Stanislaus Thomas Maria (Stan) Ackermans (1936 – 1995) was a Dutch mathematician, and the seventh rector magnificus of the Eindhoven University of Technology.

[1] Following his secondary education, Ackermans attended the University of Amsterdam, where he studied mathematics; he graduated under professor N.G.

[2] He was appointed full professor of mathematics back in Eindhoven in 1972, for the chairs of algebra and functional analysis.

[2] This was also the year of the two-phase structural reformation of higher education in The Netherlands (Dutch: Tweefasenstructuur wetenschappelijk onderwijs) and the financial cutback program Division of labor and concentration (Dutch: Taakverdeling en concentratie), which were mandated by the Ministry of Education.

In 1986 he took the initiative in founding the Institute for Continuing Education (Dutch: Instituut Vervolgopleidingen), of which he became the scientific director.