​Stellenbosch University (SU) started 2025 on a high note. In January, it was ranked as one of the world's leading higher education institutions in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) by Subject SU is...

In celebration of Youth Month, the Young Alumni Programme (YAP) at Stellenbosch University (SU) is showcasing our incredible young alumni. Meet some of our remarkable Maties, all under the age of 35, who are using the knowledge and skills...

During this programme participants will, together with other newly appointed lecturers from different disciplines, be given the opportunity to reflect on their views, knowledge and assumptions about teaching, learning and assessment within...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers has been elected vice-chairperson of Universities South Africa (USAf) for 2018 and 2019. USAf, formerly known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), is a...

​Since its inception in 2020, the Maties Wine Club has connected alumni throughout Europe and South Africa. With our online wine tastings, we were able to come together as friends and family to celebrate the wonderful stories we have about...

A sugar tax in South Africa should be implemented in parallel with well-designed, long-term research studies that takes the South African context into account. So says Prof Faadiel Essop, head of the Cardio-Metabolic Research Group of the...

​Dr Heike Geduld is a pioneer of emergency medicine. She was part of the very first class of emergency physicians that graduated in Africa 12 years ago, and has since made great strides as a leader, educator and advocate in this important...

​​A Computer Science student from Stellenbosch University, Cameron Raven, developed a software programme that can translate sheet music to Braille and vice versa in real time. Cameron developed the system specifically to assist in the...

​​The town of Stellenbosch will soon be the scene of a uniquely South African art response to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, as a result of this initiative, bursary students in the 'missing middle' category studying at the Faculty of Arts and...

Researchers from the DSI/NRF Center for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University have found that, scarcely a hundred years after Guttural Toads were introduced to the islands of Mauritius and Réunion, their overall body size has been...