South African University Rankings 2024. 22 south african universities have been listed in the informatics institute at the middle east technical university’s latest university ranking by academic performance. This year’s ranking is the largest ever, featuring over 1,500 universities across 105 higher education.

Of the 13 south african universities ranked in 2024, eight improved their position in the global rankings, with five dropping on the list. The university of pretoria (up) has made significant progress in the 2024 quacquarelli symonds (qs) world university rankings (wur), and is now ranked at the 323.