University of the Free State UFS Department of Geography

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University of the Free State UFS Department of Geography

University of the Free State UFS Department of Geography – Check below:

The department resides in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, but also caters for students in the Faculty of the Humanities. It is a focused and dynamic department where students are more than just numbers. Students are exposed to real-world issues, and are taken on excursions to expose them to practical environmental and developmental problems.

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) features strongly in undergraduate as well as postgraduate programmes of the department.

What can I become after studying Geography?

  • Environmental manager
  • Environmental impact assessor/auditor
  • Town and regional planner
  • GIS specialist in private and public sectors
  • Work in local, provincial, and national government departments related to land-use change, strategic spatial planning, housing planning
  • Work in integrated development planning and local economic development
Undergraduate Studies

Closing date: 30 September

  • Natural and Agricutural programmes and admission requirements
  • Humanities programmes and admission requirements
  • Undergraduate Prospectus
  • Faculty Booklet
  • Faculty Rule Book (Bloemfontein Campus)
  • Faculty Rule Book (Qwaqwa Campus)
  • Apply online
See also  University of Western Cape UWC Department of Xhosa
Postgraduate Studies

Closing date – Honours: 30 September
Master’s and PhD: No specific date

  • Natural and Agricutural programmes and admission requirements
  • Humanities programmes and admission requirement
  • Postgraduate Prospectus
  • Faculty Rule Book 2021-2022 (Bloemfontein Campus)
  • Faculty Rule Book 2021-2022 (Qwaqwa Campus)
  • Apply online
Programme Director (Academic Enquiries)

Eldalize Kruger
E:  KrugerE@ufs.ac.za
T:  +27 51 401 2185

General Enquiries

Nolene van Dyk
E:  VanDykN@ufs.ac.za
T:  +27 51 401 2255

Head of Department

Dr Charles H Barker
E:  BarkerCH@ufs.ac.za
T:  +27 51 401 2554