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Winners of the 2025 Absa Stokvel awards

Awards and milestones

Two SU lecturers combine academic accountability and financial freedom in unique stokvel

A stokvel that funds education, fights procrastination and invests in community upliftment has earned two Stellenbosch University (SU) lecturers top honours at...

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Engineering and technology

SU Engineering students earn international recognition at IEEE BioDCASE 2025

Two postgraduate students from the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University have earned international recognition at one of...

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Awards and milestones

Meet the recipients of the 2026 Prestige Bursary

In 2024, the SU Law Trust established the Prestige Bursary to reinforce our commitment to an excellent and diverse student body. Awarded to two incoming first...

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Institutional news

SU ranked among 300 best universities in new TIME Magazine ranking

If early performances are anything to go by, 2026 could shape up to be a very strong year for Stellenbosch University (SU) in global higher education rankings. ...

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A photo of Abigail Kok, South Africa’s top public-school matriculant.

Awards and milestones

South Africa’s top learner ‘super excited’ to become a Matie

Abigail Kok can be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed. The week after she was announced as South Africa’s top national achiever in the 2025 National...

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A photo of Dr Alfred Schaffer

Media release

Dr Alfred Schaffer awarded prize for strengthening literary ties between South Africa and the Netherlands

Dr Alfred Schaffer, a senior lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded the prestigious Van Ewijk...

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Institutional news

SU features among leading higher education institutions globally in several subject areas

As the new academic year approaches, it’s welcome news that Stellenbosch University (SU) continues to feature among the leading higher education institutions...

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As a 2020 matriculant, Keesha’s final year of high school unfolded against the backdrop of a global pandemic. Masks, social distancing, and unprecedented disruption defined what should have been a celebratory milestone.

Awards and milestones

Keesha Petersen’s resilience rewrites her future

Keesha Petersen remembers exactly how she felt in 2021, staring at her matric results. The numbers on the page told a story she couldn’t and wouldn’t accept.

As...

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A scene from one of the videos where a Deaf storyteller interprets a children’s storybook in South African Sign Language.

Media release

SU’s Handlab and Book Dash open new worlds for Deaf children

A quiet revolution underway in early childhood literacy didn’t begin in a classroom, but in a studio where Deaf storytellers rehearse, sign and retell African...

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