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University Of Kwazulu Natal World Ranking

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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:

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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