University of Cape Town UCT Rankings 2025-2026

University of Cape Town UCT Rankings 2025-2026

World rankings

• 1^st in Africa (Times Higher Education 2017-18) 171st in the world (Times Higher Education 2017-18)
• 1^st in Africa (Quacquarelli Symonds 2018)
• 191^st in the world (Quacquarelli Symonds 2018)
• 2^nd in Africa (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017)
• 301 – 400 in the world (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017)
• 1^st in Africa (US News Best Global Universities 2017)
• 112^th in the world (US News Best Global Universities 2017)
• 2^nd in Africa (Center for World University Rankings 2016)
• 265^th in the world (Center for World University Rankings 2016)

BRICS rankings

• 4^th (Times Higher Education 2017 BRICS and Emerging Economies)
• 14^th (Quacquarelli Symonds 2016 BRICS)

Subject rankings

Times Higher Education 2016-17    

• Top 100
• 1^st in Africa, 61^st in the world (Clinical, pre-clinical and health)

Quacquarelli Symonds 2017

• Top 10
• 10^th in the world (Development studies)

• Top 50
• 47^th in the world (Geography)
• Top 100
• Archaeology
• Architecture & Built Environment
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Anthropology
• Education
• English Language & Literature
• Law
• Sports-related Subjects
• Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies

US News Best Global Universities 2017

• Top 100
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Social Sciences and Public Health

Center for World University Rankings 2017

• Top 5
• 3^rd in the world (Ornithology)
• 4^th in the world (Area studies)

ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS 2017

• 8^th in the world (Mining and Mineral Engineering)
• 40^th in the world (Public Health)

Key terms

• BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

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