Top students share Faculty of Science Dean’s medal
The Faculty of Science's 2019 Dean's medal for persistent excellent academic performance is shared by Mr Fred de Villiers, a postgraduate student in applied...
SU delivers first MSc-graduate in new field of Bioinformatics
The Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University has delivered its very first MSc-graduate in the new field of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
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Welcome to the 2021 new first-year students in the Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University would like to extend a warm welcome to our first-year students of 2021.
Despite the many challenges posed by...
Long journey to PhD in mathematics for former Westridge learner
When Dr Lesley Wessels walked over the stage this week to receive her doctoral degree in mathematics, it will be the end of a long journey that started when...
Miniature Guttural Toads on Mauritius and Réunion stun researchers
Researchers from the DSI/NRF Center for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University have found that, scarcely a hundred years after Guttural Toads were...
Development of SA’s first COVID-19 models
Giving officials something practical to work with, was one of the hardest challenges facing modelers in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in South...
Young postdoc in chemistry awarded prestigious EU fellowship
Dr Upenyu Muza, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), has received a Marie Sklodowska-Curie...
SU’s Faculty of Science awards record number of PhD-degrees
Stellenbosch University's Science Faculty will award a record number of 68 PhD-degrees for the 2019 academic year, of which 39 during the virtual graduation...
Tribute to the late Prof Klaus Koch
It is with great sadness that the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science and the Faculty of Science learned about the passing of Prof Klaus Koch (66) on...
Join the discussion at this year's science cafés at Woordfees
Jannie Hofmeyr will be leading the Science Cafe Stellenbosch conversations at Woordfees 2020. With a wide interest in the natural and social sciences, this...