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SU leads continent in research output, new QS ranking shows
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SU opens unique immersive technology lab
Imagine standing beneath a star-filled night sky rendered in real time or watching a lecturer guide students through the inner workings of the human brain at...
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SU and Europa-Universität Flensburg conclude strategic Memorandum of Understanding on peace and conflict research in the context of violent histories
Stellenbosch University (SU), through the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest (AVReQ), has concluded a memorandum of...
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Deputy minister praises SU’s readiness for 2026 academic year
Stellenbosch University (SU) was on Monday the first stop on a national readiness tour by Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Mimmy Gondwe, who...
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Policy Playbook leverages AI to fast-track the fight against GBV
South Africa faces many critical challenges, but few are as pervasive and devastating as Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). In a historic move...
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Dr Alfred Schaffer awarded prize for strengthening literary ties between South Africa and the Netherlands
Dr Alfred Schaffer, a senior lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded the prestigious Van Ewijk...
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First-generation SU medical graduate proves that dreams rooted in small places can travel far
Roossenekal, a 2,5 km² dot on the Limpopo map, is the kind of town “where the horizon feels close and the ceiling of dreams even closer”. But for Reuben Lefa...