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South Africa Ranking 2025 – Webometrics Global Position

Explore South Africa’s 2025 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
1 254 University of Cape Town 300 232 318
2 382 University of the Witwatersrand 558 387 407
3 430 University of Pretoria 543 500 521
4 436 Stellenbosch University 627 333 507
5 544 University of Johannesburg 1362 692 338
6 575 University of Kwazulu Natal 1133 527 517
7 731 University of South Africa 1091 974 771
8 937 University of the Western Cape 1313 955 1125
9 1069 University of the Free State 2069 1089 1002
10 1127 Rhodes University 1260 1220 1532
11 1720 North West University 1942 27245 713
12 1794 Tshwane University of Technology 4344 1628 1618
13 1817 Durban University of Technology 3433 1776 1941
14 2000 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2904 1867 2479
15 2436 University of Fort Hare 5182 1875 2510
16 2633 University of Limpopo 5572 2076 2713
17 2901 Nelson Mandela University 3849 15413 1656
18 2915 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 8420 3363 2171
19 2917 University of Zululand 5732 2929 3010
20 2983 University of Venda 6389 2465 3046
21 3393 Vaal University of Technology 6179 3544 3662
22 3466 Walter Sisulu University 7088 2882 3619
23 3501 Central University of Technology 6170 3289 3866
24 7917 University of Mpumalanga 9545 4016 10744
25 8115 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9577 4692 7618
26 8331 Sol Plaatje University 10479 4471 22010
27 8665 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13158 25935 6696
28 9293 South African College of Applied Psychology 6915 15249 14103
29 10003 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9323 24477 23941
30 10034 Regenesys Business School 9430 27250 26906
31 10309 Regent Business School 10490 30009 29883
32 10388 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10792 19953 19121
33 10449 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11058 16978 16000
34 10612 Milpark Business School 11835 30512 30412
35 10657 College of Cape Town 12087 14039 12804
36 10657 Vega School 12098 27404 27074
37 10664 STADIO Higher Education 12105 9459 7963
38 10686 International Hotel School 12241 18640 17773
39 10695 Henley Management College 12273 15047 13894
40 10746 Lyceum College 12595 29960 29821
41 10746 Northlink College 12592 29180 28975
42 10782 Foundation for Professional Development 12763 19822 18981
43 10797 Damelin 12817 17577 16624
44 10797 False Bay College 12839 30988 30910
45 10846 South West Gauteng College 13022 15211 14060
46 10856 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13077 24438 23897
47 10864 Ekurhuleni West College 13122 25072 24582
48 10877 Ekurhuleni East College 13225 12835 11549
49 10877 IMM Graduate School 13219 12055 10710
50 10960 Central Johannesburg College 13639 25581 25106
51 10971 Boland College 13679 21208 20452
52 10980 Orbit College 13752 13869 12630
53 11060 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14242 18743 17879
54 11082 West Coast College 14407 25876 25434
55 11123 Buffalo City College 14748 30784 30700
56 11129 Ehlanzeni College 14773 18526 17650
57 11129 South African Theological Seminary 14779 19921 19086
58 11148 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14816 12705 11409
59 11153 Tshwane South College 14909 29074 28854
60 11174 StAugustine College of South Africa 15038 23891 23313
61 11199 Sedibeng College 15193 24533 24005
62 11210 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15257 31567 31557
63 11215 Western College 15274 15792 14703
64 11227 Coastal KZN TVET College 15394 24326 23775
65 11227 Vuselela College 15406 27820 27496
66 11251 Port Elizabeth College 15551 22745 22091
67 11257 Umfolozi College 15590 14096 12867
68 11269 Eduvos 15695 15320 14182
69 11269 Stenden South Africa 15685 11690 10312
70 11282 Business Optimization Training Institute 15841 23053 22419
71 11296 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15903 27979 27674
72 11308 Flavius Mareka College 15924 13610 12358
73 11320 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16038 12804 11515
74 11330 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16138 28468 28202
75 11330 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16089 13379 12121
76 11336 Cornerstone Christian College 16183 25353 24868
77 11358 Nkangala TVET College 16364 23851 23271
78 11365 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16439 28772 28528
79 11376 Eastcape Midlands College 16464 12971 11693
80 11418 South Cape College 16795 21475 20758
81 11431 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16851 18499 17616
82 11449 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16983 13473 12217
83 11474 Maluti TVET College 17192 14838 13660
84 11502 Belgium Campus Itversity 17381 10331 8892
85 11536 AAA School of Advertising 17716 27424 27095
86 11536 Elangeni College 17669 11648 10269
87 11561 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17855 20845 20081
88 11561 TSIBA 17874 27213 26867
89 11569 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17941 26429 26021
90 11583 Ingwe College 18075 17011 16039
91 11594 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18153 20561 19763
92 11594 ICESA City Campus 18151 20369 19549
93 11603 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18193 12438 11115
94 11623 Gert Sibande College 18400 28091 27797
95 11635 Mopani South East College 18436 14435 13248
96 11641 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18518 16475 15450
97 11648 Helderberg College 18581 13575 12323
98 11681 Letaba College 18868 22809 22154
99 11692 Academy of Sound Engineering 18972 28439 28167
100 11707 Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie 19134 26100 25672