​A theoretical physicist and an analytical chemist from the Faculty of Science at SU were awarded the Chancellor’s Award for outstanding achievement during the December 2015 graduation ceremony. They are prof. Hend​rik Geyer, currently...

An expert in Software Engineering from Stellenbosch University, prof. Willem Visser, is only the second computer scientist in South Africa to receive an A-rating from the National Research Foundation. A-ratings are aimed at researchers who...

To conclude a successful 2015, students and staff from the Institute for Plant Biotechnology came together on Friday 4 December to give feedback on research progress and then to relax at the year-end function. Biannually, all postgraduate...

A warm welcome to the 2016 BSc first year students. The welcome and registration programme of the Faculty of Science will commence on Thursday 21 January 2016 with information sessions for parents and students. Click here for more details...

Eight learners on the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) merit list and five on the top 20 list of the Northern Cape Department of Education's (NCDoE) were part of the 2015 Hope@Maties project. More than a third of the group obtained...

Leopards that come into conflict with farmers or rural populations should ideally not be translocated further than 100 kilometres from where they were caught, as it can compromise their natural spatial genetic structure and diversity. This...

FAMCRU Board

​Watch a video where USB director Professor Piet Naudé talks about the purpose of a business school today. This video was produced for the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) 2016 Deans' conference in Hungary. Watch it at...

Major palaeo-environmental changes over the past five million years may explain the surprising genetic differences between Africa's wetland and savanna lions. Recent genetic studies on the continent's dwindling lion populations have...

Smallholder farmers that go the extra mile to attract more wild bees and other pollinating insects to their land could harvest up to 24% more fruit or crops as a result. They can harness nature's free pollination service by planting flower...