Stellenbosch University

Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch

  • #296 QS Global World Ranking
  • PublicStatus
  • Very HighResearch Output
  • 21,648Total Students
  • 916Faculty
  • 1,731Int'l Students

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The University offers Semester in Stellenbosch programmes (Exchange; Study Abroad), a Summer School, Postgraduate and PhD programmes in English.Stellenbosch University is a fully accredited classic university with 10 faculties: Arts, Economic and Management Sciences, Education, Science, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Health Sciences, Military Science, Law, Theology, Engineering.

It has a student body of over 22 000 of which more than one third is postgraduate students. The number of international students has increased substantially since 1993 to over 1900 students from more than 70 countries currently enrolled at the University.Stellenbosch is a research-intensive university with a long history of pure and applied research across a large range of disciplines. It is at the forefront of basic and applied research and through partnering with the industry and government has become a benchmark for research excellence.

About

The University offers Semester in Stellenbosch programmes (Exchange; Study Abroad), a Summer School, Postgraduate and PhD programmes in English.Stellenbosch University is a fully accredited classic university with 10 faculties: Arts, Economic and Management Sciences, Education, Science, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Health Sciences, Military Science, Law, Theology, Engineering.

It has a student body of over 22 000 of which more than one third is postgraduate students. The number of international students has increased substantially since 1993 to over 1900 students from more than 70 countries currently enrolled at the University.Stellenbosch is a research-intensive university with a long history of pure and applied research across a large range of disciplines. It is at the forefront of basic and applied research and through partnering with the industry and government has become a benchmark for research excellence.

University highlights

QS World University Ranking

  • 2012
    #401- 450
  • 2014
    #=387
  • 2015
    #=390
  • 2016
    #401-410
  • 2017
    #=395
  • 2018
    #=361
  • 2019
    #=405
  • 2020
    #=427
  • 2021
    #=456
  • 2022
    #=482
  • 2023
    #=454
  • 2024
    #283
  • 2025
    #296

Student & Staff

Total students
21,648

27%
73%

International students
1,731

62%
38%

Total faculty staff
916

108
808

Total students
21,648

27%
73%

International students
1,731

62%
38%

Total faculty staff
916

808
108
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Campus locations

Stellenbosch Main Campus,

Private Bag X1 , Stellenbosch , Western Province , South Africa , 7602

Bellville Park,

Bellville Park Campus , Bellville , Western Cape , South Africa , 7535

Saldanha Campus,

Faculty of Military Science , Saldanha , Western Cape , South Africa , 7395

Tygerberg Campus,

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , Bellville , Western Cape , South Africa , 7505

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English language requirements

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