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Celebrate 70th

Awards and milestones

70 years of remarkable milestones: FMHS celebrates its legacy of impact

Throughout 2026, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University will be celebrating a remarkable milestone: 70 years of advancing...
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Robyn Adams

Medicine and health

Stellenbosch University researcher leads HPV advocacy on world stage

In a landmark appointment coinciding with Cervical Cancer Awareness Month – observed in South Africa in September – Dr Robyn Adams of the Department of...

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MMLC

Media release

Stellenbosch University launches Africa's most advanced Medical Morphology Learning Centre

Stellenbosch University (SU) today officially opened the Medical Morphology Learning Centre (MMLC), establishing Africa's largest and most technologically...

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Prof Soraya Bardien

Awards and milestones

Prof Soraya Bardien wins prestigious Women's Leadership Award

Professor Soraya Bardien of Stellenbosch University (SU) has been awarded the prestigious Higher Education Resource Services South Africa (HERS-SA) Women...

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NSTF Awards

Awards and milestones

SU shines at ‘Science Oscars’

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) took home three prestigious accolades at the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards, also known as...

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Operation Maties Bikes

Impact

Operation Maties Bikes boosts activity and mobility in rural communities

When Stellenbosch University's (SU) transport department began renewing its bicycle fleet, Dr Leslie van Rooi, SU Senior Director of Social Impact and...

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Prof Louis Jenkins

Awards and milestones

Prof Louis Jenkins receives international medical award

When Professor Louis Jenkins received an email announcing he'd won a prestigious international award for 'Excellence in Health Care', his first instinct was to...

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