Wim de Villiers is the Rector and Vice-Chancellor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He previously served as the Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town. He obtained an MBChB and MMed(Int) from Stellenbosch; became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of South Africa as a specialist in Internal Medicine; received a DPhil in Immunology from Oxford; and later an MHCM (Masters in Health Care Management) from Harvard University. De Villiers has held various positions at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, United States, for 18 years, including Head of Gastroenterology and Administrative Head of the Good Samaritan Hospital.