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South Africa Ranking January 2026 – Webometrics Global Position

Explore South Africa’s January 2026 Webometrics ranking across global visibility, research excellence, openness, and academic performance. See how it compares worldwide.

Ranking World Rank University Country Impact Rank Openness Rank Excellence Rank
1 196 University of Cape Town 264 188 281
2 324 University of the Witwatersrand 515 408 355
3 410 University of Pretoria 547 550 516
4 419 Stellenbosch University 662 302 542
5 505 University of Kwazulu Natal 1113 513 498
6 532 University of Johannesburg 1397 675 372
7 668 University of South Africa 1090 1015 769
8 857 University of the Western Cape 1310 998 1123
9 984 University of the Free State 2090 1050 1032
10 1051 Rhodes University 1260 1227 1540
11 1676 Durban University of Technology 3391 1737 1907
12 1694 North West University 1892 10149 664
13 1732 Tshwane University of Technology 4329 1628 1605
14 1844 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2891 1882 2467
15 2383 University of Fort Hare 5178 1933 2507
16 2599 University of Limpopo 5554 2110 2695
17 2624 Nelson Mandela University 3835 25115 1648
18 2926 University of Zululand 5759 2898 3045
19 3056 University of Venda 6437 2473 3097
20 3176 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 8388 3394 2134
21 3484 Vaal University of Technology 6190 3551 3674
22 3547 Central University of Technology 6185 3296 3880
23 3582 Walter Sisulu University 7088 2886 3623
24 8575 University of Mpumalanga 9522 4027 10703
25 8839 South African College of Applied Psychology 6951 10696 14020
26 8904 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9552 4666 10288
27 9507 Sol Plaatje University 10440 4502 12659
28 10675 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9290 30257 12724
29 10805 Regenesys Business School 9408 28839 19415
30 11634 Regent Business School 10493 14591 17781
31 11885 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10778 21665 21367
32 12125 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11066 30882 28596
33 12369 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13166 12050 6673
34 12756 Milpark Business School 11814 10398 25045
35 12930 Vega School 12055 26531 9585
36 13022 College of Cape Town 12093 10740 27663
37 13059 STADIO Higher Education 12132 20792 22817
38 13103 Henley Management College 12246 21064 10957
39 13119 International Hotel School 12234 16172 19089
40 13413 Northlink College 12575 24380 27895
41 13417 Lyceum College 12594 27755 22862
42 13444 Foundation for Professional Development 12717 16881 8130
43 13556 Damelin 12789 23179 10686
44 13660 False Bay College 12841 18945 22431
45 13854 South West Gauteng College 13034 27001 29587
46 13876 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13084 11974 29499
47 13891 Ekurhuleni West College 13156 29077 11796
48 13902 Ekurhuleni East College 13205 15469 9733
49 13938 IMM Graduate School 13219 18864 14501
50 14317 Boland College 13644 29502 12432
51 14336 Central Johannesburg College 13666 9869 17633
52 14376 Orbit College 13732 10418 12145
53 14894 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14279 22853 20675
54 14928 West Coast College 14371 12922 11183
55 15275 South African Theological Seminary 14745 10584 12342
56 15315 Buffalo City College 14728 10467 25172
57 15328 Ehlanzeni College 14767 13356 19789
58 15418 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14840 10986 28250
59 15480 Tshwane South College 14903 18491 25363
60 15578 StAugustine College of South Africa 15030 18638 20140
61 15723 Sedibeng College 15190 27580 30174
62 15749 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15229 30827 30762
63 15768 Western College 15282 24818 30525
64 15826 Coastal KZN TVET College 15375 23586 25088
65 15832 Vuselela College 15412 28041 23048
66 15980 Umfolozi College 15572 30690 14032
67 16005 Port Elizabeth College 15551 12816 27628
68 16071 Eduvos 15684 27712 12800
69 16154 Stenden South Africa 15718 11875 28178
70 16213 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15861 23687 8348
71 16260 Business Optimization Training Institute 15846 17113 26376
72 16339 Flavius Mareka College 15967 9314 19890
73 16390 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16068 15552 9915
74 16433 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16084 18643 14382
75 16442 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16093 14376 16407
76 16538 Cornerstone Christian College 16218 10807 14136
77 16712 Nkangala TVET College 16346 11745 21884
78 16832 Eastcape Midlands College 16470 16160 19076
79 16837 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16423 26668 29258
80 17043 South Cape College 16777 21540 21253
81 17127 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16852 21551 24278
82 17242 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16998 9234 25836
83 17366 Maluti TVET College 17184 12698 11025
84 17665 Belgium Campus Itversity 17421 23644 25840
85 17901 AAA School of Advertising 17757 24945 10248
86 17932 Elangeni College 17710 19869 24582
87 17996 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17829 29996 12611
88 18071 TSIBA 17861 26778 29388
89 18091 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17952 28798 27686
90 18199 Ingwe College 18099 25322 26341
91 18219 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18196 24772 10076
92 18254 ICESA City Campus 18161 19787 24430
93 18317 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18225 17110 26360
94 18425 Gert Sibande College 18371 18308 22154
95 18508 Mopani South East College 18460 13357 25734
96 18584 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18571 17678 15970
97 18674 Helderberg College 18616 16193 31226
98 18897 Letaba College 18878 15949 20417
99 18928 Academy of Sound Engineering 18927 14895 18128
100 19078 Taletso College 19100 21366 17522