​​When Niel Botha says he did not expect being named the 2019 CGW Schumann Medal winner for the best postgraduate student in Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS), you believe him. You see, the...

​​ Lead With Disability programme ​ ​​Did you know that when you meet someone who is blind, you should resist the urge to engage with their service dog? While it may be a natural reaction to want to pet the animal, the dog is actually...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU)'s new School for Data Science and Computational Thinking was officially launched on Monday (29 July 2019) at a function at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. Aiming to be a world-class institution...

​World Hepatitis Day 2019 takes place on July 28th. This date was chosen because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg, who discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for...

It was the African proverb “if you climb up fast enough, you must pull others up" that inspired fourth-year medical student Lindokuhle Mazibuko to start a tutorship project for Khayelitsha school children, aimed at improving their marks...

The Centre for Student Communities (CSC) within the Division Student Affairs recently welcomed new members to its team of staff, serving as ResEd coordinators and residence heads within the various student communities at Stellenbosch...

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Nomzamo Ntombela is without a doubt a trailblazer. She is a first generation university graduate, was the first black woman to be elected as Chairperson of the SU Student Representative Council in 2017...

In his matric year, a volunteer teacher walked the extra mile to inspire and assist Ricardo Smart to become the first member of his family to enter university. These days Smart is a PhD student in wine biotechnology at Stellenbosch...

​​​The SUNFin Implementation Project achieved its first milestone with the completion of the Cloud Process Alignment (CPA) workshops in June. The SUNFin project team, comprising representatives from Finance, Information Technology, HR...

On 1 September 2019, Stellenbosch University (SU) will welcome Prof Mbulungeni Madiba as Dean of the Faculty of Education. Prof Madiba, who joins SU from the University of Cape Town (UCT), considers Stellenbosch (University) to be one of...