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Maties student athletes graduate
Close on 100 Stellenbosch University student athletes graduated in the 2017 academic year during graduation ceremonies in December (2017) and March (2018). The graduates were members of a variety of Maties Sport clubs, including the High...
Jakes helps keeping the lights on
Jakes van Deventer is our electrical services foreman at Facilities Management. Think loadshedding, then think Jakes. He is receiving this award today in recognition of his outstanding work to ensure that our campus community can function...
Civil Engineering will be well represented at RILEM in the Netherlands
Wibke de Villiers, Mohamad Pourbehi, and Dr Stephan Zeranka (who obtained his PhD qualification during the December 2017 graduation ceremony) were recently awarded PhD grants to participate in the 72nd RILEM annual week in Delft, the...
Rector shares SU’s biggest highlights of 2019 at staff assembly
From awarding more than 9 000 qualifications the past academic year, to LaunchLab being named the top business incubator at a university in Africa, Stellenbosch University (SU) had many highlights to celebrate at the last Staff Assembly for...
IPB student attends SASRI postgrad symposium
Ms Malira Masoabi, a postgraduate student from the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB), was invited to attend the annual year-end symposium of the South African Sugar Association (SASA), held in Mount Edgecombe in KwaZulu-Natal. This...
Palliative care becomes part of FMHS undergraduate medical curriculum
The final year medical students of 2020 will be the first at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) to qualify who have completed a short course in palliative care (PC) as part of their curriculum. PC...
First Congolese doctor in AgriSciences at SU
Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of the higher education institutions in South Africa that consistently produces the most PhDs in the country. Some of these doctorates are also awarded to students from other African countries. One such...
Search for new drugs motivates Malawian biochemist’s doctoral studies
An interest in the discovery of new drugs to combat the scourge of infectious diseases in Malawi, has inspired Dr Collins Edward Jana since 2008 to persist in his efforts to finally obtain a PhD in Biochemistry from Stellenbosch University...
Injection with cheaper drug could help against diabetic eye disease
Diabetic eye disease (diabetic retinopathy) is one of the leading causes of blindness globally and treatment can be quite expensive, especially in low and middle-income countries, including South Africa. But, there's hope for people...
Looking back on 2018 – highlights at the Institute for Plant Biotechnology
The year 2018 at the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB) at Stellenbosch University was another busy and productive year. One of the core functions of the IPB is to train students. In this regard, research work completed during 2018...