​On Thursday (16 June), South Africans celebrate Youth Day. In opinion pieces for the media, young people at Stellenbosch University argue that the youth's struggle for a better life continues. Click on the links below to read the articles...

The Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University is a leading hub for world-class engineering education and research in South Africa. Established in 1944, the faculty produces top-quality engineers who drive economic growth and...

​Graduation was a family affair for a number of Stellenbosch University graduates this year, as they shared this milestone with parents or siblings. Anita Jonker and her son Johannes Jonker not only handed in their theses on the same day...

​Stellenbosch University, in partnership with Western Cape Government After School Game Changer, Community Chest and Rutgers University (USA), have just launched a special programme for practitioners who support learners in the after school...

​​ Food insecurity and the need for the most basic items are becoming more prevalent among students in South Africa. Although no national research on the issue has been conducted, individual surveys on university campuses revealed that a...

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...

​It's official. STIAS will host the first eight Nobel Symposia in Africa. This was revealed at the STIAS brand reveal and soft launch event of the Nobel in Africa Symposium Series this week. Nobel in Africa is a joint initiative of STIAS...

​​“I stand here before you deeply honoured and profoundly humbled by the recognition bestowed upon me and the privilege of joining the illustrious family of Stellenbosch alumni." With these words, the internationally recognised scholar and...

​First-years of the Faculty of AgriSciences celebrated the centenary of not only Stellenbosch University but also of the faculty by ceremonially planting 100 indigenous tree saplings that will, in future, grace the premises of the...

The appointment of Desmond Crowie as coach of the Maties Football club heralds a new chapter for the Stellenbosch University team. Crowie has been involved with football on a coaching level for some 22 years and was also a player for nine...