In an environment where the unemployment rate is high and job opportunities are few, the Young Entrepreneurship Project (YEP) offers young people an alternative way of thinking about employment. For the past two years the project, a joint...

Using as few resources as possible to produce good-quality, nutritious vegetables. This – in a nutshell – is the goal of the Living School Garden project run by Ms Thanja Allison, Social Impact coordinator of the Department of Genetics, and...

The Stellenbosch University Law Clinic's Financial Literacy Project (FLP) seeks to empower local communities by sharing knowledge about financial matters and informing people about their rights as consumers. This entails teaching...

​Adv Jan Heunis, as President of the Convocation, Mr Bernard Pieters, as Secretary and Ms Daleen van Zyl, as additional member, resigned from the Executive Committee of the Convocation on 3 December 2019. Adv Heunis was President of the...

​​Stellenbosch University’s Homecoming, the Alumni Weekend is taking place from 5 to 9 March 2020 on our picturesque Stellenbosch campus. We’d be so delighted to welcome you back onto campus and have tailormade a number of really special...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) is once again hosting its innovative Future17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Challenge short course involving international students and global partners. Students interested in learning about the key...

​​Dr Eleanor Ochodo, a senior researcher and lecturer in the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, is one of four “rising stars and future research leaders" who will receive a substantial funding grant to pursue research aimed at...

Meet Dr Michael Woods, possibly the most highly qualified insect farmer in the world. For his doctorate in animal sciences, he researched how to best care for and feed insects so that they can be farmed on a commercial scale. Woods received...

​This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article here . Biodiversity – the variation in all living organisms – is one of Africa's richest assets. As a result, its genetic material is coveted by scientists...

An expert in 3D technologies at Stellenbosch University, Prof Anton du Plessis, was recently recognised by the Department of Trade and Industry for his contributions towards leading South Africa into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The...