Courses & Programs

Evidence-based courses for a flourishing life

Our courses turn decades of student-success and wellbeing research into practical learning — delivered through the FlourishIQ platform and in person at Stellenbosch University. This page is an overview; where a course is offered digitally, head to FlourishIQ to enrol.

The Catalogue

Courses across the lifelong journey


Each course is grounded in research and refined with data on what actually works — from a student's first year to a lifetime of growth.

Foundation

Grow a Gritty HERO's Mindset

An evidence-based psychological-resource intervention that develops Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism and Grit for Extended Degree Programme students, with significant improvements across wellbeing dimensions.

3-YearStudy
6Action themes
88.9%Personal growth
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Undergraduate

i-Flourish 1 for Science Students

A first-year Science course on the scientific principles underpinning academic and personal success — combining live lectures, online exercises and a supportive learning community.

4Sessions
5Learning outcomes
ScienceContext
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Elective

i-Flourish 2: The Science of Happiness

A 10-hour intensive that takes a "buffet" approach to wellbeing — pairing positive-psychology research with ancient wisdom, and using diagnostics to build each learner a personalised happiness strategy.

10-HourIntensive
12Strategies
Wisdom+ Modern science
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Belonging

Feel at Home at Stellenbosch

A research-validated sense-of-belonging intervention that supports first-year students as they settle into university life — with measurable gains in pass rates, retention and belonging.

74% vs 69%Pass rate
85% vs 74%Retention
5.48/7Belonging
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Faculty

Flourishing Engineers

Faculty-specific wellbeing and success interventions for engineering students, combining psychological resources with the academic-success skills that help them thrive in a demanding programme.

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Platform

The FlourishIQ Platform

The digital home for the courses and tools — AI-personalised, evidence-based, and available to everyone. It measures, personalises and guides each learner's path through the catalogue.

1,000+Tools
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The courses span the whole lifelong journey — from prospective students preparing for university, through the undergraduate and postgraduate years, into professional life, and onward into life and community. Field-specific professional programs covering law, engineering, teaching, medicine and more form part of the roadmap, each translating the same evidence base into the language and challenges of a particular field.

The Evidence

Research behind every course


Each course is built on years of research into the wellbeing factors that predict academic and life success — across five faculties at Stellenbosch University.

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Start learning on the FlourishIQ platform, or talk to us about bringing these courses to your faculty, organisation or community.