UCT places 160th in Times Higher Education rankings 2023
placed 160th of the 1 799 universities. This puts UCT at the top of the pile on the African continent.
“It is gratifying to see UCT’s reputation in both research and in teaching and learning grow, recognition of the important role African institutions are playing in the global knowledge project as institutions the world over address the grand challenges,” said UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng inWhat is interesting to note is that according to Times Higher Education, citations were the biggest scorers across the African continent.
That analysis also found that predominantly English speaking countries tend to dominate the rankings in terms of the quantity of publications that are produced.
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