​​​The Southern Ocean's role in driving the global carbon cycle may be stronger than expected as the biological carbon pump is not “switched off" in winter as previously thought. Based on the most comprehensive winter study to date...

South African universities are part of a society where “incredibly high levels of violence" are perpetrated – much of it against women. The responsibility to address this lies not only with universities but with the whole of society. A...

The following article by Johann Kirsten and Helanya Fourie was published in The Conversation of 15 October 2021 under the title Municipalities can play a key role in South Africa's economic development. Here's how: ​ Local economic...

A new open access book, written by Prof Wim van Petegem, Dr JP Bosman, Miné de Klerk and Dr Sonja Strydom, looks at what it takes to become a digitally agile scholar. The manual explains how academics can comfortably navigate the digital...

When Stellenbosch University (SU) fifth-year medical student Abdul-Mutakbir Aziz was 17 and attending school in Cape Town, an evening spent job-shadowing a doctor in a hospital was the turning point at which he decided he was going to study...

​“Always be receptive to learning, not only from those who have more academic knowledge than you, but also from people with real world experience." – Suleiman Sungay, BSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (2018) Suleiman Sungay...

“Your career is your own. The quicker you find your passion, the easier it will be to attract the opportunities that will harness that passion" – Dr Nonkululeko Radebe, MSc-degree in Polymer Science from Stellenbosch University, and a PhD...

Dear students and colleagues As we prepare for a well-deserved mid-year break, allow me to share with you the arrangements for learning, teaching and assessment for the second semester, which commences on Monday 18 July 2022. At the final...

​​​Research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and communities in the Western Cape were high on the agenda during the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between Stellenbosch University's School for Climate Studies and...

( Cofa apha ukuze ufumane isiXhosa) ​​The Council of Stellenbosch University held its second of four scheduled meetings for the year on Monday 20 June 2022. As has become our custom, we again met in hybrid mode, with some members...