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07 January 2020
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Dear Prospective UFS Student,
Please note this important information regarding 2020 admission and registration:
- Matric results will only be released on 8 January 2020. The UFS will then evaluate all applications for admission.
- Therefore, admission offers will be made from 9 January 2020 onwards.
- Final decisions are made subject to the availability of space, academic results, and other entry requirements where applicable.
- Communication to inform you of your admission status for each programme that you have applied for will be sent from 9 January 2020.
Registration:
- Registration information will be sent once you have accepted the admission offer.
- Bloemfontein Campus first-year students must report for registration from 20 to 24 January 2020.
- No assistance is available before this time.
- Qwaqwa Campus first-year students must report for registration on 9 January 2020.
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New Albert Wessels Auditorium officially unveiled
2013-05-19
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Dr Johan van Zyl (President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toyota South Africa and CEO for Toyota Africa) and Judge Ian van der Merwe (Chairperson of the UFS Council) unveil the redesigned Albert Wessels Auditorium.
Photo: Johan Roux
20 May 2013 |
The swanky new interior and entrance of the Albert Wessels Auditorium WA) were officially unveiled on Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) on Friday 10 May 2013.
Prof Jonathan Jansen, UFS Vice-Chancellor and Rector, and Judge Ian van der Merwe, Chairperson of the UFS Council, presided over the AWA unveiling ceremony. They were joined by a special guest, whose company has a long affiliation with the UFS and the AWA in particular.
Dr Johan van Zyl, the current President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toyota South Africa and CEO for Toyota Africa, unveiled the commemorative plaque at the new entrance. Dr Van Zyl reaffirmed the relationship between Toyota South Africa and the UFS, which can be traced back to the founder of his company.
The namesake of the AWO was the founder of Toyota South Africa. Dr Wessels was at one time married to Elizabeth Eybers, the acclaimed poet who won the Hertzog Prize in 1934 and 1971. Could she have inspired Wessels’ love of the arts? Regardless, the AWA will serve as a world-class facility for the arts, corporate meetings and seminars, from now on. The AWA can now seat 196 people on its luxurious red leather seats.