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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 627 333 506
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 2070 1089 1002
10 1127 Rhodes University 1260 1220 1533
11 1720 North West University 1942 31658 713
12 1794 Tshwane University of Technology 4344 1628 1619
13 1817 Durban University of Technology 3434 1776 1942
14 2000 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2907 1867 2479
15 2436 University of Fort Hare 5183 1875 2510
16 2633 University of Limpopo 5567 2076 2708
17 2901 Nelson Mandela University 3850 19105 1656
18 2915 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 8405 3363 2166
19 2917 University of Zululand 5724 2929 3005
20 2983 University of Venda 6391 2465 3048
21 3393 Vaal University of Technology 6181 3544 3664
22 3466 Walter Sisulu University 7091 2882 3620
23 3501 Central University of Technology 6171 3289 3868
24 7917 University of Mpumalanga 9546 4016 15485
25 8115 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9582 4692 12363
26 8331 Sol Plaatje University 10482 4471 26754
27 8665 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13166 30336 6724
28 9293 South African College of Applied Psychology 6917 19647 18846
29 10003 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9327 28881 28683
30 10034 Regenesys Business School 9432 31663 31649
31 10309 Regent Business School 10460 11569 10244
32 10388 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10800 24361 23865
33 10449 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11067 21389 20741
34 10612 Milpark Business School 11809 12067 10771
35 10657 College of Cape Town 12093 18449 17547
36 10657 Vega School 12104 31817 31817
37 10664 STADIO Higher Education 12112 13861 12708
38 10686 International Hotel School 12249 23051 22517
39 10695 Henley Management College 12281 19445 18637
40 10746 Lyceum College 12567 11520 10182
41 10746 Northlink College 12565 10740 9336
42 10782 Foundation for Professional Development 12766 24230 23725
43 10797 Damelin 12820 21972 21367
44 10797 False Bay College 12809 11818 10504
45 10846 South West Gauteng College 13030 19609 18803
46 10856 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13085 28842 28639
47 10864 Ekurhuleni West College 13127 29490 29324
48 10877 Ekurhuleni East College 13231 17247 16292
49 10877 IMM Graduate School 13226 16456 15451
50 10960 Central Johannesburg College 13646 29982 29848
51 10971 Boland College 13683 25615 25195
52 10980 Orbit College 13754 17544 16613
53 11060 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14256 23154 22623
54 11082 West Coast College 14412 30277 30176
55 11123 Buffalo City College 14713 12339 11059
56 11129 Ehlanzeni College 14782 22937 22394
57 11129 South African Theological Seminary 14790 24329 23830
58 11148 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14828 17117 16152
59 11153 Tshwane South College 14868 10634 9215
60 11174 StAugustine College of South Africa 15049 27586 27297
61 11199 Sedibeng College 15200 28937 28747
62 11210 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15218 13126 11917
63 11215 Western College 15283 20191 19446
64 11227 Coastal KZN TVET College 15404 28730 28517
65 11227 Vuselela College 15354 9387 7857
66 11251 Port Elizabeth College 15560 27156 26835
67 11257 Umfolozi College 15597 18506 17610
68 11269 Eduvos 15706 19012 18165
69 11269 Stenden South Africa 15697 16090 15053
70 11282 Business Optimization Training Institute 15860 27464 27163
71 11296 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15869 9546 8035
72 11308 Flavius Mareka College 15934 18015 17102
73 11320 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16045 17216 16258
74 11330 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16080 10028 8564
75 11330 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16102 17784 16865
76 11336 Cornerstone Christian College 16192 29046 28851
77 11358 Nkangala TVET College 16374 28259 28015
78 11365 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16389 10332 8890
79 11376 Eastcape Midlands College 16482 17383 16436
80 11418 South Cape College 16806 25882 25501
81 11431 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16865 22910 22360
82 11449 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16997 17878 16961
83 11474 Maluti TVET College 17203 19236 18403
84 11502 Belgium Campus Itversity 17399 14023 12875
85 11536 AAA School of Advertising 17727 31125 31081
86 11536 Elangeni College 17683 16048 15010
87 11561 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17870 25265 24825
88 11561 TSIBA 17889 31626 31610
89 11569 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17958 30831 30766
90 11583 Ingwe College 18093 21422 20780
91 11594 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18163 24981 24507
92 11594 ICESA City Campus 18157 24047 23530
93 11603 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18203 16135 15101
94 11623 Gert Sibande College 18334 9658 8158
95 11635 Mopani South East College 18455 18845 17991
96 11641 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18531 20877 20194
97 11648 Helderberg College 18603 17980 17067
98 11681 Letaba College 18883 27220 26898
99 11692 Academy of Sound Engineering 18902 9999 8529
100 11707 Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie 19153 29806 29654