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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
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 %3	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	273	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	339	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	55	1191	31	140	281	404	518	625	723	857	1,054	1,141	1,191
2	2	342	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1537	David M. Richardson	55	1067	23	79	183	279	368	460	552	679	859	972	1,067
3	3	365	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1706	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	55	935	21	73	162	252	320	399	483	556	687	830	935
4	4	612	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	8330	Fernando Albericio	55	818	9	46	113	197	255	305	362	434	627	758	818
5	5	648	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3657	Mike Wingfield	55	828	8	55	141	235	323	426	495	563	651	751	828
6	6	667	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	936	Loan Truong ⁱ	55	943	8	30	97	147	196	263	330	455	682	840	943
7	8	780	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8722	Christo Venter ⁱ	55	461	6	19	66	103	161	218	276	309	373	458	461
8	11	984	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11193	Roy Maartens	55	381	3	20	42	74	105	135	167	231	294	357	381
9	12	1,016	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	14567	Tebello Nyokong	55	255	3	15	35	62	92	114	125	153	178	231	255
10	21	1,172	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	33648	HC Swart	55	331	2	12	30	55	79	111	136	193	263	299	331
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11	29	1,347	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4583	Richard M. Cowling	55	187	2	3	7	23	30	40	60	80	120	156	187
12	31	1,359	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	17657	AJ Afolayan	55	254	2	2	14	27	38	45	62	94	135	195	254
13	34	1,443	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	7281	Eno E. Ebenso	55	861	1	11	33	65	102	155	210	322	516	711	861
14	37	1,630	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1903	Timothy D Noakes	55	267	1	5	12	26	38	60	69	104	162	201	267
15	62	2,301	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	58738	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	55	207	0	7	19	30	41	56	76	106	135	179	207
16	63	2,304	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	43356	Faizal Bux	55	173	0	7	16	29	43	52	62	86	103	129	173
17	78	2,668	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	126484	David E. Motaung	55	197	0	3	5	15	19	26	36	64	119	172	197
18	88	2,787	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79690	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	55	152	0	2	9	19	24	33	50	65	100	125	152
19	98	2,879	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	116587	Thavendran Govender	55	83	0	2	6	10	16	19	21	34	51	70	83
20	124	3,368	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	83002	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	55	76	0	1	4	8	11	16	21	39	54	69	76
21	131	3,465	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	117796	Liviu Feller	55	91	0	1	3	8	11	17	22	34	51	74	91
22	150	3,824	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	122266	Augustine Ofomaja	55	91	0	1	1	7	11	13	19	31	44	73	91
23	171	4,327	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	153582	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	55	124	0	0	5	6	13	22	28	48	73	101	124
24	194	4,682	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	175655	Tatenda Dalu	55	68	0	0	2	5	8	9	15	27	37	54	68
25	252	5,628	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	279555	Nhamo Chaukura	55	54	0	0	1	1	2	6	7	12	25	42	54
26	253	5,642	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	264042	Stewart Bernard	55	14	0	0	1	2	2	3	7	8	9	12	14
27	290	6,229	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	183045	Kris A. Willems	55	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4
28	321	6,570	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	410696	Mehdi Sattari	55	53	0	0	0	1	4	8	13	18	30	45	53
29	629	10,500	Milpark Business School	South Africa	1997	Private	620094	Tshediso Joseph Sekhampu	55	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	6
30	734	12,145	South African Theological Seminary	South Africa	1996	Private	772264	William Domeris\|Bill Domeris	55	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6
31	964	15,516	Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology	South Africa	1997	Public	1091769	Arno Meyer	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
32	998	16,239	George Whitefield College	South Africa	1989	Private	1153629	Nathan Lovell	55	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4