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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 1363 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 1001
10 1127 Rhodes University 1260 1220 1535
11 1720 North West University 1939 18922 713
12 1794 Tshwane University of Technology 4348 1628 1620
13 1817 Durban University of Technology 3431 1776 1941
14 2000 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2904 1867 2477
15 2436 University of Fort Hare 5175 1875 2509
16 2633 University of Limpopo 5568 2076 2710
17 2901 Nelson Mandela University 3851 29212 1656
18 2915 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 8415 3363 2166
19 2917 University of Zululand 5728 2929 3006
20 2983 University of Venda 6399 2465 3048
21 3393 Vaal University of Technology 6185 3544 3666
22 3466 Walter Sisulu University 7096 2882 3626
23 3501 Central University of Technology 6176 3289 3876
24 7917 University of Mpumalanga 9555 4016 26221
25 8115 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9594 4692 23100
26 8331 Sol Plaatje University 10468 4471 13107
27 8665 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13146 17596 6641
28 9293 South African College of Applied Psychology 6920 29048 28823
29 10003 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9313 16146 15036
30 10034 Regenesys Business School 9423 18927 18001
31 10309 Regent Business School 10478 21678 20981
32 10388 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10781 11624 10218
33 10449 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11073 31498 31478
34 10612 Milpark Business School 11825 22175 21507
35 10657 College of Cape Town 12103 28563 28284
36 10657 Vega School 12089 18369 17412
37 10664 STADIO Higher Education 12126 23969 23445
38 10686 International Hotel School 12233 10310 8869
39 10695 Henley Management College 12292 29552 29374
40 10746 Lyceum College 12583 21629 20919
41 10746 Northlink College 12581 20852 20074
42 10782 Foundation for Professional Development 12746 11493 10078
43 10797 Damelin 12807 9239 7721
44 10797 False Bay College 12829 21926 21240
45 10846 South West Gauteng College 13050 29716 29540
46 10856 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13067 16107 14992
47 10864 Ekurhuleni West College 13107 16748 15676
48 10877 Ekurhuleni East College 13250 27354 27029
49 10877 IMM Graduate School 13246 26567 26187
50 10960 Central Johannesburg College 13626 17242 16200
51 10971 Boland College 13667 12881 11549
52 10980 Orbit College 13783 27657 27350
53 11060 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14231 9701 8216
54 11082 West Coast College 14399 17537 16528
55 11123 Buffalo City College 14726 22447 21795
56 11129 Ehlanzeni College 14752 10196 8746
57 11129 South African Theological Seminary 14759 11592 10183
58 11148 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14847 27224 26889
59 11153 Tshwane South College 14894 20746 19953
60 11174 StAugustine College of South Africa 15020 14845 13649
61 11199 Sedibeng College 15176 15488 14334
62 11210 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15242 23237 22655
63 11215 Western College 15310 30304 30183
64 11227 Coastal KZN TVET College 15373 15995 14870
65 11227 Vuselela College 15385 19498 18594
66 11251 Port Elizabeth College 15538 14418 13188
67 11257 Umfolozi College 15623 28620 28347
68 11269 Eduvos 15726 29119 28902
69 11269 Stenden South Africa 15714 25489 25031
70 11282 Business Optimization Training Institute 15821 14726 13516
71 11296 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15881 19657 18772
72 11308 Flavius Mareka College 15968 28128 27839
73 11320 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16071 27323 26995
74 11330 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16113 20140 19301
75 11330 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16135 27897 27602
76 11336 Cornerstone Christian College 16163 16304 15203
77 11358 Nkangala TVET College 16340 14805 13607
78 11365 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16416 20444 19627
79 11376 Eastcape Midlands College 16502 27490 27173
80 11418 South Cape College 16775 13148 11855
81 11431 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16822 10169 8712
82 11449 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 17026 27991 27698
83 11474 Maluti TVET College 17231 29343 29140
84 11502 Belgium Campus Itversity 17417 24128 23612
85 11536 AAA School of Advertising 17694 18389 17433
86 11536 Elangeni College 17715 26157 25746
87 11561 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17824 12530 11178
88 11561 TSIBA 17842 18890 17962
89 11569 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17912 18096 17120
90 11583 Ingwe College 18112 31531 31517
91 11594 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18125 12246 10860
92 11594 ICESA City Campus 18119 11310 9883
93 11603 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18231 26246 25837
94 11623 Gert Sibande College 18366 19044 18132
95 11635 Mopani South East College 18495 28959 28728
96 11641 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18562 30984 30930
97 11648 Helderberg College 18633 28093 27804
98 11681 Letaba College 18832 14482 13251
99 11692 Academy of Sound Engineering 18942 20111 19266
100 11707 Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie 19103 17066 16006