| Best quartile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (4729) | University of Cape Town | ZAF |  |  | |
| 2 (4995) | University of KwaZulu-Natal * | ZAF | | | |
| 3 (5312) | Stellenbosch University | ZAF | | | |
| 4 (5325) | University of Pretoria | ZAF | | | |
| 5 (5471) | University of Fort Hare | ZAF | |  | |
| 6 (5758) | Tshwane University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 7 (6117) | University of the Western Cape | ZAF | | | |
| 8 (6247) | North-West University | ZAF | | | |
| 9 (6503) | University of Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 10 (6590) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 11 (6752) | Walter Sisulu University | ZAF | | | |
| 12 (7119) | University of Zululand | ZAF | |  | |
| 12 (7119) | Durban University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 14 (7195) | Rhodes University | ZAF | | | |
| 15 (7397) | Central University of Technology, Free State | ZAF | | | |
| 16 (7578) | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 17 (7598) | University of South Africa | ZAF | | | |
| 18 (7630) | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | ZAF | | | |
| 19 (7651) | University of Venda | ZAF | | | |
| 20 (8032) | University of the Free State | ZAF | | | |
| 21 (8200) | University of Limpopo | ZAF | | | |
| 22 (8322) | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University | ZAF | | | |
| 23 (8695) | Vaal University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
