University of the Free State

The University of the Free State is a public multi-campus university in Bloemfontein, the Free State's capital and the country's judicial center. It was founded as a tertiary section of Grey College in 1904 as an institution of higher learning. In 1950, it was renamed the University of the Orange Free State and declared an independent Afrikaans-language university. There are two satellite campuses for the university. The institution, which was once a whites-only neighborhood, was entirely desegregated in 1996. In 2010, the first black vice-chancellor of a university was appointed.

The Bloemfontein Campus of the institution is located near the city center. There are two satellite campuses for the university. One is in Bloemfontein, known as South Campus, while the other is in the former homeland of QwaQwa, which was part of the University of the North until 2003.

More than 20 sports, medical facilities, and cultural activities, spanning from politics to outdoor life and the creative arts, are available at the university's sporting facilities. It has a student center, the IRAWA, a student newspaper, and KovsieFm, a school radio station. A library, The Sasol Library, as well as the Frik Scott medical library, a career and advice center, a student theater, and a computer center are available to students.

Established1904

Location: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

Website: https://www.ufs.ac.za/