South African universities rule roost in Africa - The University of Cape Town and the University of Johannesburg are top universities on the continent in the latest international rankings
In total, 32 African universities in eight countries were ranked — Tunisia also had three, Sudan two, while Ghana, Kenya, Morocco and Uganda posted one university each. Eleven of the 32 African universities were in the top 1 000 list.
“Those universities appear to be achieving their primary objective of preparing students for the future,” stated Sowter.South African universities also did well in the academic reputation indicator; more than 50% of its ranked institutions in the QS World University Rankings 2023 had improved in this metric, which was based on the opinion of 151 000 academics globally.
In this regard, the university moved 32 positions, indicating that it is an attractive destination for foreign students and researchers from around the world. Others in the group were South Africa’s University of Pretoria , the University of Sousse in Tunisia, Ain Shams in Egypt and South Africa’s Rhodes University and University of KwaZulu-Natal, also in the 801 to 1 000 ranking category.
Morocco’s Mohammed V University in Rabat and Sudan University of Science and Technology were ranked in the lowest category of 1 400+.
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