Prof Izak van Biljon, who was the oldest living dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University, died on Saturday, 8 June 2019 at the age of 94. Prof Van Biljon's association with the University lasted for...

​David Niyukuri, a PhD student in Mathematics from Stellenbosch University, was part of a team of epidemiologists who assisted the World Health Organisation (WHO) during May 2019 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help guide its...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) Physics student JC Louw is amongst 20 top South African scientists to attend the 69 th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from June 30 to July 5 in Lindau, Germany. Nominated by the Academy of Science of South...

The first 10 candidates who successfully completed the SoEL short course received their certificates at a celebratory ceremony on 12 April 2019 from Prof Arnold Schoonwinkel (Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching). The short course in...

​​Collaborative and mutually beneficial partnerships between the public and private sector, academic institutions and civil society is the only way to create solutions for the challenges facing the African continent. This was the take-home...

CTL AUXIN SESSION, 23 APRIL 2019held at Education 3008, from 12:45 – 13:45 This Auxin presentation by Ms Shona Lombard explored the unique support that can be offered when senior students mentor first-year students in the extended degree...

​​​Two scientists from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have been nominated for the prestigious 2018/2019 NSTF-South32 Awards which recognize outstanding contributions to science, engineering and...

"Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu" or "I am, because you are" is an African philosophy known loosely as a sense of belonging. "I am because we are". Ubuntu as a philosophy speaks to the fact that we are all connected and one can only thrive if...

Stellenbosch University (SU) on Thursday (20 June 2019) officially acquired a special manuscript collection of the Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa (IDASA). The collection was acquired through the financial support of...

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Council had its second scheduled meeting for the year on Tuesday 18 June. Council discussed developments in higher education and at SU, and took a number of important decisions. Matters discussed included...