| Best quartile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (812) | University of Cape Town | ZAF |  |  | |
| 2 (1146) | Stellenbosch University | ZAF | | | |
| 3 (1150) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 4 (1408) | University of KwaZulu-Natal * | ZAF | | | |
| 5 (1450) | University of Pretoria | ZAF | | | |
| 6 (1708) | University of Johannesburg | ZAF | | | |
| 7 (2361) | North-West University | ZAF | | | |
| 8 (3679) | University of the Western Cape | ZAF | |  | |
| 9 (3791) | University of South Africa | ZAF | | | |
| 10 (4047) | University of the Free State | ZAF | | | |
| 11 (4985) | University of Fort Hare | ZAF | | | |
| 12 (5475) | University of Venda | ZAF | |  | |
| 13 (5684) | Durban University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 14 (5859) | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 15 (5941) | Rhodes University | ZAF | | | |
| 16 (5995) | Walter Sisulu University | ZAF | | | |
| 17 (6245) | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University | ZAF | | | |
| 18 (6695) | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | ZAF | | | |
| 19 (6864) | Central University of Technology, Free State | ZAF | | | |
| 20 (6929) | Tshwane University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 21 (6974) | University of Limpopo | ZAF | | | |
| 22 (7163) | Vaal University of Technology | ZAF | | | |
| 23 (7219) | University of Zululand | ZAF | | | |
