24 Best Agricultural Science 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 Agricultural Science. A graph of 1.09M citations received by 44.4K 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.

1. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Africa
#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

2. University of Pretoria

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Africa
#131 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

5. University of the Free State

For Agricultural Science

#9 in Africa
#358 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

6. University of the Witwatersrand

For Agricultural Science

#11 in Africa
#381 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

7. North-West University

For Agricultural Science

#13 in Africa
#390 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2004

8. University of Johannesburg

For Agricultural Science

#29 in Africa
#642 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

9. Rhodes University

For Agricultural Science

#31 in Africa
#655 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

10. University of Fort Hare

For Agricultural Science

#37 in Africa
#715 in the World
Enrollment
11,074
Founded
1916

11. University of South Africa

For Agricultural Science

#49 in Africa
#868 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Founded
1873

12. University of the Western Cape

For Agricultural Science

#57 in Africa
#992 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

13. Tshwane University of Technology

For Agricultural Science

#61 in Africa
#1032 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

14. University of Limpopo

For Agricultural Science

#72 in Africa
#1219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

15. Durban University of Technology

For Agricultural Science

#76 in Africa
#1238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2002

16. Nelson Mandela University

For Agricultural Science

#87 in Africa
#1415 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

17. University of Venda

For Agricultural Science

#88 in Africa
#1453 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

18. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Agricultural Science

#96 in Africa
#1515 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Enrollment
35,047
Founded
2005

19. University of Zululand

For Agricultural Science

#133 in Africa
#1925 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

21. Vaal University of Technology

For Agricultural Science

#200 in Africa
#2871 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1966

24. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

For Agricultural Science

#263 in Africa
#3888 in the World
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
2014

The best cities to study Agricultural Science in South Africa based on the number of universities and their ranks are Durban, Pretoria, Stellenbosch, and Cape Town.