Overview 2018

In 2018 a total of 31 765 students were enrolled at Stellenbosch University (SU) on the offical annual SU census date (June 2018). Of this total, 63.5% (20 168) of students were enrolled in undergraduate programmes, 33.1% (10 506) in postgraduate programmes and 3.4% (1 091) as occasional students (non‑degree purposes).

In 2018, 58.1% of enrolled students were white, 20.1% African black, 18.1% coloured, 3.1% Indian and 0.2% Asian. In terms of home language, 47.8% indicated English, 37.8% Afrikaans, and 10.3% other official South African languages as their home language, and 4.1% other (international) languages.

The size of the permanently and fixed employed personnel corps in 2018, as by the end of June 2018, was 3 454, comprising of 1 091 academic personnel (lecturers) and 2 363 non-academic personnel.   

Refer to the tables and figures below for more detailed information.