South Africa’s top universities are ranked globally based on 18 individual performance indicators: Teaching, research ...

which were all up from the start of 2024. Eight universities in South Africa were ranked among the top 1000, but only the top four universities ranked among the top 500 in the overall listing.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 list the top universities in Africa with countries like South Africa and Egypt dominant in the top 10. In the broader list, Egypt and ...

All universities outside the top 300 are not ... improved their positioning in the overall ranking. However, many of South Africa’s universities fell out of their ranges, slipping significantly.