Rhodes University Ranking



Rhodes University Ranking

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP)
SA Rank World Rank University
8 900 University of the Western Cape
9 1049 Rhodes University
10 1071 University of the Free State
11 1248 University of South Africa

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP)

URAP, which is a newer ranking scheme based solely on quantitative measures of academic productivity, includes data for a larger number of global universities, and thus gives some sense of the relative standing of more South African institutions. The 2013-2014 edition of URAP ranked the top South African Universities as follows:

SA Rank World Rank University
1 249 University of Cape Town
2 324 Tshwane University of Technology
3 404 University of KwaZulu-Natal
4 420 Stellenbosch University
5 482 University of Pretoria
6 704 University of Johannesburg
7 915 North-West University
8 954 University of the Western Cape
9 1087 Rhodes University
10 1112 University of the Free State
11 1371 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
12 1417 University of South Africa
13 1534 University of Witwatersrand
14 1791 Cape Peninsula University of Technology
15 1815 University of Fort Hare
16 1839 University of Limpopo
17 1918 Durban University of Technology
18 1903 Mangosuthu University of Technology
19 1928 Vaal University of Technology
20 1936 Central University of Technology


Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province’s oldest university, and it is the fifth or sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation, being preceded by the University of the Free State (1904), University of Witwatersrand (1896), Stellenbosch University (1866) and the University of Cape Town (1829).



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