What Is The Best University In South Africa?

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Universities In South Africa

South Africa has 26 public universities that are distributed within all nine provinces of South Africa.Each province has at least one university, with Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape provinces having just acquired their own institutions during 2014/2015.
Pretoria is home to as many as five universities, despite its relative size (2.1 million people) when compared to Johannesburg (9.4 million), and Cape Town (3.7 million).

Cape Town has three universities, housing the best university in South Africa and Africa at large, which is UCT. Cape Town has an additional university nearby in Stellenbosch.Johannesburg is serviced by three universities, while Bloemfontein and Durban each have two.South Africa’s universities accommodate over 1 million students, with plans by the South African government to add 500,000 to that total by 2030.A tally of the most accurate figures shows that 25 of the 26 schools have a combined total exceeding 622,000.

What Is The Largest University In South Africa?

The largest university in South Africa in terms of student population is the University of South Africa (UNISA) with over 400,000 students.

The country’s universities are divided into the following categories:

9 universities of technology focused on vocationally oriented education;
6 comprehensive universities offering a combination of academic and vocational diplomas and degrees;
11 traditional universities offering theoretically oriented university degrees.

The table below lists the public universities in SA and their student population.

University	Location	No. of students
University of South Africa (UNISA)	Pretoria	400,000
North-West University	Potchefstroom	74,355
University of Pretoria	Pretoria	50,000
Tshwane University of Technology	Pretoria	50,000
University of Johannesburg	Johannesburg	48,500
University of KwaZulu-Natal	Durban and Pietermaritzburg	40,000
University of the Free State	Bloemfontein	33,000
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	Cape Town	33,000
University of the Witwatersrand	Johannesburg	32,703
University of Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	30,150
University of Cape Town	Cape Town	26,322
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	Port Elizabeth and George	26,000
Walter Sisulu University	East London and Mthatha	25,000
Durban University of Technology	Durban and Pietermaritzburg	25,000
University of Limpopo	Turfloop and Pretoria	20,000
Vaal University of Technology	Johannesburg	17,000
University of Zululand	Empangeni	16,100
University of the Western Cape	Tygerberg, Cape Town	15,200
Central University of Technology	Bloemfontein	13,534
University of Fort Hare	Alice and East London	12,000
University of Venda	Thohoyandou	12,000
Mangosuthu University of Technology	Umlazi, Durban	10,000
Rhodes University	Grahamstown	7,000
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	Pretoria	6,558
University of Mpumalanga	Mbombela	1400
Sol Plaatje University	Kimberley	1350

Which University Has The Most Students In South Africa?

The University of South Africa, UNISA has the most number of students with over 400,000 student population. UNISA is followed by North-West University with 74,000 students.