University rankings

Strange that RAU and Stellenbosch, two other South African universities, never make those ratings, and that Kwazulu Natal and Wits do. They are arguably better universities. But then it was the same last year.

Here’s a word of enlightenment with regards to the whole scheme of things. I’m currently studying at UKZN and the Canadian Government (which ranked amongst the top 5 countries) will not recognise my studies at UKZN but recognizes my previous studies at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. What can I say, congratulations UDSM you moving up in the world…. I’d think not! Let us not be fooled by imperialist positivism.

Can I please have the ranking for only African Universities. I am a Student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. Please let me know how the Ghanaian universities fare in Africa and in the world.

RICHARD POSTED A COMMENT REGARDING THE FACT THAT RAU AND STELLENBOSH DONT MAKE THE LIST. AND THAT UKZN AND WITS DO. HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT RAU AND STELLENBOSCH ARE FAR BETTER.

LET IT BE NOTED THAT I STARTED FOR A YEAR AT RAU. IM CURRENTLY STUYING AT IKZN. THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE FACILITIES OFFERED AT UKZN FAR SURPASSES THOSE OF RAU. THE FORMER UNIVERSITY OF NATAL HAS BEEN RENOWNED FOR YEARS OF ITS EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. SOME OF THE WORLDS BEST GRADUATES INCLUDING WORLD RENOWNED LAWYERS AND DOCTORS WERE STUDENTS OF THIS FINE INSTITUTUION. NAMELY MR PIUS LINGA WHO IS NOW THE CHIEF -JUSTICEI THINK THAT SHOULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF!

Dear Everyone,

Many thanks for maintaining this site. I have been searching for a proper ranking of African Universities and this site helped me find one also helped me see things in perspective, with relation to African Universities. I am a postgradute student from Sri Lanka and I am very thankful to everyone who has contributed to make this site happen.
In gratitude
Nishanie

University of Cape Coast in Ghana is an equally good University with extensive research but was not listed. Why?

I wonder what criteria were used for the african universities’ ranking system! It is common knowledge here in Nigeria that The University of Lagos has no equal in the country and that is why more than half of the total number of candidates who sit for the yearly entrance exams into universities (JAMB) choose Univ. of Lagos! Even parents prefer to send their kids abroad to study if they dont make the grades for entrance into the school than send them to any other Nigerian universty. The records and the calibre of graduates heading the various local and multinational companies in the country and outside are enough proofs of these claims. Even most reputable universities in the world prefer to admit graduates from this school into their post graduates programmes and they haven’t disappointed. It beats my imagination to see schools like Obafemi Awolowo Univ. Ife, Univ. of Ibadan and Univ. of Benin! rated above the school! What in heaven’s sake are the criteria?!

Well, it is not suprising dat in ur ranking, Univ of Agric Abeokuta, Nigeria was not listed whereas Univ of Lagos where people can buy there way to success was listed. Can u furnish me with ur grading parameters?

There was tragedy that happen to my son in uniben. He passed his pume and he applied 4 medicine. The funniest thing-we saw on the admission-slip was maths he went to report in d admission they now changed d course but d clearance officer Mr.oduwale said is not clearing him

Hi guys,
I want to register this acedamic year, at University of South Africa or popularly known as UNISA? Do anybody knows about her international repution, prestige as well as her ranking in african universities? Therefore is it worthwhile to register?

Regards

Hi guys,
I want to register this acedamic year, at University of South Africa or popularly known as UNISA? Do anybody know about her international reputation, prestige as well as her ranking in african universities? Therefore is it worthwhile to register?

Regards

Hey guys,
Im planning to apply to SA for law, can anyone help me out in terms of advice on the best law schools there? And how does it fare when compared to Canada or UK?
Thanks

I want to know about the south african universities rankings

Amaan,

You don’t say whether you are planning to apply for an LLB degree or a postgraduate LLM course, and you don’t give your nationality. you also don’t mention whether you have any special interests, e.g. human rights. It’s difficult to give really good advice without knowing this. All the same, I’d advise you to look at UCT [Cape Town], Univ. of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg], Pretoria, Rhodes, and Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal [Durban]. There are certainly others, too, but these would be a good place to start. UCT probably has the highest reputation internationally.

I can’t say anything about Canada, but I teach law in the UK. I think highly of the law schools I have mentioned and have no doubt that the best teachers and researchers there are as good as anywhere in the world. SA universities are much cheaper - UK universities are expensive for overseas students - and the cost of living is lower than in the UK. I think it would be a very interesting experience to study law in SA now. But if you want to practice law afterwards, you will need to think about what makes sense professionally! You might also want to enquire about student numbers and make sure you will get the staff/student ratio you would like. Hope this helps and good luck.

Catherine

I’d like 2 congratelate my institution UKZN 4 making it in2 da to 500, but I’m from the Eastern Cape (South Africa) Can any 1 enlight me about the rankings of the institutions in my home province. i.e Rhodes, NMMU, UFH & WSU?

Can anyone tell me about the rankings of the universities in my province, Eastern Cape-South Africa. By the way I also want to congratulate my university (UKZN) 4 making it through to the top 500.

A discussion of the 2005 THES rankings can be found at http://www.geocities.com/universities06.

yes,
The position of Nigeria universities in world and African university ranking is not encouraging, Though they ‘re regarded as giant of Africa. If you wouldn’t mind, what are the methodology for the ranking?