Record number of degrees to be awarded at SU’s graduation ceremonies
AchieversStellenbosch University December 7, 2018
Stellenbosch University (SU) will again award a record number of degrees at its December 2018 graduation ceremonies – 5769 compared to 5720 in December 2017 and 5300 in 2016. There is also an increase in the number of doctorates 149 and master’s degrees 546. Eight ceremonies are to be... Read more
A bursary is the equivalent of a key – instrumental in unlocking students’ potential and enabling them to achieve the goals they have set themselves. This is especially true for Kelly Turner from Strandfontein and Thembalethu Seyisi from Uitenhage, the first recipients of the Ciucci bursaries awarded by the... Read more
Stellenbosch University Medical students to cycle 902 km to ‘help our friends become doctors’
Stellenbosch UniversityStudent outreach November 29, 2018
A team of Stellenbosch University (SU) medical students will embark on an ambitious 902km cycle tour from Vioolsdrift at the Namibian border to Cape Agulhas, the most Southern tip of Africa, from 1 to 8 December 2018. Tuesday, 27 November 2018, marked 100 days of the Stellenbosch University’s #Move4Food campaign... Read more
Physics student scoops two awards
AwardsStellenbosch University November 21, 2018
Scott Cameron, a postgraduate student in Physics, is the recipient of both the Meiring Naudé medal for the best BScHons student in Physics as well as the Dean’s Medal for the best BSc-student in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University. Scott, who matriculated from the Heartwell Private School in Johannesburg, says... Read more
Exceptional test facility opened at Stellenbosch University
Latest newsStellenbosch University November 20, 2018
A large fan and cooling system test facility, the only one of its kind in the world, was officially opened at the Faculty of Engineering, Stellenbosch University. This exceptional facility is part of the University’s participation in the European-funded Horizon2020 MinWaterCSP Project. Its opening coincided with a two-day international... Read more
Living Learning Communities colloquium
EventsStellenbosch University November 15, 2018
Stellenbosch University (SU) facilitated its first annual Living Learning Communities (LLC) colloquium in collaboration with Association of College and Housing Officers International South African Chapter (ACUHO-I SAC). This colloquium aimed to reflect on practices that regard the living and learning communities on campus, to share the latest body of... Read more
The new 2019 SU Woordfees festival programme drops at an all-night launch party
Stellenbosch University November 13, 2018
On the night of 16 November, a whole troupe of dancing cats will be let out of a brand new bag at the 2019 US Woordfees festival progamme launch in Stellenbosch. The festival theme is “Young” because the Woordfees is turning 20 in 2019, and a 20-year old is... Read more
Stellenbosch University PhD student first in Africa to win European Early Career Research Award
AchieversMust-ReadStellenbosch University November 7, 2018
Dr Anouk Albien, currently a research psychologist in the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University (SU), recently became the first doctoral student in Africa to receive the Early Career Researcher’s Award from the European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counselling (ESVDC). For her doctorate, Albien did research on black adolescents’ vocational... Read more
International recognition for solar thermal energy research at Stellenbosch University
Must-ReadResearchStellenbosch University November 5, 2018
The Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) at Stellenbosch University has received international recognition for their research excellence and standing within the concentrating solar power (CSP) community. STERG has as a consortium member been selected to receive a $2,0 million award from the United States of America (U.S.) Department... Read more
Stellenbosch University: 100 artefacts to tell the story of 100 years
arts and cultureStellenbosch University October 31, 2018
An exhibition to creatively narrate the stories of Stellenbosch University (SU) of the past 100 years, opens in Stellenbosch tomorrow night. The SU Museum’s exhibition “100 Artefacts for hundred years” forms part of the commemoration of SU’s centenary and opens at 18:00 in die University Museum in Ryneveld Street... Read more
