Rankings of universities in South Africa

[1] Intended originally as a marketing or a benchmarking tool, university rankings have become a part of many countries research evaluation and policy initiatives.

[3] List producers allow well remunerated[4] vice-chancellors to claim a top spot for their university in an educational league.

[5] Published research suggests otherwise, rankings are re-shaping public education and harming the academic project.

The CWUR ranked the top South African Universities as follows:[55][56] URAP, which is a newer ranking scheme based solely on quantitative measures of academic productivity, includes data for a larger number of global universities, and thus gives an alternative view of the relative standing of more South African institutions.

South Africa boasts many universities renowned for their quality education and research opportunities.

The limited number of spots available and growing demand for tertiary education, creates high competition among matric students.

Applications request your Grade 11 NSC results, Gender, Race and Additionally may require you to write the National Benchmark Test.