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The University of the Free State (UFS) wishes to confirm that the following financial concessions have been made to enable students to register for the 2024 academic year:
- Students with confirmed NSFAS funding:
- Students with a confirmed National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding allocation for 2024 with a debt of R20 000 and less may register fully without making any payments.
- First-time entering students (FTENS) with a confirmed NSFAS funding allocation for 2024 may register fully without any payments.
- Students with a confirmed NSFAS funding allocation for 2024 with a debt of R30 000 and less may register provisionally and pay the required fees* for provisional registration.
- South African self-paying (NON-NSFAS) students:
- SA students with a debt of up to R500 may register fully without making any payments.
- SA students with a debt of up to R30 000 may register provisionally and pay the required fees* for provisional registration.
- FTENS not on UFS funded list:
- Students who are not on the funded list but report that they have been approved on their portal must contact our
Financial Aid Offices urgently so that the university can escalate to NSFAS.
The university will have continuous engagement with the National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to resolve outstanding matters. The university’s Financial Working Group (FWG) will meet regularly to determine how it can best assist students taking into consideration the financial constraints of the university.
Agricultural centre holds first auction for the year
2008-01-22
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The University of the Free State's (UFS) Lengau Agricultural Development Centre presented its first auction for this year. About 500 sheep and 320 cattle were auctioned. The auction, which was handled by BKB, is a service that the UFS is rendering to commercial as well as emerging farmers and will in future be presented monthly. At the auction were, from the left: Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS), Mr Dawid Botha (Manager at BKBLouwid), Mr Wynand Boshoff (seller of livestock), and Dr Léan van der Westhuizen (Head of the Lengau Agri Development Centre at the UFS).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs |