{"id":4998,"date":"2017-11-15T14:42:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T12:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentnewsgrid.com\/?p=4998"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:45:44","slug":"times-higher-education-africa-university-rankings-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/2017\/11\/15\/times-higher-education-africa-university-rankings-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Times Higher Education Africa university rankings 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Times Higher Education<\/em><\/strong> has released it’s latest list of the top 1,000 universities in the world. Among African universities, South Africa dominated with 4 of the 5 top spots. The University of Cape Town is Africa\u2019s top university at position 171.<\/p>\n

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More than 25 top universities in Africa feature in the rankings<\/a>. The best universities in Africa span 10 countries, including Uganda, Nigeria, Morocco and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Africa Rank 2018<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nWorld University Rank 2018<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nUniversity<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nCountry<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nCity<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/span><\/td>\n171<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Cape Town<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nCape Town<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/span><\/td>\n251\u2013300<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of the Witwatersrand<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nJohannesburg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/td>\n351\u2013400<\/span><\/td>\nStellenbosch University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nStellenbosch<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\n401\u2013500<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nDurban<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\n401\u2013500<\/span><\/td>\nMakerere University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nUganda<\/span><\/td>\nKampala<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 6<\/span><\/td>\n601\u2013800<\/span><\/td>\nAmerican University in Cairo<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nCairo<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 6<\/span><\/td>\n601\u2013800<\/span><\/td>\nBeni-Suef University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nBeni Suef<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 6<\/span><\/td>\n601\u2013800<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Johannesburg<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nJohannesburg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 6<\/span><\/td>\n601\u2013800<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Pretoria<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nPretoria<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 6<\/span><\/td>\n601\u2013800<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of the Western Cape<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nCape Town<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nAin Shams University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nCairo<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nAlexandria University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nAlexandria<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nAssiut University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nAsyut<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nCairo University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nCairo<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Ghana<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nGhana<\/span><\/td>\nAccra<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Ibadan<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nNigeria<\/span><\/td>\nIbadan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nMansoura University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nDakahlia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nMorocco<\/span><\/td>\nMarrakech<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nMohammed V University of Rabat<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nMorocco<\/span><\/td>\nRabat<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Nairobi<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nKenya<\/span><\/td>\nNairobi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of South Africa<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\nPretoria<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nSouth Valley University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nQena<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nSuez Canal University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEgypt<\/span><\/td>\nIsmailia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 11<\/span><\/td>\n801\u20131000<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Tlemcen<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nAlgeria<\/span><\/td>\nTlemcen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 25<\/span><\/td>\n1001<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Monastir<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nTunisia<\/span><\/td>\nMonastir<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 25<\/span><\/td>\n1001<\/span><\/td>\nSidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nMorocco<\/span><\/td>\nFez<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tied 25<\/span><\/td>\n1001<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Tunis El Manar<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nTunisia<\/span><\/td>\nTunis<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Times Higher Education’s list is the only global university performance table to judge research-intensive universities across all of their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. PwC audited the results, making these the only global university rankings to be subjected to full, independent scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Browse the complete world rankings<\/a> breakdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Times Higher Education has released it’s latest list of the top 1,000 universities in the world. Among African universities, South Africa dominated with 4 of the 5 top spots. The University of Cape Town is Africa\u2019s top university at position 171.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[71,277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14286,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4998\/revisions\/14286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}