Starting on 1 October, the Postgraduate & International Office (PGIO) reorganised into two offices, Stellenbosch University International (SUI) and a Postgraduate Office, which forms part of the Division for Research Development (DRD). The reorganisation follows the alignment of the postgraduate dimension of the PGIO with the responsibility area of Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies and the appointment of Prof Hester Klopper as Vice-Rector: Strategic Initiatives and International Affairs in August. It is the first time Stellenbosch University (SU) appointed a vice-rector specifically tasked with the internationalisation of the university's core activities: research, teaching and learning and social impact.

SU staff and students can still visit the Wilcocks Building for SUI services such as international registration, immigration, overseas mobility and partnership opportunities, as well as joint doctoral degrees, postgraduate skills development and scholarship opportunities offered by the Postgraduate Office. Services that have until recently been delivered by the PGIO, will continue unchanged until new processes are phased in. More details about the functions of the two offices will be communicated later. Contact persons will also remain unchanged.

Dorothy Stevens, former Deputy Director of the PGIO, will head the Postgraduate Office while the integration with DRD is being implemented.

Stellenbosch University International, under the leadership of Robert Kotzé, former Senior Director of the PGIO, will be officially launched on 7 November. It coincides with African University Day celebrations and the new SUI structure will be introduced at the event.