Awards and milestones
Meet the recipients of the 2026 Prestige Bursary
In 2024, the SU Law Trust established the Prestige Bursary to reinforce our commitment to an excellent and diverse student body. Awarded to two incoming first...
Institutional news
SU ranked among 300 best universities in new TIME Magazine ranking
If early performances are anything to go by, 2026 could shape up to be a very strong year for Stellenbosch University (SU) in global higher education rankings. ...
Awards and milestones
South Africa’s top learner ‘super excited’ to become a Matie
Abigail Kok can be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed. The week after she was announced as South Africa’s top national achiever in the 2025 National...
Media release
Dr Alfred Schaffer awarded prize for strengthening literary ties between South Africa and the Netherlands
Dr Alfred Schaffer, a senior lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded the prestigious Van Ewijk...
Institutional news
SU features among leading higher education institutions globally in several subject areas
As the new academic year approaches, it’s welcome news that Stellenbosch University (SU) continues to feature among the leading higher education institutions...
Awards and milestones
LIV: Local and International Global Goals
The Local and International Global Goals (LIV) Project is an experiential learning collaboration between VUC Storstrøm (Denmark) and Stellenbosch University...
Awards and milestones
Keesha Petersen’s resilience rewrites her future
Keesha Petersen remembers exactly how she felt in 2021, staring at her matric results. The numbers on the page told a story she couldn’t and wouldn’t accept.
As...
Media release
SU’s Handlab and Book Dash open new worlds for Deaf children
A quiet revolution underway in early childhood literacy didn’t begin in a classroom, but in a studio where Deaf storytellers rehearse, sign and retell African...
Media release
‘Skut gat and dala’ – pioneering Master’s research captures the lived reality of Winelands womxn
“Coloured* identity needs a bietjie room to breathe.” This line from Chérise Adams’ Master’s thesis stays with the reader and only crystallises once you grasp...
Media release
Dr Florence de Vries’ PhD shaped by loss, purpose and care
Dr Florence de Vries has spent her career thinking carefully about the power of storytelling – who wields it, who benefits from it and who can be harmed by the...