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Welcome, Class of 2023! Ready to register?

26 January 2023 | Story Valentino Ndaba

UFS Registration 2023 — Ready to register? Get informed on the registration process.

The University of the Free State is excited to welcome you in 2023. Curriculum advice and registration are from 30 January to 17 February for senior students, and from 3 to17 February for first-year students.

All first-year students are encouraged to download the first-year student registration guide to get more information about the registration process. Senior students need to read the senior student registration guide. The postgraduate student registration guide outlines the enrolment process for all programmes and modules available to postgraduate students.

Before starting the registration process, you must speak to your faculty to request curriculum advice. Read the registration activity guide, a user manual created to give you the support you need if you require technical assistance. The service request management user manual will direct you on how to receive the assistance you need if you run into technical problems.

Frequently Asked Questions

Look no further if you need answers to your registration-related questions. You can get help from the frequently asked questions (FAQ) platform. In addition, first-year students can also browse the first-year orientation webpage for more details on what to do before, during, and after registration. For further details on each topic, click the plus sign (+) on the orientation website.

Registration contact details

Institutional Contact Centre: +27 51 401 9111

Email: studentadmin@ufs.ac.za

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UFS researcher receives prestigious science award

2009-10-12

Prof. Esta van Heerden from the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology recently received the prize for the 2009 Young Scientist of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the Department of Science and Technology and the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf) during the award ceremony held at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria last week. The evaluation committee, which includes some of South Africa's top scientists, was particularly impressed by Prof. Van Heerden’s outstanding self-initiated research, her record of training postgraduate students, the potential contribution of her research to South African society and her involvement in furthering the public awareness of science. Prof. Van Heerden’s research is currently continued in the UFS BioPAD Metagenomics Platform. Here she is with Ms Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology and Prof. Robin Crewe, President of ASSAf.
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