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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 548 550 516
4 419 Stellenbosch University 662 301 542
5 505 University of Kwazulu Natal 1113 513 499
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 10064 664
13 1732 Tshwane University of Technology 4330 1628 1605
14 1844 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2890 1881 2467
15 2383 University of Fort Hare 5178 1933 2507
16 2599 University of Limpopo 5553 2110 2695
17 2624 Nelson Mandela University 3834 24951 1648
18 2926 University of Zululand 5761 2898 3046
19 3056 University of Venda 6437 2473 3097
20 3176 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 8388 3394 2133
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 10657
25 8839 South African College of Applied Psychology 6951 10978 14312
26 8904 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9552 4666 10146
27 9507 Sol Plaatje University 10440 4502 12578
28 10675 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9289 30006 12644
29 10805 Regenesys Business School 9407 28641 19308
30 11634 Regent Business School 10496 14864 18071
31 11885 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10778 21574 21285
32 12125 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11066 30511 28379
33 12369 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13165 12013 6673
34 12756 Milpark Business School 11814 10305 24906
35 12930 Vega School 12055 26346 9489
36 13022 College of Cape Town 12093 10656 27442
37 13059 STADIO Higher Education 12134 21058 23270
38 13103 Henley Management College 12246 20963 10904
39 13119 International Hotel School 12234 16089 19019
40 13413 Northlink College 12575 24165 27673
41 13417 Lyceum College 12595 28371 23316
42 13444 Foundation for Professional Development 12717 16778 8075
43 13556 Damelin 12789 23079 10640
44 13660 False Bay College 12841 19251 22734
45 13854 South West Gauteng College 13034 26753 29303
46 13876 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13084 11937 29215
47 13891 Ekurhuleni West College 13156 28879 11649
48 13902 Ekurhuleni East College 13205 15413 9631
49 13938 IMM Graduate School 13219 18769 14451
50 14317 Boland College 13646 30265 12744
51 14336 Central Johannesburg College 13666 9815 17520
52 14376 Orbit College 13732 10325 12045
53 14894 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14279 22770 20572
54 14928 West Coast College 14371 12787 11080
55 15275 South African Theological Seminary 14745 10490 12241
56 15315 Buffalo City College 14728 10374 25031
57 15328 Ehlanzeni College 14767 13265 19695
58 15418 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14839 10900 28028
59 15480 Tshwane South College 14903 18405 25221
60 15578 StAugustine College of South Africa 15030 18923 20432
61 15723 Sedibeng College 15189 27332 29890
62 15749 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15226 30457 30392
63 15768 Western College 15293 25226 31647
64 15826 Coastal KZN TVET College 15375 23438 24929
65 15832 Vuselela College 15412 27809 22891
66 15980 Umfolozi College 15572 31729 14322
67 16005 Port Elizabeth College 15551 12681 27406
68 16071 Eduvos 15685 28328 13240
69 16154 Stenden South Africa 15718 11732 27956
70 16213 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15861 23558 8302
71 16260 Business Optimization Training Institute 15846 17382 27196
72 16339 Flavius Mareka College 15966 9188 19796
73 16390 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16068 15496 9813
74 16433 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16084 18549 14332
75 16442 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16093 14242 16319
76 16538 Cornerstone Christian College 16216 10721 14033
77 16712 Nkangala TVET College 16346 11602 21773
78 16832 Eastcape Midlands College 16470 16078 19007
79 16837 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16425 27486 30059
80 17043 South Cape College 16777 21826 21568
81 17127 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16852 21837 24736
82 17242 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16998 9108 25643
83 17366 Maluti TVET College 17184 13125 11323
84 17665 Belgium Campus Itversity 17421 23514 25647
85 17901 AAA School of Advertising 17757 24781 10107
86 17932 Elangeni College 17710 19777 24423
87 17996 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17829 29747 12531
88 18071 TSIBA 17862 27595 30189
89 18091 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17952 28601 27464
90 18199 Ingwe College 18101 25746 27161
91 18219 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18196 25180 10527
92 18254 ICESA City Campus 18161 19695 24272
93 18317 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18225 17379 27180
94 18425 Gert Sibande College 18371 18221 22052
95 18508 Mopani South East College 18460 13266 25542
96 18584 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18570 17592 15892
97 18674 Helderberg College 18616 16110 30857
98 18897 Letaba College 18878 15855 20317
99 18928 Academy of Sound Engineering 18927 15022 18422
100 19078 Taletso College 19100 21257 17409