24 Best universities for Aerospace Engineering in South Africa

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Below is a list of best universities in South Africa ranked based on their research performance in Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 561K citations received by 22.4K 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.

2. University of Pretoria

For Aerospace Engineering

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

4. University of the Witwatersrand

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Africa
#514 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Aerospace Engineering

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

6. University of Johannesburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Africa
#974 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

7. North-West University

For Aerospace Engineering

#21 in Africa
#1129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2004

8. Tshwane University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#37 in Africa
#1493 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

9. University of South Africa

For Aerospace Engineering

#39 in Africa
#1496 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Founded
1873

10. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#41 in Africa
#1513 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Enrollment
35,047
Founded
2005

11. Rhodes University

For Aerospace Engineering

#44 in Africa
#1561 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

12. University of the Free State

For Aerospace Engineering

#48 in Africa
#1658 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

13. University of the Western Cape

For Aerospace Engineering

#51 in Africa
#1771 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

14. Nelson Mandela University

For Aerospace Engineering

#56 in Africa
#1824 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

15. Durban University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#74 in Africa
#2089 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2002

16. University of Limpopo

For Aerospace Engineering

#98 in Africa
#2491 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

17. University of Fort Hare

For Aerospace Engineering

#116 in Africa
#2820 in the World
Enrollment
11,074
Founded
1916

19. Vaal University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#132 in Africa
#3202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1966

20. University of Zululand

For Aerospace Engineering

#133 in Africa
#3230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

21. University of Venda

For Aerospace Engineering

#136 in Africa
#3276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

23. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

For Aerospace Engineering

#209 in Africa
#4356 in the World
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
2014

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