University Rankings by Region
South Africa · Africa. Explore institutions sorted by rank, compare overall scores, and review criteria breakdown tabs to understand each university's relative strengths before opening the full profile.
Showing 14 institutions
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University of Cape Town
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
100
Citations per Paper89.4
Papers per Faculty100
Academic Reputation100
2
University of Johannesburg
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
98.7
Citations per Paper91.4
Papers per Faculty91.3
Academic Reputation97
3
University of Witwatersrand
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
97.4
Citations per Paper61.7
Papers per Faculty94.8
Academic Reputation99.5
4
Stellenbosch University
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
95
Citations per Paper69.5
Papers per Faculty100
Academic Reputation99.5
5
University of Pretoria
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
94.8
Citations per Paper50.7
Papers per Faculty93.9
Academic Reputation99
6
University of Kwazulu-Natal
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
89.1
Citations per Paper78.4
Papers per Faculty94.4
Academic Reputation90.8
7
North-West University
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
80
Citations per Paper93
Papers per Faculty65.3
Academic Reputation66.1
9
University of the Free State
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
70.8
Citations per Paper40
Papers per Faculty96.8
Academic Reputation60.9
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University of the Western Cape
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
70.7
Citations per Paper70.2
Papers per Faculty75.5
Academic Reputation79
12
Rhodes University
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
68.1
Citations per Paper41.9
Papers per Faculty99.7
Academic Reputation64.5
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Nelson Mandela University
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
57.8
Citations per Paper52.4
Papers per Faculty77.3
Academic Reputation56.7
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University of Limpopo
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
31.9
Citations per Paper17.8
Papers per Faculty35.1
Academic Reputation22.9
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University of Zululand
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
28.8
Citations per Paper39
Papers per Faculty68.6
Academic Reputation21
51
Central University of Technology, Free State
University Rankings by RegionSouth AfricaAfrica
Overall Score
0
Citations per Paper47
Papers per Faculty17.5
Academic Reputation5