University of the Free State

The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (Council of the South African Academy for Science and Arts) recently announced the prestigious academy awards for 2024. This year, the Junior Captain Scott Memorial Medal in…

The University of the Free State (UFS) recently launched an exciting research project to produce a critical institutional history of the UFS. Led by Prof Saleem Badat, Research Professor in the Department of History, this initiative is part…

The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of the Free State (UFS) is the first university department in the region to collaborate with ORBIS, an international non-profit dedicated to combating avoidable blindness. The department…

A vibrant energy pulsed through the University of the Free State (UFS) Qwaqwa Campus on 12 and 13 April 2024 as 1 187 graduates proudly donned their academic regalia and walked across the stage to receive their degrees. This momentous…

The University of the Free State (UFS) Qwaqwa Campus celebrated the graduation of one of its lecturers, Dr Motsekiso Letuma from the Department of Education, Policy and Comparative Education in the Faculty of Education. Dr Letuma's…

“Definitely, it is a great way of testing whether you really understand a topic if you can explain it to someone else in a way that makes sense. It also provides you the opportunity to make international friends and connections and to hear…

A trio of 2024 University of the Free State (UFS) honours-degree graduates recently represented the UFS at the 2024 Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM) Conference.…

The Office for International Affairs (OIA) at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently hosted the Umoja Buddy Programme’s (UBP) annual welcoming function. The event, which took place on 15 March at Rag Farm on the Bloemfontein…

An academic and researcher from the University of the Free State (UFS) is one of just two South African researchers to co-author the latest guidelines for extracellular vesicle (EV) research by the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles.…

On 2 February 2024, the Dallmayr Mrs South Africa Semi-finalists for 2024 were announced. Katlego Mogorosi, an alumna of the University of the Free State (UFS), is one of the semi-finalists.  She obtained a BSc in Genetics and a PG…