Africa: university ranking 2021

As of 2021, the South African University of Cape Town was considered the leading university in Africa on the basis of its academic research and overall reputation. The institution achieved a score of 69.4, on a scale from 0 to100. With student enrollment reaching 21,647, the University of Cape Town placed 103rd in the global university ranking. Moreover, four other universities in South Africa followed as second to fifth leading universities in the region, namely University of Witwatersrand, Stellenbosch University, University of KwaZulu Natal, and University of Johannesburg. These institutions registered scores between 54.7 and 62.8. In the global ranking, the highest-performing school earns an overall score of 100.

Leading universities for tertiary education in Africa as of 2021, by overall score

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Release date

April 2021

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Africa

Survey time period

2021

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The source adds the following information:
- "Best Global Universities rankings focus specifically on schools' academic research and reputation overall and not on their separate undergraduate or graduate programs".
- "The overall Best Global Universities rankings encompass nearly 1,500 top institutions spread across 86 countries".
- "Universities are ranked in their region based solely on their position in the overall Best Global Universities rankings."

The highest-performing school earns an overall global score of 100, on a scale of 0-100.

The following 13 indicators were used to measure the scores: Global research reputation:
Regional research reputation; Publications; Books; Conferences; Normalized citation impact; Total citations; Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited; Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited; International collaboration – relative to country; International collaboration; Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field; Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers.

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