| Best quartile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (204) | University of Cape Town | ZAF |  |  | |
| 2 (318) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 3 (365) | University of Pretoria | ZAF | | | |
| 4 (444) | University of KwaZulu-Natal * | ZAF | | | |
| 4 (444) | Stellenbosch University | ZAF | | | |
| 6 (463) | University of Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 7 (544) | University of South Africa | ZAF | | | |
| 8 (702) | North-West University | ZAF | | | |
| 9 (1299) | University of the Free State | ZAF | | | |
| 10 (1311) | Tshwane University of Technology | ZAF | |  | |
| 11 (1408) | University of the Western Cape | ZAF | | | |
| 12 (1753) | Rhodes University | ZAF | | | |
| 13 (1939) | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | ZAF | | | |
| 14 (2543) | University of Limpopo | ZAF | | | |
| 15 (2750) | Durban University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 16 (2899) | University of Venda | ZAF | |  | |
| 17 (3122) | University of Fort Hare | ZAF | | | |
| 17 (3122) | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 19 (3222) | Walter Sisulu University | ZAF | | | |
| 20 (3809) | University of Zululand | ZAF | | | |
| 21 (3853) | Central University of Technology, Free State | ZAF | | | |
| 22 (3921) | Vaal University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 23 (4246) | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University | ZAF | | | |
