WSU Ranking

WSU Ranking, 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

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excsellence Rank*
1	272	University of Cape Town		542	411	183	250
2	445	University of the Witwatersrand		1185	741	444	375
3	449	University of Pretoria		54	728	453	489
4	496	Stellenbosch University		871	715	604	465
5	624	University of Kwazulu Natal		1168	1288	573	472
6	839	University of Johannesburg		2443	2144	621	616
7	967	University of the Western Cape		2094	1363	982	1064
8	1013	University of South Africa		1485	995	1582	1321
9	1112	Rhodes University		2047	1356	1112	1321
10	1114	North West University		1802	2363	1063	917
11	1487	University of the Free State		2488	3644	1072	1207
12	2206	Tshwane University of Technology		6590	5710	1846	1667
13	2266	Nelson Mandela University		3718	6131	2192	1673
14	2314	Durban University of Technology		2601	4733	1542	2242
15	2318	University of Fort Hare		8399	2877	2415	2592
16	2430	Cape Peninsula University of Technology		4219	4241	2365	2431
17	2988	University of Limpopo		6306	7674	3182	2431
18	3339	University of Venda		10966	8298	2464	2957
19	3867	Vaal University of Technology		7171	7383	3625	3911
20	3891	Central University of Technology		7670	8279	3514	3765
21	3951	Walter Sisulu University		11387	8423	5311	3543
22	4247	University of Zululand		11613	9950	3768	3846