13/07/2016
Evening, before you sleep!! Let's get Knowledge.
Best universities in South Africa and the world
The Center for World University Rankings has published its results for 2016, which show that Harvard University has come out tops.
The ranking system measures the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research.
“In addition to providing authoritative global university rankings, CWUR provides consulting services to governments and educational institutions,” it said.
“Since 2014, the CWUR ranking expanded to list the top 1,000 out of 25,000+ institutions of higher education worldwide, making it the largest academic ranking of global universities.”
Best universities in the world
The table below details the top 10 universities in the world, and the top South African institutions which made the ranking.
Best Universities – CWUR 2016
University Country
1. Harvard University USA
2. Stanford University USA
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA
4. University of Cambridge UK
5. University of Oxford UK
6. Columbia University USA
7. University of California, Berkeley USA
8. University of Chicago USA
9. Princeton University USA
10. Yale University USA
176. University of the Witwatersrand RSA
265. University of Cape Town RSA
329. Stellenbosch University RSA
467. University of KwaZulu-Natal RSA
697. University of Pretoria RSA
