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South Africa Ranking July 2026 – Webometrics Global Position

Explore South Africa’s July 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 264 188 280
2 324 University of the Witwatersrand 515 407 355
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 1049 1032
10 1051 Rhodes University 1260 1227 1539
11 1676 Durban University of Technology 3392 1736 1907
12 1694 North West University 1892 9974 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 5178 1931 2507
16 2599 University of Limpopo 5554 2110 2695
17 2624 Nelson Mandela University 3834 24810 1647
18 2926 University of Zululand 5761 2898 3045
19 3056 University of Venda 6437 2473 3097
20 3176 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 8388 3394 2132
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 10607
25 8839 South African College of Applied Psychology 6951 10886 14225
26 8904 Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon) 9553 4666 10594
27 9507 Sol Plaatje University 10440 4502 12482
28 10675 MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa 9289 29761 12544
29 10805 Regenesys Business School 9408 29227 19597
30 11634 Regent Business School 10496 14765 17967
31 11885 Red & Yellow Creative School of Business 10779 21837 21571
32 12125 South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance AFDA 11067 31590 29071
33 12369 IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa) 13165 11967 6673
34 12756 Milpark Business School 11814 10569 25349
35 12930 Vega School 12054 26132 9389
36 13022 College of Cape Town 12093 10920 28097
37 13059 STADIO Higher Education 12134 20974 23131
38 13103 Henley Management College 12246 20883 10859
39 13119 International Hotel School 12234 16004 18898
40 13413 Northlink College 12575 24011 27465
41 13417 Lyceum College 12595 28165 23176
42 13444 Foundation for Professional Development 12718 17055 8222
43 13556 Damelin 12789 23363 10797
44 13660 False Bay College 12841 19160 22649
45 13854 South West Gauteng College 13036 27557 30130
46 13876 Independent Institute of Education (Rosebank College College Campus Varsity College Vega The School of Brand Communications) 13086 12068 30047
47 13891 Ekurhuleni West College 13156 28657 11501
48 13902 Ekurhuleni East College 13205 15552 9899
49 13938 IMM Graduate School 13218 18659 14395
50 14317 Boland College 13645 30020 12645
51 14336 Central Johannesburg College 13666 9780 17445
52 14376 Orbit College 13733 10591 12341
53 14894 Open Window Institute of Design Film & Interactive Arts 14279 22684 20479
54 14928 West Coast College 14371 13181 11368
55 15275 South African Theological Seminary 14745 10393 12138
56 15315 Buffalo City College 14728 10268 24836
57 15328 Ehlanzeni College 14767 13525 19988
58 15418 Exercise Teachers Academy ETA 14839 10812 27821
59 15480 Tshwane South College 14903 18324 25052
60 15578 StAugustine College of South Africa 15030 18815 20323
61 15723 Sedibeng College 15189 27032 29599
62 15749 City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts 15237 31504 31466
63 15768 Western College 15287 25081 31222
64 15826 Coastal KZN TVET College 15376 23861 25370
65 15832 Vuselela College 15412 28452 23364
66 15980 Umfolozi College 15572 31398 14230
67 16005 Port Elizabeth College 15552 13092 28088
68 16071 Eduvos 15685 28098 13089
69 16154 Stenden South Africa 15718 11575 27721
70 16213 Boston City Campus BCC and Business College 15860 23411 8259
71 16260 Business Optimization Training Institute 15846 17283 26934
72 16339 Flavius Mareka College 15966 9063 19701
73 16390 Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa 16067 15438 9689
74 16433 Health and Fitness Professionals Academy HFPA 16085 18831 14477
75 16442 Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology 16093 14067 16212
76 16538 Cornerstone Christian College 16216 10629 13943
77 16712 Nkangala TVET College 16346 11461 21688
78 16832 Eastcape Midlands College 16470 15989 18885
79 16837 Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy 16424 27222 29811
80 17043 South Cape College 16777 21722 21467
81 17127 Umgungundlovu TVET College 16852 21734 24589
82 17242 Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management 16998 9516 26254
83 17366 Maluti TVET College 17184 12980 11228
84 17665 Belgium Campus Itversity 17421 23934 26258
85 17901 AAA School of Advertising 17757 25228 10554
86 17932 Elangeni College 17710 19686 24253
87 17996 Northern Cape TVET Urban College 17829 29464 12418
88 18071 TSIBA 17862 27329 29930
89 18091 Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography 17954 29210 28150
90 18199 Ingwe College 18101 25615 26907
91 18219 Greenside Design Centre College of Design 18196 25056 10382
92 18254 ICESA City Campus 18161 19986 24741
93 18317 Cape Town Baptist Seminary (Baptist Theological College Cape Town) 18225 17270 26879
94 18425 Gert Sibande College 18371 18489 22358
95 18508 Mopani South East College 18461 13526 26126
96 18584 Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management 18570 17495 15783
97 18674 Helderberg College 18616 16021 30479
98 18897 Letaba College 18878 15756 20219
99 18928 Academy of Sound Engineering 18927 14976 18326
100 19078 Taletso College 19100 21163 17316