Recent developments in fluorescence microscopy with specific reference to light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM), multi-photon intra-vital microscopy and super-resolution microscopy are discussed in a review article by Stellenbosch...

The Centre for Learning Technologies (CLT) is committed to creating professional learning opportunities for staff in their efforts to meaningfully include learning technology into their courses for students. To continue professional...

​“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity" – Nelson Mandela Stepping into the Slave Lodge in Cape Town, a building that holds such a deep South African history, was an awe-inspiring moment for me. A space that...

Engineering talent took center stage at the SU LaunchLab Hackathon 2025, where over 60 students—including a strong contingent of 35 engineers—tackled the "Ambient AI Challenge" to automate clinical medical notes.

This blog explores how a Stellenbosch University student developed a cost-effective approach to bipedal robot walking using a robot called Q-Bert. Instead of relying on expensive, advanced platforms, the research focused on proving that...

This research explores how reinforcement learning can be used to enable autonomous vehicles to race at high speeds on tracks they have never seen before. Unlike traditional control methods that rely on pre-mapped tracks, the study...

Professor Arnold Rix’s inaugural lecture highlights South Africa’s unique opportunity to lead in renewable energy, while addressing the critical challenge of grid stability in a low-carbon future. His research focuses on bridging the gap...

​​​​​​​​​​​​Upon graduation, academics sometimes describe the arduous process of having completed a PhD as a “miracle". But when Dr Chris Jurgens, a civil engineering lecturer at Stellenbosch University (SU), received his PhD this week, he...

​​“Work hard, work smart. Sit down every day and study. Know what your dream is." This is the advice of Thabo Mthombeni who emerged as the top student in the 2020 Stellenbosch University (SU) SciMathUS programme. The programme, managed by...

​Dear colleagues and students As we speed towards the end of the year, we turn our attention to the mode of teaching, learning and assessment planned for next year, as well as the associated matter of a possible vaccination rule at...