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Scientist and University Rankings 2024

South Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024

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				AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
BRICS Ranking	Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	1	236	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	290	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	56	1,204	163	307	443	560	683	818	992	1,098	1,152	1,204
2	2	2	425	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1,515	David M. Richardson	56	1,100	88	208	309	419	522	649	800	919	1,006	1,100
3	3	3	441	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1,591	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	56	997	85	180	282	365	455	533	648	781	888	997
4	4	4	591	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3,586	Mike Wingfield	56	858	59	167	271	365	468	532	620	700	779	858
5	5	5	622	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	7,986	Fernando Albericio	56	886	55	141	220	282	348	419	572	727	819	886
6	6	6	728	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	865	Loan Truong ⁱ	56	1,039	44	112	178	240	312	420	610	780	913	1,039
7	7	10	1,050	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8,727	Christo Venter ⁱ	56	459	25	70	127	192	258	303	340	429	457	459
8	8	12	1,144	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11,947	Roy Maartens	56	390	22	51	90	116	162	218	273	334	366	390
9	9	14	1,312	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15,339	Tebello Nyokong	56	265	18	45	75	103	122	142	169	202	241	265
10	10	18	1,359	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6,770	Eno E. Ebenso	56	983	17	42	78	124	183	272	435	626	790	983
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11	11	25	1,572	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31,277	HC Swart	56	352	13	39	64	95	132	181	243	284	325	352
12	12	32	1,939	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	12,310	Lynn Morris	56	57	10	17	25	31	39	44	48	49	55	57
13	13	34	2,026	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	10,127	Carl Lombard	56	72	9	22	30	34	46	56	63	67	69	72
14	14	35	2,029	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	49,939	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	56	223	9	21	36	49	75	100	126	157	201	223
15	15	36	2,046	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39,181	Faizal Bux	56	178	9	18	35	47	56	76	98	112	148	178
16	16	45	2,320	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15,593	AJ Afolayan	56	252	7	15	30	42	55	81	121	161	224	252
17	17	53	2,457	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	14,284	Suprakas Sinha Ray	56	341	6	20	37	60	95	139	193	262	311	341
18	18	58	2,611	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	13,686	Karl Peltzer	56	80	6	9	19	25	37	47	58	71	76	80
19	19	62	2,737	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1,991	Timothy D Noakes	56	267	5	15	29	51	67	95	139	177	227	267
20	20	68	2,952	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14,978	Willem Hanekom	56	23	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
21	21	75	3,156	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4,731	Richard M. Cowling	56	195	4	9	24	36	53	73	107	141	175	195
22	22	80	3,240	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	44,121	D. Buckley ⁱ	56	14	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
23	23	88	3,372	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79,048	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	56	151	3	14	21	33	46	63	92	115	135	151
24	24	97	3,570	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	85,307	Tony Rebelo	56	50	3	8	9	12	19	23	31	44	49	50
25	25	98	3,587	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	120,832	Olawale Fatoki	56	212	3	7	18	23	32	60	99	148	186	212
26	26	106	3,831	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	22,450	Whitfield, AK	56	30	3	3	7	12	13	16	22	24	28	30
27	27	120	4,082	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	108,728	Neerish Revaprasadu	56	96	2	7	14	18	21	31	48	67	80	96
28	28	138	4,594	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16,522	Gavin Churchyard	56	5	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
29	29	147	4,814	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Institution	129,707	Dalene De Beer	56	100	1	9	18	27	42	53	73	88	97	100
30	30	161	5,171	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	141,991	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	56	130	1	4	9	20	26	45	67	90	114	130
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31	31	163	5,189	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	115,929	Liviu Feller	56	91	1	4	10	17	20	28	43	64	78	91
32	32	164	5,208	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	78,676	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	56	86	1	4	9	14	20	36	49	64	74	86
33	33	185	5,657	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	115,012	Augustine Ofomaja	56	91	1	2	10	11	16	28	40	57	81	91
34	34	262	7,355	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	168,230	Tatenda Dalu	56	68	0	3	5	7	14	25	32	46	59	68
35	35	287	7,727	Council for Geoscience	South Africa	1912	Institution	282,555	Johann Neveling	56	16	0	2	4	6	7	10	13	15	16	16
36	36	294	7,990	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	278,526	John Bosco Habarulema	56	14	0	2	2	2	7	8	9	11	13	14
37	37	327	8,424	Sasol	South Africa	1950	Company	321,056	Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă	56	17	0	1	4	5	7	10	13	15	17	17
38	38	341	8,715	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	273,272	Nhamo Chaukura	56	54	0	1	1	3	7	11	22	33	47	54
39	39	356	8,955	South African Weather Service	South Africa	2001	Institution	318,695	Casper Labuschagne	56	3	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
40	40	377	9,269	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Institution	172,395	Remco Peters	56	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
41	41	392	9,483	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Institution	173,445	Filippus Stefanus Roux	56	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	6
42	42	406	9,826	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	184,347	Kris A. Willems	56	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
43	43	426	10,082	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	396,635	Mehdi Sattari	56	55	0	0	2	7	13	17	26	39	51	55
44	44	560	11,772	Milpark Business School	South Africa	1997	Private	627,889	Sam Koma	56	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	4	6
45	45	621	12,431	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Company	640,060	Witness Simbanegavi	56	8	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	8	8	8
46	46	657	13,018	Eskom	South Africa	1923	Company	492,940	Crystal Meek	56	15	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	9	12	15
47	47	733	14,286	CenGen (Pty) Ltd	South Africa	2003	Company	420,357	Renee Prins	56	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
48	48	936	17,307	South African Theological Seminary	South Africa	1996	Private	802,566	William Domeris\|Bill Domeris	56	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	6
49	49	980	18,073	Academy of Science of South Africa	South Africa	1996	Institution	767,840	Melusi Thwala	56	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
50	50	1,149	20,517	George Whitefield College	South Africa	1989	Private	1,225,432	Nathan Lovell	56	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4