​Teaching and Field tripsThe BSc Earth Sciences is based on a balance of class room and field work teaching. It includes 52 days of fieldwork deepening the knowlede aquired in class for both Applied and Environmental Earth Sciences and...

​ The Earth Sciences department regularly offers community outreach projects for learners and school teachers Delft high school learners visited the departement to learn about climate change on 23 October 2019. The grade 10 learnes were...

​​​After spending the last four years working on her Bachelor in Social Work (BSW) degree, Loandrie Potgieter will be among the 5 853 students who will graduate at the 2019 December graduation ceremonies at Stellenbosch University (SU)...

“The power of changing the country is in the hands of the citizens. We are the government. We voted them in and can vote them out." This was one of the inspiring messages in the acceptance speech of the internationally acclaimed actor and...

He realised as an impoverished teenager that if he could get an education and become a primary school teacher, he would at least be able to afford a cup of tea in the morning. But when Dr Peter Msaka from Nkhotakota in Malawi walked on...

Doctoral graduate started working at age 12 to support household Dr Virginia Dlamini–Akintola's story of commitment and perseverance started in the village Ntondozi in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland). She was nine...

​​​Welcome to Earth Sciences ​Our undergraduate Earth Science programme combines observational and field skills with the necessary scientific background. All courses aim to develop critical thinking and improve your problem-solving toolkit...

​When Prof Ben van Heerden looks back on his long career at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), one aspect stands out: His passion to establish new ideas and practices and then move on to the next challenge. He initially...

​​In a momentous ceremony held on the evening of June 5th, 2023, aboard a Portuguese Navy Ship docked in South Africa, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa presented Prof Tulio de Oliveira with the distinguished Order of Merit Medal...

When occupational physicians have to make difficult calls related to health and safety in the workplace, they shouldn't be loyal to either workers or employers because it could influence their behaviour or cloud their judgments. “Because...