The year 1532 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

• Petrus Apianus publishes at Ingolstadt Ein Bericht der Kurtzer Observation unnd urtels des Jűngst erschinnen Cometen (on his observations of comets) and Quadrans astronomicus Apiani (on the astronomical quadrant).

• Otto Brunfels publishes a book of herbs.^[1]
• Sugar cane first cultivated in Brazil.^[1]
• Gherardo Cibo begins his herbarium, the oldest still surviving.^[2]

• Jacob Ziegler publishes his principal geographical treatise, Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae... at Strasbourg.^[3]

• John Hawkins, English navigator (died 1595)
• Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer and scientist (died 1592)

• Diego de Ordaz, Spanish explorer (born 1480)