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University of the Free State

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Bloemfontein, South Africa
1001每1200th in World University Rankings 2025
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<厙ぴ藷 class="css-1enjqce">About the University of the Free State

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institution

The University of the Free State is a public university in Bloemfontein which was founded in 1904.

It was founded as English-only and began to offer its first classes in Afrikaans in 1911. From 1948 was Afrikaans-only and in 1993 adopted a Parallel Language policy. It declared English its main language in 2016 and in 2021 formed the academy of multingualism, promoting in particular Sesotho, Afrikaans and isiZulu.

Students can study at the faculties of health science, law, education, theology and religion, humanities, economics and management science.

The undergraduate microscope laboratory is the largest in Africa and the robotic telescope at the observatory is one of only seven of its type.

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<厙ぴ藷 class="css-1enjqce">Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of the Free State

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
64 F : 36 M (1)
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International student percentage
2% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
34.6 (1)
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Student total
31831 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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<厙ぴ藷 class="css-1enjqce">Subjects Taught at the University of the Free State

See below for a range of subjects taught at the University of the Free State

Arts and Humanities

  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Art, Performing Art and Design
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics

Business and Economics

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business and Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

Computer Science

  • Computer Science

Education Studies

  • Education

Law

  • Law

Life Sciences

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Sport Science

Medical and Health

  • Medicine and Dentistry

Physical Sciences

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Physics and Astronomy

Psychology

  • Psychology

Social Sciences

  • Communication and Media Studies
  • Geography
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Sociology