Lucky for you, we here bring you the best South African universities that offer exemplary academic qualifications.
Remember, you want to pick an institution that has a globally recognized degree or other qualifications.
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Other organizations and rankings include theAcademic Ranking of World Universitiesand the A3 Top 500 Global Universities among others.
Long gone is the narrative that the best curriculums are found overseas.
University of Cape Town
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Most of the rankings out there confirm that theUniversity of Cape Townis the top university in South Africa.
In fact, it has maintained the top spot for a number of years now in a row.
The learning institution continues to move higher against other colleges in the global ranking map.
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It is for this reason that UCT has the highest enrollment of interstate learners of about thirty thousand.
In 2019 - 2020, the CWUR ranked this higher education institution in the252nd positionglobally.
In 2019-2020, it ranked 254 worldwide according to CWUR.
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Established in 1896 as a mining school, it has about 33,700 scholars from within and outside South Africa.
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Just like Witwatersrand, its international faculty is highly ranked in the nation.
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Some of its top disciplines include Divinity & Religious Studies, Development Studies, Agriculture, and Theology.
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Aside from that, you could choose from at least 1,800 study programs in both English and Afrikaans.
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Some of its famed courses include Theology, Law, Agriculture, and Divinity & Religious Studies.
Recent CWUR ranking places it at 556 globally.
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The three campuses are located at Vanderbijlpark, Mahikeng, and Potchefstroom.
It helped out academically in building the great nation that South Africa is today.
It ranks 1034 internationally and 8th locally according to the 2019-2020 CWUR ranking.
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Rhodes University
Rhodes Universityis situated in Grahamstown, which is in South Africas Eastern Cape Province.
Of the total population, postgraduates account for 26% while undergraduates make up to 20%.
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It ranks 1224 globally according to the latest CWUR ranking.
Today, it has about 39,440 students distributed across its three campuses and seven faculties.
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It ranks 1183 globally as per the CWUR findings.
Obviously, not everyone is going to fit into the above institutions.
The above institutions qualify among the top universities in Africa based on their rankings in the world.
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