Stellenbosch University - Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Name

Stellenbosch University - Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Legal name

Stellenbosch University - Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Website

https://arts.sun.ac.za

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with Comprehensive Graduate & Professional Schools (EDAHAAAF)

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Faculty & Staff Exchange Programs (EDAIABAB)

Keywords

• Higher education programs
• Arts humanities degrees
• Social sciences research
• Postgraduate research training
• Academic research centres

Headquarters

HQ city

Stellenbosch

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Academic Fees: Revenue generated from student tuition fees for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across 14 undergraduate degree programmes and range of Honours, Master's and doctoral programmes.
2. Research Grants: External funding from national and international research bodies including DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence funding, NRF SARChI chair funding, and project-specific grants such as the R20 million IDRC grant to CINIA.

Pricing tiers

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Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Faculty delivers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes across arts, humanities, and social sciences disciplines. It offers 14 undergraduate degree programmes alongside a range of Honours, Master's, and doctoral programmes supervised by 79 NRF-rated researchers. Research is conducted through specialised centres (CINIA, Centre for Science Communication, AVReQ), four NRF SARChI chairs, and one DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence, supported by the Graduate School which administers international postgraduate scholarships.

Product overview

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University is an academic faculty offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programmes and research initiatives. The core educational offerings include 14 undergraduate degree programmes and a wide range of Honours, Master's and Doctoral programmes supported by the Faculty's Graduate School. Research is organized through specialized centres including CINIA (Centre for Information Integrity in Africa), the Centre for Science Communication, and AVReQ (Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest), along with four NRF SARChI research chairs and one DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence. The Faculty also houses academic departments (Journalism, Drama, Ancient Studies, Psychology, Sociology) and committees focused on social impact, teaching and learning. Key initiatives include the UNESCO Gandhi-Montessori-Luthuli Chair on Education for Peace, and interdisciplinary programmes like the new MPhil in Violent Histories and Repair. The Faculty publishes the LETT TER newsletter and hosts various public lectures, theatre productions, and the annual Imidibaniso Exchange for science communication.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Degree Programmes 14 undergraduate degree programmes providing foundational knowledge in humanities and social sciences, preparing students as intellectually curious, independent, and informed thinkers, as well as engaged citizens with critical and constructive engagement skills.
• Postgraduate Degree Programmes (Honours, Master's, Doctoral) Wide range of Honours, Master's, and doctoral programmes supervised by 79 NRF-rated researchers, with administrative support from the Graduate School including international scholarship administration. Research addresses challenges of being human in interconnected and complex world.
• MPhil in Violent Histories and Repair New interdisciplinary Master's programme, the first of its kind in South Africa, aimed at educating, training and mentoring emerging scholars to explore legacies of violent histories. Hosted by AVReQ.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 undergraduate degree programmes and wide range of postgraduate programmes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• St Edmund's College, University of CambridgemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2025Collaboration on the UNESCO Gandhi-Montessori Luthuli Chair on Education for Peace and Transformative Solidarity hosting the Research Engagement Dialogue Series (REDS2). Joint hosting of dialogue 'Peace starts with Children: Developing a mindset of Interdependence' with speakers including Takako Fukatsu and Allan Nguyen.
• Centre for Information Integrity in Africa (CINIA) - Multiple StakeholderscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 July 2025Summit on Information Integrity bringing together fact-checkers, researchers, journalists, policy advocates including representatives from Meta, Independent Electoral Commission, Media Monitoring Africa, South African National Editors' Forum, and Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.
• University of Groningen (Netherlands)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVirtual exchange course on 'The History of (Un)Sustainability' exploring sustainability from economic, political and historical perspectives for students interested in global sustainability questions.
• Howard University Centre for African StudiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHBCU Africa Correspondents Corps programme providing international networking opportunities for SU journalism students including Aurelia Mouton.
• Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-edited book 'WhatsApp in the World' by Prof Sahana Udupa and Prof Herman Wasserman, featuring global case studies on encrypted messaging and disinformation.
• Global University Network (Various)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch networks and strategic partnerships with universities across Africa and rest of globe enabling student/faculty exchanges, joint degrees, workshops, summer schools and collaborative projects.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Rhodes University - Faculty of Humanities: Rhodes University's Faculty of Humanities operates an arts and social sciences portfolio at a smaller SA public research university, but with directly comparable postgraduate supervision, research centres, and rated researchers as Stellenbosch.
• University of Pretoria - Faculty of Humanities: UP's Faculty of Humanities offers an equivalent portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate arts/social sciences degrees and is a direct competitor in the South African higher-education market for students and academic talent.
• University of Cape Town - Faculty of Humanities: UCT's Faculty of Humanities is the most direct peer — a public South African research-university faculty offering undergraduate and postgraduate humanities and social sciences programmes, competing with Stellenbosch for the same pool of rated researchers, postgraduate students, and NRF/DSI funding.
• University of Johannesburg - Faculty of Humanities: UJ's Faculty of Humanities is a direct SA peer offering comparable arts/social sciences programmes and competing directly for undergraduate enrolments and postgraduate researchers.
• University of KwaZulu-Natal - College of Humanities: UKZN's College of Humanities is a comparable public SA research faculty with similar department structures, NRF-rated researcher base, and competition for funded postgraduate positions and research grants.
• University of the Witwatersrand - Faculty of Humanities: Wits Humanities is a public SA research-intensive faculty in arts and social sciences, directly comparable in scale, programme mix, and reliance on NRF-rated researchers and postgraduate supervision.
• University of the Free State - Faculty of Humanities: UFS's Faculty of Humanities is another South African public-university faculty offering a directly comparable arts and social sciences portfolio at regional level.

Broad incumbents

• University of Oxford - Humanities Division: Oxford's Humanities Division is a much larger and broader incumbent in arts/social sciences teaching and research globally; offers overlapping postgraduate and research-comparable activity but at a vastly different scale and global footprint.
• University of Groningen - Faculty of Arts: University of Groningen is a confirmed exchange and collaboration partner with Stellenbosch (virtual exchange course on 'The History of (Un)Sustainability') operating a comparable humanities faculty in a different geography.
• University of Cambridge - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: Cambridge is an established collaborator with Stellenbosch (St Edmund's College hosts the REDS2 UNESCO Peace Chair dialogue). Operates a much larger humanities and social sciences portfolio across humanities disciplines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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