Tuesday 26 May 2015

Africa's Top 10 Universities

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014-2015 list the best  universities on the African continent and are the only international university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top African universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.

You can view the full World University Rankings 2014-2015 top 400 and explore the criteria used to assess the world’s greatest universities

Top Universities in Africa

Local #Global #UniversityCountry
1124University of Cape TownSouth Africa
2366University of WitwatersrandSouth Africa
3438Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa
4366University of PretoriaSouth Africa
5638University of KwaZulu NatalSouth Africa
6608University of JohannesburgSouth Africa
7285Cairo UniversityEgypt
8655Ain Shams UniversityEgypt
9731Makerere UniversityUganda
10664University of GhanaGhana
 

The 13 performance indicators are grouped into five areas:
  • Teaching: the learning environment (worth 30% of the overall ranking score)
  • Research: volume, income and reputation (worth 30%)
  • Citations: research influence (worth 30%)
  • Industry income: innovation (worth 2.5 %)
  • International outlook: staff, students and research (worth 7.5 %)

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Graphs courtesy of T.H.E. University World Rankings











 




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Monday 4 May 2015

Best subjects to study at SA universities


Once you've made the decision of what to study, the next big decision is where to study, so  comparing the quality of each institution by subject is vital to your choice -  QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 has revealed the top fields of study at South Africa's top universities.



According to QS World University rankings, South African universities stand out for expertise in development studies, of which the University of Cape Town ranked 7th worldwide.

The tables below provide a breakdown of subjects in which South African universities ranked within the top 400. Top 100 subjects have been highlighted.

University of Cape Town

SubjectFieldQS Rank
Developmental StudiesSocial sciences7
GeographyNatural sciences39
English Language & LiteratureArts and humanities51-100
Agriculture & ForestryLife sciences and medicine51-100
Earth & Marine SciencesNatural sciences51-100
EducationSocial sciences51-100
LawSocial sciences51-100
Politics & International StudiesSocial sciences51-100
Biological SciencesLife sciences and medicine101-150
MedicineLife sciences and medicine101-150
Environmental SciencesNatural sciences101-150
SociologySocial sciences101-150
LinguisticsArts and humanities151-200
PhilosophyArts and humanities151-200
Civil & Structural EngineeringEngineering and technology151-200
Pharmacy & and PharmacologyLife sciences and medicine151-200
PsychologyLife sciences and medicine151-200
Modern LanguagesArts and humanities201-250
Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing EngineeringEngineering and technology201-250
Physics & AstronomyNatural sciences201-250
MathematicsNatural sciences251-300
Computer ScienceEngineering and technology301-400
ChemistryNatural sciences301-400

University of the Witwatersrand

SubjectFieldQS Rank
Developmental StudiesSocial sciences15
GeographyNatural sciences51-100
English Language & LiteratureArts and humanities101-150
Earth & Marine SciencesNatural sciences101-150
LawSocial sciences101-150
Politics & International StudiesSocial sciences101-150
MedicineLife sciences and medicine151-200
Communication & Media StudiesSocial sciences151-200
EducationSocial sciences151-200
Physics & AstronomyNatural sciences251-300
Biological SciencesLife sciences and medicine301-400

University of Pretoria

SubjectFieldQS Rank
Developmental StudiesSocial sciences51-100
Agriculture & ForestryLife sciences and medicine101-150
LawSocial sciences101-150
English Language & LiteratureArts and humanities151-200
PhilosophyArts and humanities151-200
GeographyNatural sciences151-200
Communication & Media StudiesSocial sciences151-200
EducationSocial sciences151-200
Environmental StudiesNatural sciences201-250
Biological StudiesLife sciences and medicine301-400
MedicineLife sciences and medicine301-400

Stellenbosch University

SubjectFieldQS Rank
Developmental StudiesSocial sciences46
Agriculture & ForestryLife sciences and medicine51-100
English Language & LiteratureArts and humanities151-200
GeographyNatural sciences151-200
LawSocial sciences151-200
Biological SciencesLife sciences and medicine251-300
MedicineLife sciences and medicine251-300
Environmental StudiesNatural sciences251-300
MathematicsNatural sciences301-400
ChemistryNatural sciences301-400

University of KwaZulu Natal

SubjectFieldQS Rank
Developmental StudiesSocial sciences51-100
Agriculture & ForestryLife sciences and medicine151-200
GeographyNatural sciences151-200
MedicineLife sciences and medicine251-300

Rhodes University

SubjectFieldQS Rank
English Language & LiteratureArts and humanities151-200
Communication & Media StudiesSocial sciences151-200

University of Johannesburg

SubjectFieldQS Rank
Developmental StudiesSocial sciences51-100

For more information visit QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015

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