| Best quartile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (454) | University of Cape Town | ZAF |  |  | |
| 2 (516) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 3 (528) | University of Pretoria | ZAF | | | |
| 4 (549) | Stellenbosch University | ZAF | | | |
| 5 (592) | University of KwaZulu-Natal * | ZAF | | | |
| 6 (652) | University of Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 7 (669) | North-West University | ZAF | | | |
| 8 (724) | University of South Africa | ZAF | |  | |
| 9 (726) | University of the Western Cape | ZAF | | | |
| 10 (742) | University of the Free State | ZAF | | | |
| 11 (759) | Rhodes University | ZAF | | | |
| 12 (761) | Durban University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 13 (765) | University of Fort Hare | ZAF | | | |
| 14 (767) | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University | ZAF | | | |
| 15 (772) | University of Venda | ZAF | |  | |
| 16 (774) | Tshwane University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 17 (785) | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | ZAF | | | |
| 18 (791) | Walter Sisulu University | ZAF | | | |
| 19 (799) | University of Limpopo | ZAF | |  | |
| 20 (805) | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 21 (815) | Vaal University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 22 (820) | University of Zululand | ZAF | | | |
| 23 (845) | Central University of Technology, Free State | ZAF | | | |
