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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 3392 1737 1907
12 1694 North West University 1892 10157 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 25108 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 10695
25 8839 South African College of Applied Psychology 6951 10689 14011
26 8904 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9552 4666 10294
27 9507 Sol Plaatje University 10440 4502 12667
28 10675 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9290 30243 12718
29 10805 Regenesys Business School 9408 28829 19407
30 11634 Regent Business School 10493 14580 17774
31 11885 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10778 21659 21361
32 12125 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11066 30901 28611
33 12369 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13166 12053 6673
34 12756 Milpark Business School 11814 10406 25060
35 12930 Vega School 12055 26518 9577
36 13022 College of Cape Town 12093 10733 27650
37 13059 STADIO Higher Education 12132 20798 22825
38 13103 Henley Management College 12246 21073 10960
39 13119 International Hotel School 12234 16180 19093
40 13413 Northlink College 12575 24390 27907
41 13417 Lyceum College 12594 27764 22873
42 13444 Foundation for Professional Development 12717 16889 8133
43 13556 Damelin 12789 23183 10688
44 13660 False Bay College 12841 18951 22441
45 13854 South West Gauteng College 13034 27021 29601
46 13876 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13084 11976 29515
47 13891 Ekurhuleni West College 13156 29060 11786
48 13902 Ekurhuleni East College 13205 15467 9722
49 13938 IMM Graduate School 13219 18855 14498
50 14317 Boland College 13644 29518 12437
51 14336 Central Johannesburg College 13666 9874 17645
52 14376 Orbit College 13732 10427 12157
53 14894 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14279 22844 20668
54 14928 West Coast College 14371 12912 11175
55 15275 South African Theological Seminary 14745 10584 12344
56 15315 Buffalo City College 14728 10459 25153
57 15328 Ehlanzeni College 14767 13350 19787
58 15418 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14840 10992 28262
59 15480 Tshwane South College 14903 18500 25370
60 15578 StAugustine College of South Africa 15030 18632 20136
61 15723 Sedibeng College 15190 27562 30153
62 15749 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15228 30812 30744
63 15768 Western College 15281 24805 30503
64 15826 Coastal KZN TVET College 15375 23578 25080
65 15832 Vuselela College 15412 28050 23059
66 15980 Umfolozi College 15572 30709 14035
67 16005 Port Elizabeth College 15551 12822 27641
68 16071 Eduvos 15684 27696 12794
69 16154 Stenden South Africa 15718 11868 28164
70 16213 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15861 23700 8355
71 16260 Business Optimization Training Institute 15846 17119 26392
72 16339 Flavius Mareka College 15967 9305 19886
73 16390 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16068 15547 9907
74 16433 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16084 18649 14384
75 16442 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16093 14361 16402
76 16538 Cornerstone Christian College 16218 10814 14143
77 16712 Nkangala TVET College 16346 11753 21889
78 16832 Eastcape Midlands College 16470 16163 19078
79 16837 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16423 26688 29284
80 17043 South Cape College 16777 21544 21259
81 17127 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16852 21555 24287
82 17242 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16998 9236 25848
83 17366 Maluti TVET College 17184 12710 11033
84 17665 Belgium Campus Itversity 17421 23628 25830
85 17901 AAA School of Advertising 17757 24935 10237
86 17932 Elangeni College 17710 19863 24575
87 17996 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17829 29978 12601
88 18071 TSIBA 17861 26792 29399
89 18091 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17953 28810 27703
90 18199 Ingwe College 18099 25336 26368
91 18219 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18196 24756 10064
92 18254 ICESA City Campus 18161 19784 24419
93 18317 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18225 17105 26340
94 18425 Gert Sibande College 18371 18303 22149
95 18508 Mopani South East College 18460 13351 25722
96 18584 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18571 17683 15977
97 18674 Helderberg College 18616 16200 31252
98 18897 Letaba College 18878 15943 20412
99 18928 Academy of Sound Engineering 18927 14893 18124
100 19078 Taletso College 19100 21361 17515