Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University (SU) recently hosted a first of its kind Trilateral PASS Development Programme which focused on the professional development and continuing education of administrative staff, the learning of new skills and the…

Stellenbosch University is partnering with African Rainbow Minerals on an initiative to ensure the sustainability of mining through innovative research and training conducted in the field of geometallurgy.The new African Rainbow Minerals…

After being placed third overall in the Western division of the annual Simon Marais Mathematics Competition in 2021, Stellenbosch University will again compete against students from 70 universities from around the world on 15 October…

Stellenbosch University (SU) improved on three of the five performance indicators used in compiling the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World Universities Ranking (WUR) that was announced earlier today (Wednesday 12 October 2022).SU is…

Honey bees seem to be quite handy pollinators of blueberries as they help to increase fruit yield and quality, a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found.Titled “Assessing the effectiveness of honey bee pollinators for cultivated…

Climate change continues to pose a major threat to the health of many communities, especially the most vulnerable, around the world.This was the view expressed by Prof Bob Mash from the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at…

​Investment in information, communication, and technology (ICT) infrastructure is key for sustained inclusive economic growth and development in Africa.This is according to a study conducted by Dr Mamello Nchake from the Department of…

A social impact project by Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Deaf community to advance literature in sign language and address the plight of deaf communities with limited work and training opportunities was recently completed.The…

In his career as a theoretical physicist, Prof Hendrik Geyer has always put up his hand for the big problems in physics – from developing a mathematical framework in the 1990s that has become fundamental to the building of quantum…

A digital application developed by an engineering student from Stellenbosch University (SU) that provides information about water quality in water supply systems took third place at a recent international gathering in New York, where more…