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Stellenbosch University
Universiteit Stellenbosch or Stellenbosch Universiteit
Stellenbosch University New Logo.jpg
Motto Latin: Pectora roborant cultus recti
Motto in English
"A sound education strengthens the spirit"
Type Public
Established2 April 1918;106 years ago (1918-04-02)
Endowment ZAR 5.04 Billion [1]
Chancellor Edwin Cameron
Vice-Chancellor Wim de Villiers
Academic staff
1,028 [2]
Administrative staff
2,183 [2]
Undergraduates 25,042 [3]
Postgraduates 10,051 [3]
Location
Stellenbosch
,
Western Cape
,
South Africa (SA)

33°55′58″S18°51′51″E / 33.93278°S 18.86417°E / -33.93278; 18.86417
Campus2 suburban, 2 urban and 1 rural
Colours   Maroon
Nickname Maties
Affiliations
MascotPokkel [4]
Website www.sun.ac.za/Home.aspx

Stellenbosch University (SU) (Afrikaans : Universiteit Stellenbosch, Xhosa : iYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa, which received full university status in 1918. [5] Stellenbosch University designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite, SUNSAT, launched in 1999. [6]

Contents

Stellenbosch is organised in 139 departments across 10 faculties offering bachelor's (NQF 7) to doctoral degrees (NQF 10) in the English and Afrikaans language. [7] [8] Across five campuses in the Western Cape, the university is home to 32,000 students.

The students of Stellenbosch University are nicknamed "Maties". The term probably arises from the Afrikaans word "tamatie" (meaning tomato, and referring to the maroon sports uniforms and blazer colour). An alternative theory is that the term comes from the Afrikaans colloquialism maat (meaning "buddy" or "mate"), originally used diminutively ("maatjie") by the students of the University of Cape Town's precursor, the South African College. [9]

History

The Ou Hoofgebou (Former Main Administration building, now the Law Faculty) on Stellenbosch University campus Stellenbosch Ou Hoofgebou.jpg
The Ou Hoofgebou (Former Main Administration building, now the Law Faculty) on Stellenbosch University campus
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Stellenbosch University Museum
Old logo used until 2021, incorporating the coat of arms granted in 1918. Stellenbosch University Crest.png
Old logo used until 2021, incorporating the coat of arms granted in 1918.

The origin of the university can be traced back to the Stellenbosch Gymnasium, which was founded in 1864 and opened on 1 March 1866. The first five students matriculated in 1870, but capacity did not initially exist for any tertiary education. However, in the 1870s, the Cape Colony's first locally elected government took office and prioritised education. In 1873, four of the five 1870 matriculates became the institution's first graduates by attaining the "Second Class Certificate" through distance learning, and the gymnasium's student numbers rose to over a hundred.

In 1874, a series of government acts provided for colleges and universities, with generous subsidies and staff. A personal intervention by the Prime Minister in the same year ensured that Stellenbosch qualified, after initially being allocated to be purely a secondary school. Later in 1874, the institution acquired its first Professor and, in the coming few years, its capacity and staff grew rapidly. Its first academic senate was constituted at the beginning of 1876, when several new premises were also acquired. The first MA degree (in Stellenbosch and in South Africa) was completed in 1878, and also in that year, the Gymnasium's first four female students were enrolled. [10] [11]

The institution became the Stellenbosch College in 1881, and was located at the current Arts Department. In 1887, this college was renamed Victoria College; when it acquired university status on 2 April 1918 it was renamed once again, to Stellenbosch University. [12] Initially only one university was planned for the Cape but after the government was visited by a delegation from the Victoria College, it was decided to allow the college to be a university if it could raise £100,000. [13] : 290–1  Jannie Marais, a wealthy Stellenbosch farmer, bequeathed the money required before his death in 1915. [13] : 291  There were certain conditions to his gift which included Dutch/Afrikaans having equal status to English and that the lecturers teach at least half their lectures in Dutch/Afrikaans. By 1930, very little, if any, instruction was delivered in English. [13] : 291 

In December 2014, specialists at the university performed the first successful penis transplantation on a 21-year-old man. [14]

Stellenbosch University was the first African university to sign the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. [15]

Name

Although the university was originally named the University of Stellenbosch (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Stellenbosch), it nowadays uses two forms: the English version Stellenbosch University (abbreviated SU) and the Afrikaans version Universiteit Stellenbosch (abbreviated US). [16] [17] In all its official documents, such as degree certificates, as well as the university coat of arms, both the English "Stellenbosch University" and the Afrikaans "Universiteit Stellenbosch" are used.

Facilities

Location

View over the "Red Square" of Stellenbosch University with the peak,"The Twins" beyond UniStellenbosch.jpg
View over the "Red Square" of Stellenbosch University with the peak,"The Twins" beyond

Stellenbosch is located about 50 kilometres from Cape Town, and is situated on the banks of the Eersterivier ("First River") in the famous wine-growing region and is encircled by picturesque mountains. Teaching at Stellenbosch University is divided across five campuses.

Faculties

Stellenbosch University consists of 139 departments across 10 faculties. [18]

The Southern African node of the Pan-African University is based in South Africa and will concentrate on space sciences. [19]

This decision was connected with South Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array of radio telescopes. In September 2009 Jean-Pierre Ezin, African Union commissioner for science, said the node at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa was hoped to open in February 2010. [20] According to University World News, however, "The PAU project continues in other regions although Southern Africa has been lagging behind." [21]

Sports facilities

Stellenbosch University has the facilities for the more than 30 competitive and recreational sports that are supported by the university include Danie Craven Stadium, Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools, the Coetzenburg Centre, a multi-purpose center for ceremonies and indoor sports, playing fields, including two artificial hockey fields, a gymnasium, and a new football complex.

Sporting codes

The university offers several sports to its students. Some of them are athletics, bouldering, badminton, basketball, canoeing, cricket, cross country running, cycling, fencing, golf, gymnastics, field hockey, judo, kendo, netball, rowing, rugby union, soccer, squash, surfing, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, underwater hockey, volleyball, water polo, and yachting.[ citation needed ]

Facilities and services

Libraries

The Stellenbosch University Library has collections scattered around the campus outside of the main facility, and all of which are catalogued on a computerized database, using the university's original mainframe, a UNIVAC. There are several other satellite libraries servicing the different faculties, including the Theology Library, Law Library and Tygerberg Medical Library.

University facilities

Stellenbosch University also has a Conservatory, with two concert halls. The Conservatory is the home of the internationally acclaimed [22] Stellenbosch University Choir, who, along with being the oldest South African choir have received numerous awards overseas. [23] The university also has a 430-seat theatre, known as the HB Thom Theatre and an open-air amphitheatre. Accompanying these facilities is the university's own Drama Department, under the guidance of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The department regularly puts on plays, dramas, productions, cabarets and musicals.

Botanical garden

Botanical Garden - Bonsai Collection Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden - Bonsai.jpg
Botanical Garden – Bonsai Collection

The Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden is the oldest university botanical garden in South Africa.

Student center

The Langenhoven Students' Centre (Neelsie) houses the Student Representative Council, a food court, a cinema, a post office, a shopping centre, an advice office and all the student societies' offices. Student bands and various entertainment and activity promotions usually appear in the main food court during lunch hour.

Campus radio

The university has its own radio station known as MFM (Matie FM), situated in the Neelsie. It broadcasts a mix of music, news, entertainment and campus news over the entire Stellenbosch area at 92.6 FM.

Campus newspaper

The university also distributes regular publications, Die Matie (appearing every fortnight) for its students and Kampusnuus (appearing monthly) for its staff. An official yearbook, Stellenbosch Student, is published annually and presented to all graduating students. Matieland [24] is the name of the official alumni magazine. It is published twice a year and distributed to some 100 000 alumni and friends of the university.

Language

Stellenbosch University has historically been a predominantly Afrikaans-medium university. However, as the student body became more diverse, pressure mounted for more classes in English. Today, the university's language policy [25] promotes multilingualism as a means to increase equitable access for all students and staff. Afrikaans, English and Xhosa are used in academic, administrative, professional and social contexts, and classes are offered in Afrikaans and English.

At postgraduate level the language of tuition is determined by the composition of the class. Most advanced postgraduate courses are conducted in English. According to the 2016 language profile of the university, 40.7% of its students stated Afrikaans as their home language, 46.1% stated English, 0.9% stated English and Afrikaans, and 3.1% of students stated isiXhosa as their home language. [26]

The language policy is still an ongoing issue for the university, since it is one of the very few tertiary institutions in South Africa offering instruction in Afrikaans. [27] It is situated in the Western Cape province, where 67% of the population have Afrikaans as home language, and the only one of four universities in the province to offer degree courses in Afrikaans. The university annually hosts the SU Woordfees, a predominantly Afrikaans-language festival of the written and spoken word. [28]

Student profile

Student enrollment by race [29]
YearWhite (Number)White (%)Black African (Number)Black African (%)Coloured (Number)Coloured (%)Indian (Number)Indian (%)Withheld (Number)Withheld (%)Total
201518,76462.2%5,35517.8%5,23817.4%7932.63%--30,150
201618,90761.3%5,62918.2%5,44317.6%8752.84%--30,854
201718,93759.9%6,01819%5,71818.1%9523.01%--31,625
201818,44758.1%6,37520.1%5,75718.1%9963.14%1360.43%31,711
201917,93556.6%6,66521%5,74718.1%1,0053.2%2440.77%31,596
202017,60755.5%6,87321.8%5,67918%1,0043.2%3701.17%31,533
202117,54154.4%7,27022.5%5,79418%1,0873.4%4431.37%32,135
202216,78851.6%7,59023.3%5,76617.7%1,1063.4%1,1633.6%32,413
202316,77049.8%8,27024.6%5,73517%1,1863.52%1,5414.6%33,502

Student housing

Stellenbosch has 34 residence halls in configurations for women only, men only and mixed gender. Each residence is supervised by a resident head assisted by a House Committee of senior students. The House Committee assists students with security, maintenance, and social programs. Each first year student on campus gets access to a be-well mentor who assist them with their social-emotional transition from school to university. Each residence for undergrads incorporates a laundry room, a common living room and a dining hall where meals are provided for which students book beforehand on their student account.

The number of available rooms in university residences is limited, which requires some students to find private boarding. [30] Students in private lodgings are assigned to one of 6 Commuter Student Organisations (CSO), also known as Private Wards. These CSOs give private students exposure to the same campus experience as students residing in residences. The oldest residence is Wilgenhof men's residence, established in 1903. [31]

The CSO wards along with the Residence Halls are grouped into six clusters with nearby residences to form student communities (a seventh cluster is on the Tygerberg campus). [32] For each of these clusters, a hub facility is being built, of which three have already been completed, namely amaMaties, Wimbledon and Victoria. [33] In this way, commuter students can enjoy the same benefits as residence students, such as mentor support, meals and a well-appointed place to go to between classes.

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [34] 401–500 (2023)
CWUR World [35] 450
CWTS World [36] 461
QS World [37] 283 (2024)
THE World [38] 301–350 (2024)
USNWR Global [39] 304
URAP World [40] 362
Regional – Overall
QS BRICS [41] 51
THE Africa [42] 2
Theological Faculty with the statue to founders academics John Murray and Nicalaas Jacobus Hofmeyr 20190202 Stellenbosch University.jpg
Theological Faculty with the statue to founders academics John Murray and Nicalaas Jacobus Hofmeyr

The university is one of three public universities in the Western Cape and one of about 20 universities in the country.

In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Stellenbosch University was ranked in the 251-275 category in the world and third in Africa. Another reputable ranking system, QS World University Rankings recently ranked the university at 390 in the world and also third in Africa. [43]

Leiden University ranked Stellenbosch 395th out of the top 500 universities worldwide on its CWTS Leiden Ranking list of 2013. [44] This list also ranked the university second in both South Africa and Africa, behind only the University of Cape Town.

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Stellenbosch University World Ranking
Stellenbosch University Times Higher Education Ranking 2012 to 2024
YearWorld Rank
2024301–350
2023251–300
2022251–300
2021251–300
2020251–300
2019251–300
2018351–400
2017401-500
2016301-350
2015276-300
2014301-350
2013301-350
2012251-275
[45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]

Stellenbosch University consistently ranks in the top 200 worldwide in law, politics and geography.

Stellenbosch University is ranked in the top 100 worldwide in development studies, theology, agriculture and forestry. [59]

In 2012, Webometrics ranked Stellenbosch's web footprint 2nd largest in Africa, again behind the University of Cape Town. [60]

The University of Stellenbosch Business School's MBA program was ranked 65th out of 100 MBA programmes of the leading business schools in the world the Aspen Institute's 2011-12 edition of its Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey. The USB is also the only business school in South Africa, as well as the rest of the continent, to be included in the Top 100 list. [61]

The University of Stellenbosch Business School has triple accreditation (AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB accreditation) and is ranked second in Africa by Eduniversal. The University of Stellenbosch Business School is ranked in the top 100 worldwide in executive education by Financial Times. [62]

Controversies

Racism incident

In October 2022, an incident of alleged racism occurred where a white student urinated onto the study material of a black student. [63]

Vice-Chancellor nepotism case

In 2023, Vice-Chancellor Wim de Villiers was charged of nepotism. [64] [65] He allegedly used his discretionary right to secure a place for his wife's nephew at the university's medical school. [66] [67] An investigation into the case found that there was no misconduct that warranted his removal from office but that he would have to face financial consequences.

Leaders

Current leaders

General Management [68]
Prof Wim de Villiers Rector and Vice-Chancellor
Edwin Cameron Chancellor
Prof Stan du PlessisChief Operating Officer
Prof Hester KlopperDeputy Vice-Chancellor: Strategy, Global and Corporate Affairs
Prof Nico KoopmanDeputy Vice-Chancellor: Social Impact, Transformation & Personnel
Prof Sibusiso Moyo Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies
Prof Deresh Ramjugernath Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching
Dr Ronel RetiefRegistrar
Mr Mohamed ShaikhExecutive Manager: Rectorate

Historical

Rector [69]
PeriodSurnameName(s)Date of BirthDate of Death
11919-1925CilliéGabriël Gideon10 September 18701 April 1958
21925-1934WilsonDouglas George25 April 1856
31934-1955WilcocksRaymond William23 January 189216 March 1967
41955-1970 Thom Hendrik Bernardus31 December 19054 November 1983
51970-1979de VilliersJan Naude17 August 1923
61979-1993de VriesMichiel Josias5 May 19335 July 2002
71993-2002van WykAndreas Hercules17 September 1941
82002-2007 Brink Chris31 January 1951
92007-2014 Botman Hayman Russel18 October 195328 June 2014
102014-2025 de Villiers Willem Johan Simon26 September 1959
112025–Present Ramjugernath Deresh26 July 1972
Chancellor
PeriodSurnameName(s)Date of BirthDate of Death
11918-1919MaraisJohannes Izak23 August 184827 August 1919
21919-1931VosPieter Jacobus Gerhard29 October 184231 October 1931
31931-1932 de Villiers Jacob Abraham Jeremias14 December 186816 September 1937
41932-1939MoorreesAdriaan18 August 185517 November 1938
51939-1941Kestell John Daniel Kestell 15 December 18549 February 1941
61941-1959 Malan Daniel Francois22 May 18747 February 1959
71959-1968 Dönges Theophilus Ebenhaezer8 March 189810 January 1968
81968-1983 Vorster Balthazar Johannes13 December 191510 September 1983
91983-1983ThomHendrik Bernardus31 December 19054 November 1983
101984-1988 Botha Pieter Willem12 January 191631 October 2006
111988-1998van der HorstJohannes Gerhardus19 September 191923 April 2003
121998-2008BothaElizabeth19 November 193016 November 2007
132008-2009 Slabbert Frederik Van Zyl2 March 194014 May 2010
142009-2019 Rupert Johann Peter1 June 1950
152019- Cameron Edwin15 February 1953
Edwin Cameron, chancellor (2019-present) Edwin Cameron in robes.jpg
Edwin Cameron, chancellor (2019-present)

Notable alumni

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