Sara Cornelia “Sally” Ehlers (1912–1996) was the first woman to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree from SU. Her 1932 graduation marked not only a personal milestone, but also a historic first for the Faculty, which...

Women are tired of being blamed for rape and are no longer willing to be silent, writes Prof Amanda Gouws of the Department of Political Science in her regular column in Die Burger on Tuesday (3 May 2016). Read the complete article below or...

Thomas Janisch was not initially an Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) student, but a strong pull towards the economics courses in his BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) degree saw him make the switch and follow his gut towards...

​​​The Western Cape's top teacher, Llewellyn van der Ross, never planned on a career in education. “I didn't choose teaching, teaching chose me," he says of the “epiphany" he had in Grade 12 that saw him study education and return to his...

​Specialising in medicine is hard work. But doing so in a language you hardly know, far from everything that is familiar, is beyond challenging. Yet Dr Raymond Dusabe (40) tackled this challenge head-on as a foreign post-graduate student at...

For many prospective university students and their parents, the burden of student fees is something that keeps them up at night. Thankfully, through funding initiatives like Project Zero, many students from the Faculty of Economic and...

In an increasingly globalised and interconnected world, internationalisation has become a top priority for many universities worldwide, and Stellenbosch University (SU) is no exception. Over the past 25 years, SU has built one of the...

​​In 2018, a record number of postgraduate Master's and PhD students graduated from SU. This follows a noticeable national and international trend in growing postgraduate enrolments and graduations as a means of gaining an advantage in the...

Despite a hot and sticky summer day, which would have left most workers wanting to stay in their air-conditioned cool and cosy offices, Stellenbosch University (SU) staff members came out in droves to enjoy another fun and successful annual...

​​The Ubuntu Learning Community (ULC) is creating an opportunity for incarcerated individuals to learn alongside Stellenbosch University (SU) students and academics. The ULC is South Africa's first prison-university partnership and is...