​​“Work hard, work smart. Sit down every day and study. Know what your dream is." This is the advice of Thabo Mthombeni who emerged as the top student in the 2020 Stellenbosch University (SU) SciMathUS programme. The programme, managed by...

First-year students at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were, for the first time in history, welcomed virtually to the Tygerberg Campus, where they will conduct their studies for the next four to six...

​​Scattered exposures of Cretaceous sediments in remote portions of western New Mexico include the muddy slopes and cliff-forming sandstones of the Moreno Hill Formation. Extensive river systems carried both eroded mountains and volcanic...

​International Women's Day was celebrated on Monday (March 8). In opinion pieces for the media, Profs Juliana Claassens (Department of Old and New Testament) and Soraya Seedat (Department of Psychiatry) argue that women have the right to be...

​The Library and Information Service is pleased to announce that we have signed agreements with a number of publishers that make it easier for our researchers to publish in open access with these publishers, and in some cases to even...

Even though the Covid-19 pandemic has caused disruption and uncertainty, it has also offered us many opportunities that we should capitalize on and use to the best of our ability. This is the view of Prof Portia Jordan from the Department...

We still rely heavily on coal to generate electricity, but with an ageing fleet of coal-fired power plants we should perhaps start to tap into our abundant offshore wind energy resources to help address future electricity shortages. “If we...

​While the Covid-19 pandemic might have caused major disruptions in higher education, it couldn't dent Stellenbosch University's (SU) reputation as one of the best tertiary institutions in the world. This is confirmed by the 2021 Times...

​​Reports in the media over the last few days (since 5 March 2021) highlighted various issues pertaining to the implementation of Stellenbosch University's current Language Policy (2016), and also the use of especially Afrikaans in...

Hannah Simba, a PhD candidate in Public Health (with the African Cancer Institute), has received the L'Oreal Sub-Saharan Africa Women in Science PhD Fellowship. Simba, who is currently working on her PhD study on the topic of oesophageal...