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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 547 550 515
4 419 Stellenbosch University 662 301 542
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 1124
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 10093 664
13 1732 Tshwane University of Technology 4330 1628 1605
14 1844 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2890 1882 2467
15 2383 University of Fort Hare 5178 1933 2507
16 2599 University of Limpopo 5553 2110 2695
17 2624 Nelson Mandela University 3834 24996 1648
18 2926 University of Zululand 5758 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 3295 3880
23 3582 Walter Sisulu University 7088 2886 3623
24 8575 University of Mpumalanga 9522 4027 10665
25 8839 South African College of Applied Psychology 6951 10627 13942
26 8904 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9552 4666 10190
27 9507 Sol Plaatje University 10440 4502 12607
28 10675 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9290 30062 12657
29 10805 Regenesys Business School 9407 28673 19333
30 11634 Regent Business School 10493 14521 17702
31 11885 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10778 21590 21297
32 12125 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11066 30633 28450
33 12369 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13165 12022 6673
34 12756 Milpark Business School 11814 10333 24959
35 12930 Vega School 12055 26379 9508
36 13022 College of Cape Town 12093 10669 27482
37 13059 STADIO Higher Education 12134 21098 23333
38 13103 Henley Management College 12246 21008 10924
39 13119 International Hotel School 12234 16117 19048
40 13413 Northlink College 12575 24228 27742
41 13417 Lyceum College 12595 28444 23372
42 13444 Foundation for Professional Development 12717 16812 8089
43 13556 Damelin 12789 23112 10657
44 13660 False Bay College 12842 19274 22759
45 13854 South West Gauteng College 13034 26811 29361
46 13876 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13084 11946 29271
47 13891 Ekurhuleni West College 13156 28908 11676
48 13902 Ekurhuleni East College 13205 15425 9652
49 13938 IMM Graduate School 13219 18796 14467
50 14317 Boland College 13646 30324 12757
51 14336 Central Johannesburg College 13666 9837 17564
52 14376 Orbit College 13732 10339 12063
53 14894 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14279 22785 20601
54 14928 West Coast College 14371 12823 11102
55 15275 South African Theological Seminary 14745 10510 12268
56 15315 Buffalo City College 14728 10386 25055
57 15328 Ehlanzeni College 14767 13285 19713
58 15418 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14840 10918 28069
59 15480 Tshwane South College 14903 18423 25252
60 15578 StAugustine College of South Africa 15030 18572 20059
61 15723 Sedibeng College 15190 27387 29943
62 15749 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15226 30539 30473
63 15768 Western College 15293 25269 31724
64 15826 Coastal KZN TVET College 15375 23479 24975
65 15832 Vuselela College 15412 27882 22950
66 15980 Umfolozi College 15571 30437 13965
67 16005 Port Elizabeth College 15551 12730 27478
68 16071 Eduvos 15685 28376 13266
69 16154 Stenden South Africa 15718 11762 28001
70 16213 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15861 23601 8317
71 16260 Business Optimization Training Institute 15846 17423 27302
72 16339 Flavius Mareka College 15966 9215 19813
73 16390 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16068 15507 9836
74 16433 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16084 18590 14354
75 16442 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16093 14275 16344
76 16538 Cornerstone Christian College 16216 10752 14071
77 16712 Nkangala TVET College 16346 11629 21795
78 16832 Eastcape Midlands College 16470 16099 19031
79 16837 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16425 27551 30110
80 17043 South Cape College 16777 21853 21594
81 17127 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16852 21866 24787
82 17242 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16998 9132 25682
83 17366 Maluti TVET College 17184 13160 11343
84 17665 Belgium Campus Itversity 17421 23535 25686
85 17901 AAA School of Advertising 17757 24823 10137
86 17932 Elangeni College 17710 19799 24459
87 17996 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17829 29797 12542
88 18071 TSIBA 17861 26616 29187
89 18091 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17953 28657 27539
90 18199 Ingwe College 18100 25771 27229
91 18219 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18196 25220 10555
92 18254 ICESA City Campus 18161 19722 24306
93 18317 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18225 17404 27248
94 18425 Gert Sibande College 18371 18240 22071
95 18508 Mopani South East College 18460 13286 25580
96 18584 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18570 17613 15910
97 18674 Helderberg College 18616 16123 30932
98 18897 Letaba College 18878 15870 20334
99 18928 Academy of Sound Engineering 18927 15033 18444
100 19078 Taletso College 19100 21285 17436