The ShanghaiRanking Consultancy has released the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and nine South African universities made it to the list. The Academic Ranking of World Universities has been presenting the world’s top universities annually based on transparent methodology and objective third-party data since 2003. This year, more than 2500 institutions were scrutinised,…
and the best 1000 universities in the world were published.
WORLD’S BEST UNIVERSITIES
The United States of America continues to dominate the top 10 with 8 universities. Harvard University tops the ranking list for the 20th year. Stanford University remains at the No. 2 seat. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) rises one position to the No. 3. Others in the Top 10 are Cambridge (4th), Berkeley (5th), Princeton (6th), Oxford (7th), Columbia (8th), Caltech (9th), and Chicago (10th).
In Continental Europe, Paris-Saclay University (16th) remains at the best position, followed by ETH Zurich (20th). Among Asian universities, The University of Tokyo (24th) keeps its leading position. Tsinghua University (26th) moves up two positions, holding on to the second-best place in Asia. The University of Melbourne (32th) tops other universities in Oceania for twelve consecutive years since 2011.
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS RANKED
The University of Cape Town continues to lead locally and internationally in terms of South African universities rankings. It is the only university in the Top 200 followed by Wits in the Top 300.
World Rank Institution National/Regional Rank 201 – 300 University of Cape Town1301 – 400 University of the Witwatesrand 2401 – 500 Stellenbosch University 3 -5 401 – 500 University of Johannesburg3 – 5401 – 500 University of Pretoria3 – 5501 – 600 University of KwaZulu-Natal 6601 – 700 North West University7901 – 1000 University of South Africa 8 – 9901 – 1000 University of the Free State 8 – 9 Source: Shangai Ranking Consultancy
