Rolf Stumpf

Rolf Stumpf is a South African statistician and former Vice Chancellor and Rector of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and serves on the Council of the University of South Africa.

Stumpf's career spans various positions in academia, the research environment, and in the higher education policy environment, including serving as Deputy Director General of the Department of National Education and President of the Human Sciences Research Council.

Prior to his appointment as Vice Chancellor and Rector of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University he was Vice-Rector (Teaching) at the University of Stellenbosch until 2002.

Currently an independent higher education consultant and a member of the Council of the University of South Africa, Stumpf has served as a member of the Council on Higher Education, Chair of the Higher Education Quality Committee, and as a trustee of the Centre for Higher Education Transformation.

Stumpf has a B.A. (Hons) and M.A. from the University of Pretoria and holds a Ph.D. in Statistics (Analysis of Qualitative Data) from the University of South Africa.

The author of a number of scientific articles in the field of statistics, Stumpf is the co-author of a book on Graphical Exploratory Data Analysis. He also authored and co-authored a large number of policy reports in the field of higher education and in vocational education.