University reference
University of the Free State
University of the Free State, established in 1904, is an active ROR organization in Bloemfontein, ZA. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/009xwd568
- Country
- ZA
- City
- Bloemfontein
- Administrative area
- Free State
- Website
- https://www.ufs.ac.za
- Established
- 1904
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Acronyms
- UFS
- External identifiers
fundref 501100004765, 501100021092 grid grid.412219.d isni 0000 0001 2284 638X wikidata Q1678733 - Organization relationships
- Latitude
- -29.12107
- Longitude
- 26.214
- ROR last modified
- 2026-06-02
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Acronyms | UFS |
|---|---|
| FUNDREF identifiers | 501100004765, 501100021092 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.412219.d |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0001 2284 638X |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q1678733 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q1678733 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2510997985 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-06-27T07:41:39Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | University of the Free State | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.ufs.ac.za/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q258 | ||||||||||||
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Legal Issues in South Africa, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, South African History and Culture, Christian Theology and Mission, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, African studies and sociopolitical issues, Religion, Society, and Development
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
3,590.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,590.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,883.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,855.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,084.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 2,279.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,768.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,560.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,371.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,561.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,238.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,341.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,159.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 955.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 924.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 765.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
Dates and licenses apply to the specific facts and series supplied by each source.
Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 40eeb1180555
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- b70790bd74c7
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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