BLOEMFONTEIN, 18 September 2025: The University of the Free State (UFS) launched Greener SA, a five-year initiative to plant 400 000 trees across South Africa, at the Paradys Experimental Farm on Friday 12 September 2025. Backed by the Mastercard Foundation through the TAGDev 2.0 programme and RUFORUM, the project brings together government, industry, students, and academics around a shared commitment ...

From 2026, the University of the Free State (UFS) will offer its first four-year Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, alongside new MSc and PhD programmes in Ecological and Nature-based Engineering Sciences – preparing graduates to address sustainability challenges in food, water, energy, and the environment. BLOEMFONTEIN, 4 September 2025: For the ...

In an effort to alleviate the burden of water contamination, Prof Patricks Voua Otomo, Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of the Free (UFS) is researching how mushrooms can be used to significantly reduce the toxicity of water. The degradation of river systems in South Africa has been linked primarily to the ...

In a concerted effort to address the challenges and impact of climate change in Southern Africa, the University of the Free State (UFS) together with the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) established four new research chairs within the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS). ...