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ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 UNDERGRADUATE REGISTRATIONS FOR THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce that all undergraduate registrations for 2025 will be conducted fully online across all three campuses Bloemfontein, South and Qwaqwa. But there will be venue available for those who will require academic advising or experiencing problems when registering. Please take note of the registration schedule below to ensure a smooth registration experience. Click HERE to register.

Note: Senior students marked as ORANGE on their ADS must visit the faculty to receive academic advice before proceeding with registration. All other students can complete their registration entirely online and remotely.

Bloemfontein Campus

Venues for academic advising are as follows:

Education Building: Room 12 (Senior and FET Phase Students)
Education Building: Room 13 (Intermediate Phase Students)
Education Building: Room 15 (Foundation Phase Students)

South Campus

Foundation Phase Students

Venue: Madiba Arena

ACT and Grade R Students

Venue: Admin Building, 304 Boardroom

Qwaqwa Campus

Registration dates 15-17 January - Registration for 1st and 2nd year students
27-28 January - Registration for 2nd year students
29-31 January - Registration for 4th year, final-year, and senior students with a few outstanding modules, as well as extended program students
3-5 February - Registration for 1st and 3rd year students
6-7 February - Continued registration for 3rd year and PGCE students

Academic advising at the Qwaqwa Campus will be held in the Sedibeng Education Building, in Rooms 12C and E00012.

NB: The academic advising venues will operate from 08:00 to 16:30 daily during the registration period.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

2025 Faculty of Education Yearbook: Before registering, we encourage you to view the Yearbook, which is available HERE. This will help you to select the courses that align with your academic goals.
Academic Advising: Programme Directors (Academic Advisors) will be stationed in the above-mentioned venues on all campuses throughout the registration period. Curriculum advice is an essential part of the registration process wherein students consult trained academic staff to plan their curriculum for the year ahead. Obtaining curriculum advice differs according to what level of studies you are undertaking.
Payment Information: Please be mindful of the payment deadlines associated with your registration. Please make sure that you pay the registration fee and clear any financial hold before commencing with registration. For more details on payment methods and deadlines, please click HERE
Student fees and clearance: Students are advised to contact finance for any enquiries related to financial holds at FinAidEnquiriesBfn@ufs.ac.za and FinAidQwa@ufs.ac.za. In case of difficulties and checking any academic holds, kindly contact the Student Service Centre help desk by telephone at +27(0) 51 401 9111 or email at studentadmin@ufs.ac.za.
Residence: to get more information about the residence please click HEREand select the campus you will be studying at.

Commencement of lectures: The classes commence on 10 February 2025.

IMPORTANT DATES

The First Year Welcoming and Orientation are as follows:

Bloemfontein and South Campuses
Date: 08 February 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00
Venue: Modlec Hall, Modular Building (Bloemfontein Campus)

Qwaqwa Campus
Date: 14 February 2025
Time: 12:00
Venue: L5

All newly registered undergraduate students are expected to attend the welcoming and orientation programme which will take place on the above dates. During this time students will be informed about the University, faculty staff members, its structures, important services available to them, and how to access those services.

2025 ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS (NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS)

Please be advised that the Postgraduate registrations will be fully online. Click HERE to register. The registrations and academic advising will take place as follows:

Bloemfontein Campus

Bachelor of Education Honours and Postgraduate Graduate Diploma in Higher Education

Date: 13 January 2025 – 7 February 2025
Venue: Winkie Direko Building, Office WD 139

Masters and PhD

Date: 13 January 2025 – 31 March 2025
Venue: Winkie Direko Building, Office WD 139

Qwaqwa Campus

Bachelor of Education Honours

Date: 13 January 2025 – 7 February 2025
Venue: Mandela Hall

Master’s and PhD

Date: 13 January 2025 – 31 March 2025
Venue: Mandela Hall

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

2025 Faculty of Education Yearbook: Before registering, we encourage you to view the Yearbook, which is available HERE. This will help you to select the courses that align with your academic goals.
Academic Advising: Programme Directors (Academic Advisors) will be stationed in the above-mentioned venues on all campuses throughout the registration period. Curriculum advice is an essential part of the registration process wherein students consult trained academic staff to plan their curriculum for the year ahead. Obtaining curriculum advice differs according to what level of studies you are undertaking.
Payment Information: Please be mindful of the payment deadlines associated with your registration. Please make sure that you pay the registration fee and clear any financial hold before commencing with registration. For more details on payment methods and deadlines, please click HERE.
Student fees and clearance: Students are advised to contact finance for any enquiries related to financial holds at FinAidEnquiriesBfn@ufs.ac.za and FinAidQwa@ufs.ac.za. In case of difficulties and checking any academic holds, kindly contact the Student Service Centre help desk by telephone at +27(0) 51 401 9111 or email at studentadmin@ufs.ac.za.
Residence: to get more information about the residence please click HERE and select the campus you will be studying at.

For more information about the registration contact the following officials:

Bloemfontein Campus Carike Swart at SwartGC@ufs.ac.za (BEd Honours and Postgraduate Graduate Diploma in Higher Education) and Christa Duvenhage at DuvenhageCS@ufs.ac.za (Masters and PhD)

Qwaqwa Campus

Dr Nkosinathi Mpalami at MpalamiN@ufs.ac.za or Thatsi Maitse at MaitseTT@ufs.ac.za (for Bed Honours, Masters and PhD

RELOCATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (FOUNDATION PHASE) IN THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION TO THE SOUTH CAMPUS IN 2023

Due to the University of the Free State Council-approved Multi-Campus Management Model, this communication seeks to inform prospective first-year students and Stakeholders that the Department of Childhood Education (Bloemfontein Campus Foundation Phase) has relocated to the South Campus.

All staff members (academics and support) are already operating from the Campus, and therefore, all first-year students (undergraduate) who have applied for the Foundation Phase, when admitted, will register, and attend all lectures at the South Campus, from 2023 onwards. Foundation Phase will be offered at the South Campus and Qwaqwa Campus. The Faculty of Education will communicate the necessary information and share all the details with students before the commencement of the first semester classes.