Prof Chrisjan Cruywagen, a renowned Dairy researcher from the Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, recently received two prestigious awards for his ground breaking research on melamine...

Prof Kennedy Dzama, an Animal Breeding Scientist at the department of Animal Science, recently received the Rectors Award for Research Excellence ...

The Department offers various graduate and post-graduate training programmes in:

• Monogastric and ruminant nutrition
• Development physiology and meat science
• Animal breeding
• Livestock management
• Reproduction physiology

You can have a career in:

• Animal feed manufacturers
• Breeders' societies
• Agricultural co-operatives
• Pharmaceutical firms
• Agricultural and Finance departments
• Council for Agricultural Research
• Company farms