Important communications to Postgraduate Students at Stellenbosch University - Covid-19 impact and measures in place:
11 May 2020:
This communication outlines very important information about June data bundles, laptop delivery, examination dates and student fees news. Please take note of the deadlines for June data bundles (from 15 May till 22 May) as well as the starting times of the online assessments. Click here to read further.
4 May 2020:
Important notification for SU postgraduate
students to complete an urgent survey by 15 May 2020
This survey will assist the Postgraduate Office (PGO) to
identify those postgraduates who might be in need of support, at risk of non-completion
and/or those students who are set to graduate this year as planned. Find the survey here. Please complete it by Friday 15 May 2020.
8 April 2020:
Revised 2020 academic calendar and online connectivity
This communication contains important information about adjustments to the 2020 academic year to accommodate the period of national lockdown. Click here to view the communication.
7 April 2020:
Important notice from the Registrar for Postgraduate students
The registrars office has compiled a detailed list with all the contact details of staff members who are available to assist with student administration-related matters. The notice also includes important information on registration deadlines, discontinuation of studies, interruption of postgraduate studies and the COVID-19 impact on issuing of academic documents. Please click here for the communication.
7 April 2020:
Find our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page here. These questions and answers will be updated and added to as matters develop and until we are safely out of the woods.
2 April 2020:
Recent position statement on Biosafety in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
Further to earlier communication related to research activities and guidelines to SU researchers (academic staff; postdocs; and postgraduate students) during the national lockdown period, our DRD would like to share with you the recent position statement on “Biosafety in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic” that was issued by the Research Ethics Committee (REC) for Biosafety and Environmental Ethics (BEE). Click here. Questions in this regard can be sent via email to Mr Winston Beukes, the REC:BEE Coordinator in the Division for Research Development (DRD), on wabeukes@sun.ac.za. Please read this document in conjunction with the previously issued position statements on research in the time of Covid-19 as issued by the HRECs and the REC: SBE.
2 April 2020:
Issuing of graduation certificates during lockdown
30 March 2020:
Research position statement for Postgraduates
Please read this important statement from the Postgraduate Office, Division for Research Development on the way forward for postgraduate researchers in view of the national lockdown. View the statement here.
23 March 2020:
REC:SBE's Response to COVID-19
22 March 2020:
Status of Ethical Research Activities during COVID-19
Please read the statement made by Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies regarding the status of research activities during COVID-19 here.
18 March 2020:
Postgraduate Office Available Electronically
In an effort to limit personal contact and protect all parties, the Postgraduate Office (PGO) located on the Stellenbosch campus is preferably not receiving walk-in clients until further notice. If you are unsure whom to contact with your specific question, please send an email to postgraduate@sun.ac.za. For general postgraduate funding matters, please write to postgradfunding@sun.ac.za.
