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​​​​The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated annually on 11 February. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Prof Sibusiso Moyo...

​​World Day of Social Justice is marked annually on 20 February. In opinion pieces for the media, Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Social Impact...

Dr Yaseera Ismail, a quantum physicist in SU's Department of Physics, represented South Africa at the opening ceremony of the International Year of Quantum...

​Today's teenagers are the first generation to grow up with constant online connectivity. As smartphones are becoming more ingrained in their lives, the...

Wanted: existing creative texts written in Kaaps or Afrikaaps. Such poems, recordings of spoken word poetry, short stories, books, TikTok poems, radio and...

​​​The Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (DLTE)’s podcast series, Talking Transformative Assessment, hosted by Dr Hanelie Adendorff and Dalene...

Wanted: existing creative texts written in Kaaps or Afrikaaps. Such poems, recordings of spoken word poetry, short stories, books, TikTok poems, radio and...

In February, Stellenbosch University (SU) entered a new era for Campus Health Service (CHS) with Dr Kathy Grammer's appointment as Senior Director, succeeding...

Professor Prof Renée Blaauw from the Division of Human Nutrition at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is the recipient of...

​The highly anticipated 6^th Annual Social Justice Lecture will hopefully “ignite a fire" in people to dedicate more time, energy and resources towards social...

DLTE Teaching-Learning-Assessment Seminar 

You are invited to attend the first quarterly ​​Teaching-Learning-Assessment 

seminar of 2025, offered by the Division...

A North-South partnership between the Genomic Surveillance Unit (GSU) at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI...

​​​The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated annually on 11 February. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Prof Sibusiso Moyo...

You are invited to attend the lunch time Auxin session offered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

​Speaker: Dr Hanelie Adendorff 

Topic: AI, Literacy, and...

Enrolments for 2025 are open! 

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Stellenbosch University's (SU) Prof Kennedy Dzama, Vice-Dean for Research, Postgraduate Studies and Innovation in the Faculty of AgriSciences, has been...

A new report by Stellenbosch University’s Research on Socio-Economic Policy (Resep) group highlights critical challenges in South African education, presenting...

​It is widely accepted that English is the language of international business. No matter how talented a young person is in their field, without strong English...

​​​Last year ended on a high note for Stellenbosch University's (SU) Prof Faadiel Essop and his family. The distinguished academic in the Division of Medical...

​​The State of South Africa's Fathers 2024 (SOSAF 2024) report, released on Tuesday 4 February 2025, offers a crucial data-driven look at the realities of...

​​She has won many accolades for her incredible contribution to sport leadership and developing South African women in sport, amongst them being the first...

Prof Vernon Louw's career has taken him to many different places since he graduated with a MBChB summa cum laude from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of...

​Personalised cancer care with artificial intelligence, pseudoscience in online cancer news, better treatment for ovarian cancer, and the toxic triangle of...

​The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Stellenbosch University (SU) are pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Mohlopheni...

​As the fourth most common cancer in women globally, cervical cancer remains a major health challenge. Over 90% of deaths occur in low- and middle-income...

On 7 February 2025 from 09:00 to 12:00, over 6 000 new Matie students will participate in the Stellenbosch University (SU) Social Impact Community Morning as...

Stellenbosch University (SU) is no stranger to innovation. Africa's first electric minibus and a satellite control system manufacturer are amongst some of its...

​“Once a Matie, always a Matie!" This was the rallying cry at this year's official welcoming ceremony when thousands of newcomers took the first steps of their...

​​​At the beginning of 2024, Crestway High School in Retreat was making headlines for all the wrong reasons. With a dismal matric pass rate, it was the Western...

​The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences' (FMHS) Vice Dean: Learning and Teaching, Prof Karin Baatjes, is serious about education. So serious, in fact, that...

Stellenbosch University (SU) is proud to announce that Distinguished Professor of Education, Prof Jonathan Jansen, has been named the 2025 recipient of the...

To raise funds and awareness for rare disease patients, Stellenbosch University's Rare Disease Genomics Research Group​ is holding an online auction of original...

​The Department of Physics in Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Science is pleased to welcome two astronomers into its academic ranks: Dr Rob Adam, who joins...

​​Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), was unanimously elected to the office of Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) today...

Ladies and gentlemen, we have exciting news!

#Move4Maties is taking on the iconic 2025 Cape Town Cycle Tour.  We are going big this year aiming for a Maroon...

Thousands of excited newcomer students and their families are expected to arrive in Stellenbosch over the next few days ahead of the University's official...

​​Stellenbosch Business School is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Chris van der Hoven as its new Senior Director, effective 1 January 2025. This...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) once again counts among the best universities in the world in the subject areas of Law, Medical and Health (formerly Clinical and...

​A tour of Cape Town when she was a Grade 11 learner at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in Gauteng prompted Vuyokazi Hlwatika to study at Stellenbosch...

Enumerative combinatorics and applications of this field of mathematics to computer science was the theme of a two-week long CIMPA School hosted by Stellenbosch...

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Professor Doreen Kaura is one of only 25 global experts selected to develop maternal health norms for a World Health Organisation...

A major new book on the ecology and management of one of the most destructive invasive weeds in Africa, is now available online.

The book, titled The Ecology and...

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) is part of a groundbreaking fellowship programme that over the next three years will produce more than 100 scientific leaders...

In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming the landscape of healthcare innovation in Africa, the Mastercard Foundation, the Centre for Epidemic...

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Rectorate has approved the names of the two new residences on the North Campus, thereby marking an important step in the ongoing...

The term of the current Chancellor, Retired Justice Cameron, will officially end on 31 December 2024, as communicated to stakeholders and reported in the media...

​Two exceptional doctoral students from Stellenbosch University (SU), Pamela Ncube and Welile Nwamba, have been named recipients of the 2024 L'Oréal-UNESCO For...