Prof Louise Viljoen has been named as this year's winner of the Jan H Marais prize for outstanding contributions to Afrikaans as an academic language by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science...

The new Statute ( click here) of Stellenbosch University (SU) has taken effect, having been published in the Government Gazette on 16 August 2019. It was adopted by the SU Council in November 2018 and signed by the Minister of Higher...

​​Most people find the sounds of steel creaking to be highly irritating. However, for mechanical engineer Prof Anriëtte “Annie" Bekker, that's what life is all about. She leads a research programme at Stellenbosch University that examines...

​ ​This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article here . Midlevel health workers can play an important role in addressing shortages of health professionals and improving access to care. This is especially...

​Justice Edwin Cameron, academic, jurist, author and recently retired Constitutional Court judge, was elected to the office of Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) today (25 September 2019). An electoral college comprising members of...

​​​​Prof Wim de Villiers has been appointed for a second five-year term as Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) – from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025. It was a unanimous decision by the SU Council at its third scheduled...

Seven Maties, of whom two students of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, were under the Top 100 GradStars who gathered in Johannesburg last week for two days of learning and recognition as part of the 2019 GradStar Awards. A...

​​​​Paralympians “push the envelope" as hard as any elite athlete, but they have additional medical challenges that SU researchers are helping them overcome. The Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ISEM) at the Faculty of Medicine and...

​​​An Economic Management and Sciences Faculty member's knack for using photo novels ( fotonovelas) to address key health issues has been recognised by the Western Cape Department of Health who commissioned him to develop a storybook to...

In support of Heart Awareness Month, members of the Stellenbosch University (SU) community participated in the #MyHeartYourHeart fun run/walk from Helshoogte Road to Coetzenburg athletics stadium on Wednesday 25 September. The event was...