Which are the best and worst universities in South Africa, 2017.South Africa has a total of 124 major universities and several colleges. According to Webometric,an institution that ranks universities worldwide, University of Cape Town is the best university in the country and number 260 among universities ranked by the company across the world.
Below we provide a list of university ranking in South Africa from the best to the worst. In case you are planning to pursue your degree in South Africa, choose the best.
South Africa
ranking | World Rank | University | Det. | Presence Rank* | Impact Rank* | Openness Rank* | Excellence Rank* |
ranking | World Rank | University | Det. | Presence Rank* | Impact Rank* | Openness Rank* | Excellence Rank* | |||||||
1 | 273 | University of Cape Town | 344 | 425 | 262 | 260 | ||||||||
2 | 423 | Stellenbosch University | 276 | 667 | 508 | 461 | ||||||||
3 | 458 | University of the Witwatersrand | 715 | 816 | 501 | 395 | ||||||||
4 | 499 | University of Pretoria | 219 | 765 | 525 | 585 | ||||||||
5 | 611 | University of Kwazulu Natal | 391 | 1370 | 645 | 525 | ||||||||
6 | 734 | University of the Western Cape | 310 | 794 | 1182 | 1066 | ||||||||
7 | 987 | University of Johannesburg | 1721 | 2590 | 687 | 782 | ||||||||
8 | 1060 | Rhodes University | 1493 | 1372 | 981 | 1360 | ||||||||
9 | 1208 | North West University | 1493 | 2560 | 1093 | 1088 | ||||||||
10 | 1317 | University of South Africa | 1367 | 1672 | 1391 | 1685 | ||||||||
11 | 1457 | University of the Free State | 1627 | 3415 | 1277 | 1269 | ||||||||
12 | 1933 | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | 4302 | 3670 | 1722 | 1816 | ||||||||
13 | 2280 | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | 2584 | 4863 | 2201 | 2188 | ||||||||
14 | 2358 | Tshwane University of Technology | 7136 | 5859 | 2184 | 1777 | ||||||||
15 | 2804 | Durban University of Technology | 611 | 5817 | 1529 | 3339 | ||||||||
16 | 2851 | University of Fort Hare | 5070 | 7092 | 2554 | 2461 | ||||||||
17 | 3088 | University of Limpopo | 7305 | 8522 | 2905 | 2401 | ||||||||
18 | 3590 | University of Venda | 4259 | 9212 | 2472 | 3339 | ||||||||
19 | 3868 | Vaal University of Technology | 4393 | 9728 | 4626 | 3255 | ||||||||
20 | 3929 | University of Zululand | 5447 | 9394 | 3914 | 3506 | ||||||||
21 | 4901 | Walter Sisulu University | 6238 | 9340 | 5184 | 4330 | ||||||||
22 | 5096 | Central University of Technology | 9898 | 8471 | 3207 | 4916 | ||||||||
23 | 7472 | Monash University South Africa | 14210 | 10337 | 8635 | 4142 | ||||||||
24 | 7922 | Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) | 9847 | 11178 | 3805 | 5778 | ||||||||
25 | 9329 | IMM Graduate School of Marketing | 25539 | 3227 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
26 | 13262 | South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA | 11002 | 12306 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
27 | 13431 | South African Theological Seminary | 8648 | 13029 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
28 | 13590 | Boston City Campus and Business College | 16805 | 11455 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
29 | 14213 | International Hotel School | 13798 | 13057 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
30 | 14298 | Exercise Teachers Academy ETA | 15534 | 12783 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
31 | 14433 | Damelin | 15158 | 13076 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
32 | 14481 | MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa | 15985 | 12909 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
33 | 15740 | Regenesys Business School | 6311 | 16839 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
34 | 15934 | College of Cape Town | 17040 | 14758 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
35 | 15948 | Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega, The School of Brand Communications) | 8523 | 16679 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
36 | 16165 | City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts | 21238 | 14021 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
37 | 16185 | Regent Business School | 18474 | 14758 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
38 | 16299 | Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management | 18372 | 14936 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
39 | 16390 | Foundation for Professional Development | 17579 | 15217 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
40 | 16390 | South African College of Applied Psychology | 17821 | 15149 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
41 | 16551 | Eastcape Midlands College | 14210 | 16199 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
42 | 16672 | Inscape Design College | 21326 | 14647 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
43 | 16672 | Boland College | 11959 | 16885 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
44 | 16869 | Northlink College | 20330 | 15174 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
45 | 16905 | Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA | 14282 | 16674 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
46 | 16914 | False Bay College | 17821 | 15828 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
47 | 17101 | Helderberg College | 18922 | 15868 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
48 | 17172 | Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts | 20235 | 15644 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
49 | 17283 | Beautiko Academy of Beauty | 25362 | 13652 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
50 | 17522 | Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography | 14137 | 17472 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
51 | 17528 | StAugustine College of South Africa | 20545 | 16020 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
52 | 17899 | Henley Management College | 19088 | 16887 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
53 | 18006 | AAA School of Advertising | 24161 | 15535 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
54 | 18123 | Camelot International | 10432 | 19115 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
55 | 18225 | Academy of Sound Engineering | 8321 | 19716 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
56 | 18249 | (4) Lyceum College | 20858 | 16937 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
57 | 18495 | Gert Sibande College | 16531 | 18333 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
58 | 18620 | Port Elizabeth College | 17567 | 18225 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
59 | 18654 | Ekurhuleni West College | 16306 | 18568 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
60 | 18687 | Centurion Akademie | 17228 | 18410 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
61 | 18744 | South West Gauteng College | 18442 | 18222 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
62 | 18744 | Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa | 21260 | 17472 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
63 | 18940 | Esayidi College | 23554 | 17042 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
64 | 18972 | Stenden South Africa | 23764 | 17010 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
65 | 19119 | LISOF Fashion Design School | 20408 | 18153 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
66 | 19186 | Cornerstone Christian College | 18571 | 18687 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
67 | 19312 | Pearson Institute of Higher Education (Midrand Graduate Institute) | 23786 | 17434 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
68 | 19577 | Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy | 20224 | 18818 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
69 | 19621 | Greenside Design Centre College of Design | 21464 | 18568 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
70 | 19729 | Majuba College | 13898 | 20488 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
71 | 19811 | Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management | 20300 | 19115 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
72 | 19811 | Buffalo City College | 17807 | 19716 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
73 | 19871 | Orbit College | 21695 | 18883 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
74 | 20010 | Umfolozi College | 18046 | 19920 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
75 | 20054 | Nkangala College | 13205 | 21013 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
76 | 20119 | Design School Southern Africa | 23727 | 18568 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
77 | 20145 | Vuselela College | 22773 | 18930 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
78 | 20169 | PC Training and Business College | 8671 | 21934 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
79 | 20284 | Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie | 8718 | 22055 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
80 | 20348 | Ekurhuleni East College | 23594 | 18927 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
81 | 20390 | South Cape College | 22910 | 19202 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
82 | 20479 | Johannesburg Polytechnic | 14275 | 21256 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
83 | 20515 | Central Johannesburg College | 16682 | 20904 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
84 | 20618 | Flavius Mareka College | 19307 | 20400 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
85 | 20844 | Prestige Academy (Prestige College) | 17597 | 21097 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
86 | 21032 | Sekhukhune College | 21645 | 20400 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
87 | 21197 | Belgium Campus Itversity | 21896 | 20575 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
88 | 21240 | Tshwane South College | 22132 | 20575 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
89 | 21306 | St Joseph`s Theological Institute | 17917 | 21552 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
90 | 21330 | Coastal KZN College | 23359 | 20393 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
91 | 21337 | Durbanville College | 19142 | 21345 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
92 | 21386 | Lovedale College | 23359 | 20400 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
93 | 21452 | Sedibeng College | 23825 | 20315 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
94 | 21612 | Western College | 23578 | 20656 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
95 | 21701 | Madge Wallace International College of Skin Care and Body Therapy | 12543 | 22944 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
96 | 21701 | Southern Business School | 24564 | 20315 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
97 | 21842 | Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) | 23275 | 21013 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
98 | 22128 | Potchefstroom Academy / Potchefstroom Akademie | 22277 | 21639 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
99 | 22468 | South African Institute of Management | 21229 | 22274 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
100 | 22480 | Thekwini College | 23487 | 21745 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
101 | 22630 | Letaba College | 23807 | 21843 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
102 | 22643 | ICESA City Campus | 21863 | 22396 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
103 | 22784 | Mopani South East College | 21709 | 22593 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
104 | 22853 | Ingwe College | 21583 | 22723 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
105 | 22867 | West Coast College | 25981 | 20005 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
106 | 23015 | Durban Computer College DCC | 24486 | 22167 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
107 | 23091 | Elangeni College | 22595 | 22825 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
108 | 23421 | Southern Africa Bible College | 23865 | 22944 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
109 | 23435 | Oval International Computer Education | 19422 | 23811 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
110 | 23587 | Auckland Park Theological Seminary | 23865 | 23172 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
111 | 23846 | International Academy of Reflexology and Meridian Therapy | 25132 | 23053 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
112 | 23864 | Lephalale College | 26256 | 21256 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
113 | 23901 | International Trade Institute of Southern Africa | 24065 | 23564 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
114 | 24406 | College of Production Technology | 24382 | 24162 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
115 | 24451 | Taletso College | 25981 | 22716 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
116 | 24695 | Christian Reformed Theological Seminary / Christelike Gereformeerde Teologie Seminarium | 24506 | 24440 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
117 | 24700 | Maluti TVET College | 25405 | 24055 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
118 | 24711 | Global School of Theology Western Cape | 25267 | 24176 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
119 | 24795 | Northern Cape TVET Urban College | 24506 | 24541 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
120 | 24874 | St John Vianney Seminary | 20056 | 25160 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
121 | 24910 | Umgungundlovu College | 25676 | 24055 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
122 | 25094 | New Africa Theatre Association | 25981 | 23933 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
123 | 25458 | Sonett International Academy | 25588 | 25041 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||
124 | 25529 | Hebron Theological College | 24954 | 25407 | 8635 | 5778 | ||||||||