The Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University would like to extend a warm welcome to our first-year students of 2021. Despite the many challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown regulations, we are ready to provide you with...

People around the world are engaging in various forms of physical exercise. They are active, keeping fit & participating in the sports they love... But, what if you or one of your friends are one of the 50 million people world-wide that...

​​Stellenbosch University and Paul Roos Gymnasium have signed an agreement to develop a self-sustaining indoor cricket facility on the school's property, facing the main cricket oval. SU will furthermore develop a multi-purpose sports field...

​World Cancer Day, spearheaded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), is commemorated on 4 February each year and is a unifying initiative bringing the global community together to elevate the profile of cancer in a positive...

Dr Gretha Steenkamp, one of the top lecturers of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, was recently awarded a Teaching Fellowship from Stellenbosch University (SU). The Fellowship will allow her to implement the South African...

​Prof Thuli Madonsela, Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Law, has been appointed as Knight of the Legion of Honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur). The French Legion...

​​Prof Ada Jansen, Chair of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University, delivered her inaugural lecture on Tuesday 12 September 2023. The title of her lecture was “Tax revenue...

Thursday (4 February) is World Cancer Day. In an opinion piece for Health24, Prof Anna-Mart Engelbrecht (Department of Physiological Sciences) writes about how advances in personalised medicine and biotechnology offer new hope for cancer...

​Prof Deresh Ramjugernath has officially taken up his position as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor​​: Learning and Teaching at Stellenbosch University (SU). In an interview with SU's Corporate Communication and Marketing Division, Prof...

A multi-stakeholder platform which aims to boost the use of water-smart technologies by farmers in Limpopo, Free State and Mpumalanga will be launched on 23 February 2021. The Triple Helix (3H) initiative will provide a platform for farmers...