions:

Motheo: 20 January 2020
Motheo TVET College: Bloemfontein Campus
09:00-15:00

Bethlehem: 21 January 2020
Maluti TVET College: Bethlehem Campus
09:00-15:00

Welkom: 22 January 2020
Moruti House / Goldfields TVET Skills College: Welkom
09:00-14:00

Kwetlisong: 23 January 2020
Maluti TVET College: Phuthaditjhaba Campus
09:00-14:00

Oudtshoorn: 27 January 2020
South Cape TVET College: Oudtshoorn
09:00-14:00

Sasolburg: 28 January 2020
Flavius Mareka TVET College: Sasolburg
09:00-14:00

Qwaqwa Campus:
First-year students:
8 - 17 January 2020: On-campus registration

Senior students:
9 January 2020: Online registration
27 – 31 January 2020: On-campus registration

On-campus registration:
Main Entrance and Mandela Hall, Qwaqwa Campus
Weekdays from 08:00 to 15:00

Please bring the following when you come to register:
- Your identity document (ID)
- NSC (Grade 12 results, N4, N5, N6 certificates – if applicable; NCV L4 certificate – if applicable)
- Proof of payment/bursary/NSFAS (first payment has to be done FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO REGISTRATION)
- Financial agreement form (credit-facility form that was sent to you by the UFS)
- ID of the parent or third party that signed the financial form
- Black pen
If you are younger than 18 years on the day of registration, your parent/legal guardian has to approve and sign the registration form with you.

Please note that you need to make the following payment five (5) days prior to registration:

First payments for registration 2020 (please click on the link to view the document).

Registration enquiries:
If you have any queries, contact the Student Service Centre at +27 51 401 9666 or send an email quoting your student number to studentadmin@ufs.ac.za. Our friendly staff is ready to assist you.

Password enquiries:
If you have any password related queries, contact the ICT helpdesk on +27 51 401 2000 and select option two.

Information on academic advice before registration

More information on registration, and how to add/change modules

Important information for 2020 first-year students

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Most read articles in international journal authored by UFS academics

2011-10-06

Prof. James du Preez, Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, and Prof. Lodewyk Kock, Outstanding Professor in the same department.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

FEMS Yeast Research, the top international journal in this field of research, recently announced their three "most read articles" of 2011, based on the number of downloads from their website. Of these three published papers, two are from the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology at the University of the Free State (UFS). They are:

The article with the title, The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae – the main character in beer brewing, was authored by Prof. Bettie Lodolo and Mr Martin Brooks (Brewing Consultant and Chief Brewer of the SAB Ltd. Brewing Centre of Excellence in Alrode, Johannesburg, respectively), Prof. Lodewyk Kock (Outstanding Professor in the UFS Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology) and Prof. Barry Axcell (Global Chief Brewer, SABMiller, Sandton). Prof. Lodolo is also an Affiliated Professor in the UFS’s Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology,

The authors of the second paper entitled The alcohol dehydrogenases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a comprehensive review, are Dr Olga de Smidt (Researcher at the Central University of Technology and a former Ph.D. student of the UFS Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology); Prof. Koos Albertyn from the above department, and Prof. James du Preez Senior Professor and Head of this department.

The article by Lodolo et al. was also listed as one of the three most cited articles of 2010 published in this journal.

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