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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.

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Inaugural lecture: Microbial interaction in foods

2005-09-06

Prof Bennie Viljoen from the Department of Microbial- Biochemical and Food Biotechnology at the University of the Free State (UFS) will deliver his inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 7 September 2005 at 19:00 in the CR Swart Auditorium on campus.

The topic of the lecture is “Microbial interaction in foods: Emphasis on yeasts”.

Prof Viljoen was appointed as lecturer in the Department of Food Science at the UFS in 1989. He was promoted to senior lecturer (1994), associate professor (1997) and professor (2004) in the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology.

Prof Viljoen is a NRF B-evaluated scientist, author or co-author of 63 papers in accredited professional journals and seven chapters in scientific books. He contributed to 31 international congresses; four as keynote speaker and eight on invitation, as well as 84 national conference papers. He successfully guided eight Ph D and 20 M Sc students and currently supervises for six Ph D and four M Sc students. He serves on the International Dairy Federation, the International Commission of Food Mycology and the editorial board of international journals. His research focuses on food microbiology, specialising on yeasts.

For any enquiries, please contact Ms Joan Nel at (051) 401-9301.

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Issued by:  Lacea Loader
   Media Representative
   Tel: (051) 401-2584
   Cell: 083 645 2454
   E-mail: loaderl.stg@mail.uovs.ac.za
5 September 2005

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