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Media release

Sport sustained hope for prisoners on Robben Island, PhD study shows

Robben Island is mostly associated with the suffering, brutality and isolation endured by political prisoners who fought against Apartheid. What is often...
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SU among world’s best in law, health and education

Institutional news

SU among world’s best in law, health and education

​Stellenbosch University (SU) once again counts among the best universities in the world in the subject areas of Law, Medical and Health (formerly Clinical and...

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Six nominations for MFM 92.6 in national radio awards competition

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Six nominations for MFM 92.6 in national radio awards competition

​MFM 92.6, the Stellenbosch community radio station broadcasting from the Neelsie Student Centre on the campus of Stellenbosch University (SU), received no less...

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SU improves overall score in QS global rankings

Institutional news

SU improves overall score in QS global rankings

​Stellenbosch University (SU) features in the top 300 tertiary institutions in the world for the second year in a row. This is according to the latest QS ...

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Chancellor’s Award ‘acknowledges value of data at SU’

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Chancellor’s Award ‘acknowledges value of data at SU’

​ Loumarie Kistner, a data analyst in the Centre for Business Intelligence in the Division Strategic Initiatives and Information Governance, received a...

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SU improves on four indicators for Times Higher Education ranking

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SU improves on four indicators for Times Higher Education ranking

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) has improved on four of the five indicators used to compile the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World Universities Ranking ...

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SU improves its position on QS subject rankings

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SU improves its position on QS subject rankings

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) can count itself among the leading higher education institutions globally in the broad subject areas of Life Science and...

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