Top Universities in South Africa
2025 South African University Ranking New
Introduction
What are the most popular Colleges and Universities in South Africa? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 South African University Ranking of 25 South African higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:
- being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in South Africa
- offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
- delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format
uniRank aims to provide a non-academic League Table of the top South African Universities and Colleges based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.
2025 South African University Ranking
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