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Student Registration 2025
We welcome you to the University of the Free State! The 2025 academic year is fast approaching, and we can’t wait to see new and returning students on campus. Remember: Online registration opens on 7 January 2025; early registration is key to securing your place!

The University of the Free State (UFS) is excited to welcome new and returning students for the 2025 academic year. To ensure a smooth transition into university life, it is essential for all prospective and current students to familiarise themselves with the registration process.

To avoid delays, all students are advised to complete their registration as early as possible, as some programmes may have specific deadlines that differ from the general dates mentioned.

Registration methods

The UFS strongly encourages all students to use the online registration platform for a quick and easy process. This method is available for both new and returning students; please visit the official registration website for steps to register online.

However, a face-to-face, on-campus option is available to students who need additional support. Click on your relevant faculty below to learn more about the dates and on-campus venues.

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Key dates to keep in mind

First semesterSecond Semester
Online Registration 7 January - 7 February 2025 21 - 25 July 2025
Curriculum advice and registration for first-year students27 January - 7 February 202521 - 25 July 2025
Curriculum advice and registration for senior students20 January – 7 February 202521 - 25 July 2025
Curriculum advice and registration for Postgraduate students20 January – 7 February 2025 Honours and PGDip (unless communicated otherwise by your faculty)21 - 25 July 2025 Honours and PGDip (unless communicated otherwise by your faculty)
Classes start on10 February 202521 July 2025
The last date to add or change module14 February 2025
25 July 2025
The last date to cancel modules with full credit31 March 202515 August 2025

Returning master’s and doctoral students can register during the official registration period.

20 January – 31 March 2025 for the first semester or a year programme, NOT during the month they initially registered 

21 - 25 July 2025

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Should you require further guidance or have enquiries regarding the registration process, multiple avenues for support are available:

  • Institutional Call Centre: Call +27 51 401 9111 or WhatsApp +27 87 240 6370
  • Email support: Reach out to studentadmin@ufs.ac.za

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From exciting student activities to cutting-edge research, you’ll be surrounded by opportunities that challenge, support, and inspire you to take bold steps in your personal and professional growth. Welcome to a place where you don’t just learn – you thrive, evolve, and make lasting connections that will shape your future.

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2014 Intravarsity – with a twist
2014-08-12

   

 

The battle of the campuses took place over the weekend of 8–10 August 2014 as our Bloemfontein Campus hosted our Qwaqwa counterparts for the 2014 Intravarsity.

This year the event provided some exhilarating twists to the usual competition. With the theme, ‘Made at Kovsies’, the programme made room for some new and innovative activities. The new setup may even become the format for future intra- and intervarsity events at Kovsies.

For those courageous of heart and daring of body, Vishuis offered the Gladiator games. This resulted in loads of competitive fun and entertainment. On a less physical level, this year also introduced the Kovsie Gaming League. The event presented an electronic sports tournament in which students could battle it out in a digital gaming environment.

The Ultimate Frisbee tournament guaranteed a host of awkward jumps, long stretches and hearts pumping furiously. In celebration of Women’s month, a Women’s Day Fun Run was also incorporated into the weekend.

It was not a case of out with the old, in with the new, though. The usual codes like soccer, volleyball, basketball, chess and table tennis still occupied their rightful places on the programme. But this time round, cultural activities also received a place in the limelight.

A Kovsie United Music Festival provided a safe social environment for students to enjoy themselves in – and scores of feet trampled into the Rag Farm . The two campuses also engaged in a healthy clash of words during the debating event.

Most will agree, though, that the best was kept for last. The Kovsie Sêr finals on Saturday night swept each and every one up in a wave of music and cheer. The Qwaqwa sêr group, Unspoken, made their mark during the evening as they delivered an inspired guest performance. 

The winners of the various events at the 2014 Intravarsity were:

  • Basketball – East College
  • Ultimate Frisbee – East College
  • Table Tennis – North College
  • Gladiators – South College (Ladies) and West College (Men)
  • Winners of Song – Central College
  • Winners of War Cry – Central College
  • Volleyball – South College (Men) and East College (Ladies)
  • Chess – West College and Qwaqwa
  • Soccer – South College (Men) and North College (Ladies)
  • Sêr – Veritas (Men) and Soetdoring (Ladies)

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