Top 10 Universities in South Africa 2024

Education is the necessary person of every person’s life. Today I will tell you about the Top 10 Universities in South Africa you need to know about which also got high ranked in the world.

1: University of Cape Town

This is one of the oldest universities in Africa which is established in 1829 located in Cape Town in the western cape of Africa. Cape Town was started as a college but then later in 1918, it has been converted into a University. DR. Precious Moloi-Motsepe is the chancellor of Cape Town. This university is providing education to approximately 30,000 students, consisting of more than 57 departments. These departments are providing degrees from bachelors to doctorates. E-commerce, Engineering, architecture, accounting, and law are the main subjects of this university. The average monthly fee here is 2,500$ to 4,500$ for undergraduate students and 2,700$ to 3,000$ for postgraduate students. According to the top ranking of the world, it’s got 103rd positions throughout the world.

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2: Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch is a research university located in Western Cape and is ranked as 321 in the world. It has been founded in 1876 as a Secondary school. Then later in 1918, it got the university title. The teachers are providing the study of art and social science, Agriculture sciences, law, theology, economics, and management science are the main subjects of this university. Edwin Cameron is the current chancellor of this university. He is managing the university in an organized way.

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3: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Witwatersrand, Johannesburg got 192 ranks in the world universities. . The base of this university has been started in 1896 in grom Kimberly as a school of mine, but then later in 1922, it became a full university. It has been based on 5 campuses in Africa. Almost 40,000 students are getting an education from throughout the world. These students are getting knowledge in commerce, law, management, engineering, health science, humanities, and some other subjects. “Dr. Judy Dlamini” is currently running this. The registration fee is 6,700 ZAR however tuition fee is equal to 45,000 ZAR for undergraduate students.

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4: University of KwaZulu Natal

This is located in the province of KwaZulu natal. It has many departments like the college of agriculture, Engineering, and Science, College of Health Science, College of Humanities. The basic fee of this university is 3000$ per year. KwaZulu natal was founded in 2004 from the combination of natal and the Durban-Westville Universities. “Reuel Jethro Khoza” is the chancellor of this university.

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5: University of Johannesburg

Johannesburg was founded in 2005 located in the city of Johannesburg. It has four campuses that are Auckland Park Kingsway, Auckland Park Butting Road, Doornfontein, and Soweto campus. These campuses are equipped with amazing facilities which include libraries, Sports opportunities, halls, galleries, lecture rooms, and laboratories. Johannesburg University was created by merging multi universities in 2005. These universities are Vista and Afrikaans Universities. It is giving education to more than 50,000 thousand of which more than 3000 students are from foreign. The tuition fee of this university is approximately equal to 110,000 ZAR.

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6: North-West University

North-West is also a research base and one of the largest universities in South Africa. It was based on three campuses Potchefstroom, Mahikeng, and Vanderbijlpark. This university was founded in 2004 by uniting Potchefstroom University for Christine with it. They are providing education in natural and agricultural sciences, Theology, Law, Humanities, Health Sciences, Engineering, psychology, economics, and management sciences. The average tuition fee is 34,000 $ here.

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7: University of Pretoria

This is also one of the oldest research universities established in 1908 and now 53,000 students are studying here. This university has 7 campuses which cover a great area of 1,190 hectares. The study of this university is quite amazing and provides all facilities to students which include sports, museums, art, culture, health and providing facilities of virtual camp as well. They are providing degrees in the subjects of Economic and Management Sciences, health sciences Humanities, law, natural and agricultural sciences. The average fee of this university is approximately 36,000 ZAR.

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8: University of Western Cape (UWC)

UWC is located in Bellville, established in 1960. They are giving high research opportunities with highly qualified staff. More than 50% of teachers are doctorate. “Thabo Makgoba” is the current chancellor of this university. This university is providing undergraduate degrees in different languages which include French, German, French, and Arabic. They are also providing degrees in sciences and psychology subjects. In further they are providing postgraduate degrees and doctorate degrees as well. This university is charging 18,800 ZAR from domestic and ruler regions whereas from international students they are charging 36,000 ZAR.

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9: University of South Africa

UNISA is another largest university in South Africa in which more than 40,000 students are enrolled. “Thabo Mbeki” is running this university. This university is providing education in Economics, Business and Management Studies, Computer Science, and Electronic Engineering. 13,900 ZAR is the fee of this university. This institute is doing special focus on ethics, values, and norms. Along with the study, they are also giving special attention to skills. Due to their high effort, they create the leaders like “Nelson Mandela” and “Archbishop Demond Tutu”, who amazingly serve the nation.

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10: Durban University of Technology

Durban University is also located in KwaZulu Natal. It was established in 2002. Ms. Nonkululeko Nyembezi is the chancellor of this Durban. This institute is providing education in Physical sciences, Chemistry, law, life sciences, social sciences, Computer Sciences, and some other subjects. The tuition fee of this university is 23,260 ZAR.

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These are the top 10 Universities of South Africa that got high ranked in the world. I hope this article will get increase your knowledge.

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