Latest News Archive
Please select Category, Year, and then Month to display items
27 March 2023
|
Story Valentino Ndaba
![]()
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.
UFS hosts schools festival
2010-08-19
 |
From the left are: Neville Engelbrecht, Director: Arts Education, Prof. Nico Luwes, Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the UFS, Dangazele and Coletane Carey, CSI Specialist: Sasol.
Photo: Mangaliso Radebe |
The University of the Free State (UFS) recently hosted a two-day Sasol Free State/Northern Cape Schools Festival presented on the Main Campus. The festival provided young South Africans with a unique opportunity to develop their entire person – mind, body and soul. It also offered them a chance to explore the diverse South African cultural heritage through encounters with their peers and new creative expressions. The guest speaker was actress and director, Nobulali Dangazele, who is also the founder and leader of ShakesExperiential. The festival is a project of the Grahamstown Foundation. .