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Engineering and technology
Jana-Mari Botha Balances Elite Hockey and Industrial Engineering Excellence
Success in both sport and academics requires discipline, resilience, and exceptional time management — qualities that Jana-Mari Botha embodies with ease.
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Engineering and technology
Class of 2025 - Final Year Function & Prize Giving Ceremony
Welcome to the Stellenbosch University Department of Industrial Engineering Class of 2025 Prize Giving. It is a truly wonderful evening as we gather to...
Awards and milestones
Celebrating Excellence: Elize Williams Receives Faculty of Engineering Technical Staff Award
The Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University annually honours exceptional individuals whose dedication and hard work form the backbone of the Faculty’s...
Media release
Industrial Engineering Heritage Day Celebration – 30 September 2025
The 24th of September was recognised for the first time in 1995 as a national holiday in SA, and at the first nationwide recognition and indeed celebration of...
Media release
The 7th African Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ACOSCM) hosted at Stellenbosch University
On 16–18 September 2025, the Department of Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University, in partnership with conference sponsor LEARN Logistics | by Kühne...
Media release
Ella Potterton – Industrial Engineering student becomes a South African Touch boks player
Ella Potterton, a second-year Industrial Engineering student, will represent South Africa in the Touch Rugby World Cup in Nottingham, England. From 15-21July...
Media release
Congratulations Ben-Jason Dixon
SU Industrial Engineering alumni becomes Springbok Rugby player
On Saturday, 22 June 2024, Ben-Jason Dixon, Industrial Engineeringgraduate (class of 2022) from...
Opinion and features
South Africa needs the mother of all in(ter)ventions
International Women in Engineering Day was celebrated on 23 June. In an opinion piece for the Weekend Argus, Prof Sara Grobbelaar of the Department of...
Engineering and technology
Engineering Open Day returns to a reimagined space
Grey skies and a passing thunderstorm did little to deter prospective students and their families from attending the Faculty of Engineering’s 2026 Open Day on...
Awards and milestones
Lifelong learning in action: MEng graduate at age 77
At 77 years old, Matthys Johannes de Wet is proof that learning has no age limit. This December he will cross the graduation stage at Stellenbosch University...