Vaal University of TechnologyUniversity

South Africa

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Foundation: 1966

Mission: Our mission is to produce employable graduates who can make an impact in society by: Adopting cutting edge technology and teaching methods, Creating a scholarly environment conducive for knowledge creation, learning and innovation; and, Developing a Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) that meets the needs of society in Africa and beyond.

Vision: To be a university that leads in innovative knowledge and quality technology education.

History: www.vut.ac.za

87th
Overall percentile
80th
Research percentile
97th
Innovation percentile
44th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldAfricaBRIICSSouth Africa
Business, Management and Accounting 1391st26th254th12th
Chemistry 4130th126th1152nd24th
Energy 3094th120th896th18th
Engineering +3962nd148th1171st17th
Environmental Science 3414th90th919th21st

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

  • Government
  • Health
  • Universities
  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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