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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 1228 1541
11 1676 Durban University of Technology 3392 1738 1907
12 1694 North West University 1892 10185 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 5177 1931 2507
16 2599 University of Limpopo 5554 2110 2695
17 2624 Nelson Mandela University 3835 25144 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 3297 3881
23 3582 Walter Sisulu University 7088 2886 3623
24 8575 University of Mpumalanga 9522 4027 10713
25 8839 South African College of Applied Psychology 6951 10712 14037
26 8904 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9552 4666 10331
27 9507 Sol Plaatje University 10440 4502 12698
28 10675 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9290 30300 12748
29 10805 Regenesys Business School 9408 28864 19424
30 11634 Regent Business School 10493 14601 17797
31 11885 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10778 21685 21391
32 12125 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11066 30994 28678
33 12369 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13166 12063 6673
34 12756 Milpark Business School 11814 10433 25097
35 12930 Vega School 12055 26564 9595
36 13022 College of Cape Town 12093 10755 27710
37 13059 STADIO Higher Education 12132 20819 22857
38 13103 Henley Management College 12246 21094 10974
39 13119 International Hotel School 12234 16202 19116
40 13413 Northlink College 12575 24446 27966
41 13417 Lyceum College 12594 27813 22904
42 13444 Foundation for Professional Development 12717 16908 8148
43 13556 Damelin 12789 23208 10706
44 13660 False Bay College 12841 18981 22474
45 13854 South West Gauteng College 13035 27092 29671
46 13876 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13085 11986 29586
47 13891 Ekurhuleni West College 13156 29096 11820
48 13902 Ekurhuleni East College 13205 15479 9743
49 13938 IMM Graduate School 13219 18884 14508
50 14317 Boland College 13644 29575 12468
51 14336 Central Johannesburg College 13666 9882 17669
52 14376 Orbit College 13732 10453 12177
53 14894 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14279 22855 20686
54 14928 West Coast College 14371 12946 11198
55 15275 South African Theological Seminary 14746 10611 12364
56 15315 Buffalo City College 14728 10486 25191
57 15328 Ehlanzeni College 14767 13365 19810
58 15418 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14839 10647 27435
59 15480 Tshwane South College 14903 18520 25409
60 15578 StAugustine College of South Africa 15030 18661 20162
61 15723 Sedibeng College 15190 27632 30223
62 15749 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15229 30907 30848
63 15768 Western College 15282 24841 30607
64 15826 Coastal KZN TVET College 15375 23605 25117
65 15832 Vuselela College 15412 28099 23091
66 15980 Umfolozi College 15572 30803 14061
67 16005 Port Elizabeth College 15551 12855 27701
68 16071 Eduvos 15684 27745 12832
69 16154 Stenden South Africa 15718 11898 28224
70 16213 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15861 23725 8361
71 16260 Business Optimization Training Institute 15846 17139 26460
72 16339 Flavius Mareka College 15967 9360 19918
73 16390 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16068 15559 9929
74 16433 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16084 18678 14394
75 16442 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16093 14385 16430
76 16538 Cornerstone Christian College 16218 10836 14169
77 16712 Nkangala TVET College 16346 11781 21908
78 16832 Eastcape Midlands College 16470 16185 19102
79 16837 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16423 26759 29353
80 17043 South Cape College 16777 21570 21289
81 17127 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16852 21581 24325
82 17242 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16998 9276 25890
83 17366 Maluti TVET College 17184 12743 11056
84 17665 Belgium Campus Itversity 17421 23677 25894
85 17901 AAA School of Advertising 17757 24972 10274
86 17932 Elangeni College 17710 19893 24612
87 17996 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17829 30033 12632
88 18071 TSIBA 17861 26863 29470
89 18091 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17953 28847 27762
90 18199 Ingwe College 18099 25369 26438
91 18219 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18196 24816 10121
92 18254 ICESA City Campus 18161 19815 24457
93 18317 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18225 17125 26410
94 18425 Gert Sibande College 18371 18324 22174
95 18508 Mopani South East College 18460 13366 25766
96 18584 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18571 17711 16015
97 18674 Helderberg College 18616 16222 31355
98 18897 Letaba College 18878 15603 20045
99 18928 Academy of Sound Engineering 18927 14900 18145
100 19078 Taletso College 19100 21381 17539