Today we will take a
closer look at the best universities in South Africa through our overview of South Africa University
Rankings 2012. To give you the
highest ranking South-African universities, we will make use of three
ranking systems that have a worldwide view, and zoom down to the
South-African institutions included in these separate rankings.
The three world wide
rankings that we make use of here have been discussed in detail in
previous posts. You will find the methods used in their respective
sections. Links to all the sources can also be found in these
dedicated sections.
When evaluating the below
rankings, you will appreciate that the University of Capetown is the
undisputed number one in South Africa. Below that, the ranking
institutions are not in agreement. This is of course due to the
different methodologies. Another reason can be that the ranking
Academic Ranking of World
Universities is slightly dated (2010).
Rankings used:
What they came up with:
Times Higher
Education ranking 2012
1.
University of Cape Town, South Africa
2a.Stellenbosch
University, South Africa
2b.University
of Witwatersrand
The
Leiden ranking
1.
University Cape Town
2.
Stellenbosch University
3.
University Witwatersrand
4.
University Pretoria
Academic
Ranking of World Universities
1. University of Cape Town
2. University of the
Witwatersrand
3. University of
KwaZulu-Natal
