OPTIMUS students benefitted from the advice and experience of prominent industry leaders during a recent event organised by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. At the event, the second-year OPTIMUS students received their...

​In February last year Statistics South Africa released a report which highlighted how important investing in early childhood development (ECD) is for the country's future. Sadly, reality paints a different picture. The physical, cognitive...

​15 March 2020 COVID-19: Update on Lectures​ Lectures will continue at Stellenbosch University during the period of discussions between the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Vice-Chancellors of universities and...

​Graduation 2022 at Stellenbosch University (SU) will go down in family history as the year that all four of the De Lange daughters, aged between 21 and 27, were capped in a range of different degrees. Two of the Paarl-based siblings...

​​The former Dean of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Prof Jimmy Volmink, has received many honours during a long and illustrious career. Canada's McMaster University added to this list recently when...

Dr Jacobus Charles Bender (Koot) Kotze is the recipient of Stellenboch University's Chancellor's Medal for 2015, the highest honour the University bestows on a student. The medal was awarded to him in absentia on Tuesday 15 at the...

​​Growing up in the dusty streets of Gankwana village in Limpopo, 25-year-old Nthabiseng Seleme says she never ever imagined herself graduating with a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Stellenbosch University (SU). “I am super...

It has been a year since Prof Reggie Nel has become the dean of the Faculty of Theology (FT) at Stellenbosch University. What are the highlights of his first year as dean and what challenges would 2019 hold? “The biggest highlight of 2018...

In February 2021 the Stellenbosch University LaunchLab in partnership with SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking will be launching its newly established SU Techpreneurship Centre. The goal is to provide final year students...

​​​​Daniel Barrish began playing chess with his grandfather long before going to primary school. In Grade 1 he competed in his first national junior championship and won. Since then, chess has been an important part of his life. His...