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Stellenbosch University applications open for 2019!
Secure your spot for your 2019 varsity studies by being first in line to apply at Stellenbosch University! Stellenbosch University has opened its doors for all potential students wishing to be Maties from 2019. On their website, they have provided you with all the information you need to apply... Read more
FMHS initiatives create awareness on World TB Day
In the spirit of World TB Day, commemorate on 24 March, members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) presented a number of outreach initiatives to create awareness of TB among staff, students and the wider community.​ Some 500 learners from the Worcester community were treated to... Read more
SU co-hosts international conference on global health
“Technology and technocratic interventions are not enough to ensure health and equity in the long term. What is needed is to end the unfair distribution of resources and power and the structural violence and injustice which underpin poverty and inequality in our world. We need to redouble our efforts... Read more
Graduate School reaches major milestone in University’s centenary year
The Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences has broken through the 100 degrees ceiling with the awarding of another 14 degrees at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ graduation on Thursday, 22 March. This takes the overall number of degrees awarded over the last eight years to 114.... Read more
SciMathUS success at SU graduation
The Science and Mathematics at Stellenbosch University (SciMathUS) programme has once again delivered successful results at this year’s graduation ceremony. The programme, which is presented by the Stellenbosch University Centre for Pedagogy (SUNCEP), offers students from educationally disadvantaged circumstances across the country a second chance to qualify for higher... Read more
‘Helping the community’ motivated Rory’s PhD
Dr Rory Dunbar and his friendly service dog, Vaughn, are familiar faces at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). And tonight (20 March 2018) they were again together at Stellenbosch University’s third graduation ceremony as Dunbar received his PhD in Paediatrics and Child Health. Dunbar... Read more
Music Department scoops award for best contribution to public arts
The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) presented by the Music Department of Stellenbosch University scooped an award for the Best Contribution to the Visual Arts (including Public Arts) at the Cultural Affairs Awards of the Western Cape hosted by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport... Read more
Stellenbosch University student’s master’s degree upgraded to a PhD
In an attempt to minimise the risk of load shedding, Stellenbosch University (SU) student Jancke Eygelaar, 25, designed a cable system to support planning managers at power utilities to schedule preventative maintenance and increase reliability to satisfy power demands. Jancke says that studying further was not part of his... Read more
#Maties100 cyclists coming together for bursaries
​Counting down the days to 11 March 2018, seven cyclists from Kayamandi in Stellenbosch will tackle the Cape Town Cycle Tour as part of the #Maties100 group to mark the Centenary of Stellenbosch University (SU) and raise funds for student bursaries. The seven form part of a racing team... Read more
Education students teach Woordfees visitors Xhosa
Molo, unjani? Hallo, how are you? Ngubani igama lakho? What is your name? Yimalini? How much does it cost? Iphi indlu yangasese? Where is the bathroom? These are only a few of the Xhosa phrases that visitors to the Woordfees can learn as part of the #Amagama project. This project is being presented by students of the Faculty of... Read more