University of the Free State
Multi-campus public university in South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The University of the Free State (Sesotho: Yunivesithi ya Freistata, Afrikaans: Universiteit van die Vrystaat) is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It was first established as an institution of higher learning in 1904 as a tertiary section of Grey College.[3] It was declared an independent Afrikaans-language university in 1950 and the name was changed to the University of the Orange Free State. The university has two satellite campuses. Initially a whites-only precinct, the university was fully de-segregated in 1996. The first black university vice-chancellor was appointed in 2010.[4]
Universiteit van die Vrystaat Yunivesithi ya Freistata | |
Former names | Grey University College (1904–1935) University College of the Orange Free State (1935–1950) |
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Motto | In Veritate Sapientiae Lux (In Truth is the Light of Wisdom) |
Type | Public university |
Established | 1904; 120 years ago (1904) |
Chancellor | Prof Bonang Francis Mohale |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof Francis Petersen |
Rector | Prof Francis Petersen[1] |
Students | 41,169 (2023) [2] |
Undergraduates | 34,446 (2023) [2] |
Postgraduates | 6,396 (2023) [2] |
Location | , South Africa |
Campus | Bloemfontein Campus (Main Campus) South Campus (Bloemfontein) Qwaqwa Campus (Phuthaditjhaba, Free State) |
Website | www |