11 May 2020 Dear Students This week we are grateful to report back on good news, specifically related to your connectivity and online learning platform. Management, academic staff and our professional and administrative support divisions...

​​If the name Liela Groenewald rings a bell, it might be that you've seen her perform at a music festival or heard one of her haunting songs on the radio. Although the love for music has not dissipated, Dr Groenewald now performs a leading...

​Dear colleagues and students As we speed towards the end of the year, we turn our attention to the mode of teaching, learning and assessment planned for next year, as well as the associated matter of a possible vaccination rule at...

​​​Justice Edwin Cameron will be installed as Stellenbosch University’s 15th Chancellor on 18 May 2022. Click here to view the event, which will be live streamed from 17h00. Stellenbosch University (SU) Chancellor Justice Edwin Cameron is a...

​ Loumarie Kistner, a data analyst in the Centre for Business Intelligence in the Division Strategic Initiatives and Information Governance, received a Chancellor’s Award in the category for professional services on Wednesday 13 December...

Prof Danie Brink took on two very diverse challenges in July. The one was to tackle the punishing Berg River Canoe Marathon for a second time. The other was to accept the challenge to lead Stellenbosch University's Faculty of AgriSciences...

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...

​​“Work hard, work smart. Sit down every day and study. Know what your dream is." This is the advice of Thabo Mthombeni who emerged as the top student in the 2020 Stellenbosch University (SU) SciMathUS programme. The programme, managed by...

​Each year Stellenbosch University honours a select few with a Chancellor's Award in recognition of sustained excellence. It is limited to 15 achievers in the fields of learning and teaching, research and social impact. This year, Prof...

This week, Stellenbosch University (SU) gave recognition to a cohort of staff members whose careers attest to sustained excellence in research, innovation, learning and teaching, social impact and professional services. These staff members...