24 Best Art & Design schools in South Africa

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Below is a list of best universities in South Africa ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 725K citations received by 64.1K academic papers made by 24 universities in South Africa was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Pretoria

For Art & Design

#1 in Africa
#259 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

5. University of South Africa

For Art & Design

#5 in Africa
#342 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Founded
1873

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Art & Design

#6 in Africa
#418 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

7. North-West University

For Art & Design

#7 in Africa
#500 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2004

9. University of the Free State

For Art & Design

#10 in Africa
#698 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

10. University of the Western Cape

For Art & Design

#11 in Africa
#824 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

11. Rhodes University

For Art & Design

#13 in Africa
#890 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

12. Nelson Mandela University

For Art & Design

#25 in Africa
#1399 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

13. Tshwane University of Technology

For Art & Design

#33 in Africa
#1604 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

14. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Art & Design

#50 in Africa
#1891 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Enrollment
35,047
Founded
2005

15. Durban University of Technology

For Art & Design

#51 in Africa
#1911 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2002

16. University of Fort Hare

For Art & Design

#52 in Africa
#1923 in the World
Enrollment
11,074
Founded
1916

17. University of Limpopo

For Art & Design

#67 in Africa
#2179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

18. University of Zululand

For Art & Design

#70 in Africa
#2263 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

19. University of Venda

For Art & Design

#88 in Africa
#2853 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

21. Vaal University of Technology

For Art & Design

#114 in Africa
#3212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1966

The best cities to study Art & Design in South Africa based on the number of universities and their ranks are Pretoria, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, and Johannesburg.