University Of Kwazulu Natal World Ranking

University Of Kwazulu Natal World Ranking, In part because of the inherent difficulty of ranking complex educational institutions, there are an expanding number of competing international university ranking schemes, each with a different emphasis. Four of the most prominent are the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (most widely accepted), The Centre for World University rankings (CWUR),QS World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU, sometimes referred to as the “Shanghai Rankings”).

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

The 2018 edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings ranked the top South African universities as follows:^[3]

SA Rank	World Rank	University
1	171[4]	University of Cape Town
2	251-300[5]	University of the Witwatersrand
3	351–400[6]	Stellenbosch University
4	401-500[7]	University of KwaZulu-Natal
5	601–800[8]	University of Pretoria
6	601-800[9]	University of Johannesburg
7	601-800[10]	University of the Western Cape
8	801-1000[11]	University of South Africa

QS World University Rankings

The 2014-15 edition of the QS World University Rankings ranked the top South African universities as follows:

SA rank	World rank	University	Arts & Humanities	Engineering & IT	Life Sciences & Medicine	Natural Science	Social Sciences
1	141[12]	University of Cape Town	108	294	100	220	116
2	318[13]	University of the Witwatersrand	148	249	204	280	800000
3	390[14]	Stellenbosch University	237	—	268	356	283
4	471–480[15]	University of Pretoria	283	—	349	—	241
5	501–550[16]	University of KwaZulu-Natal	—	—	366	—	—

Previous years’ world rankings are as follows (before 2010 the ranking was known as the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings):

SA rank	University	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
1	University of Cape Town	257	200	176	146	161æ
2	University of Witwatersrand	322	282	319	321	360
3	Stellenbosch University	—	—	—	—	—
4	University of Pretoria	509	469	501–600	401–500	451–500
5	University of KwaZulu-Natal	484	487	401–500	501–600	501–550