Setting the pace on the continent, with its most prime ranking in 10 years, UCT continues to lead as highest-ranked under the recently released QS World University Rankings.
UCT has sustained its position as Africa’s leading university in the latest CWUR rankings amid a globally competitive environment.
UCT ranked 15th globally in Development Studies in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
The UCT GSB reaffirmed its position as one of the world’s leading business schools, as its EMBA was named the top EMBA programme in Africa and 11th globally.
UCT sees an improvement in subject placement according to the THE World University Rankings published this month.
UCT has been placed in the top 2.5% of universities worldwide in the QS Sustainability World Rankings.
The UCT GSB’s MBA programme has been ranked number seven globally and number one in Africa in the 2024 Better World MBA ranking by ‘Corporate Knights’ magazine.
The UK’s Financial Times has placed the UCT GSB among the best EMBAs in the world for alumni satisfaction in its new 2024 rankings.
UCT has been ranked 116th globally by the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, up nine places.
UCT ranked 77th worldwide in the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with six areas ranked in the top 100.
UCT remains the best university in Africa, according to the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings.
The latest rankings from the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) place UCT in the top 1.3% of universities globally.
UCT ranked 15th in the world for Development Studies and is among the top 100 institutions in a further three subjects.
UCT placed 31st in the world for sport science in the latest ShanghaiRanking released on 15 December.
