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27 March 2023
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Story Valentino Ndaba
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This year, the University of the Free State will witness one of its biggest graduation seasons yet. A total of 19 ceremonies will take place this April. The Qwaqwa Campus will host four ceremonies from 14 to 15 April and the Bloemfontein Campus will host fifteen celebrations from 18 to 22 April 2023.
A grand total of 8 628 graduates will walk across the stage throughout the seven days. In addition, four honorary doctorates will also be conferred. Prof Stephen Brown will be awarded the Council Medal, Prof Mattheus Lötter is to receive the Chancellor's Medal.
Qwaqwa Campus Graduation Ceremonies
Bloemfontein and South Campus Graduation Ceremonies
For more information on guides and attires, click here.
Download the graduation schedule
here.
Region workshop on biosafety held at UFS
2009-07-17
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A workshop for countries in the Southern African region on biosafety was presented at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein by the GMO Testing Facility at the UFS in collaboration with the SANBI, the South African National Biodiversity Institute, and the Norwegian Centre for Biodiversity, GenØk. Seventy participants with fourteen resource people, among them scientists, policy makers and regulators, attended the workshop on holistic foundations and assessment and regulation of GMO organisms. Seen here are, from the left: Prof. Chris Viljoen (Department of Haematology and Cell Biology at the UFS), Dr Theressa Frantz (SANBI) and Dr Jan Husby (Centre for Gene Ecology in Norway).
Photo: Stephen Collett |