Best Universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Africa
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Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 16.3M citations received by 1.22M academic papers made by 369 universities in 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 the Witwatersrand
- Acceptance Rate
- 34%
- Founded
- 1922
3. University of Pretoria
- Enrollment
- 48,174
- Founded
- 1908
5. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Founded
- 2004
6. University of South Africa
- Enrollment
- 420,000
- Founded
- 1873
7. University of Johannesburg
- Enrollment
- 49,910
- Founded
- 2005
8. North-West University
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Founded
- 2004
10. University of the Free State
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Enrollment
- 37,000
- Founded
- 1904
13. University of the Western Cape
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Enrollment
- 24,754
- Founded
- 1959
17. Rhodes University
- Enrollment
- 8,200
- Founded
- 1904
31. Nelson Mandela University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Founded
- 2005
39. University of Fort Hare
- Enrollment
- 11,074
- Founded
- 1916
49. University of Limpopo
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1959
52. Tshwane University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Founded
- 2003
77. Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 91%
- Enrollment
- 35,047
- Founded
- 2005
81. Durban University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Founded
- 2002
83. University of Zululand
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1960
84. Eduardo Mondlane University
- Acceptance Rate
- 20%
- Founded
- 1962
100. University of Venda
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- Founded
- 1982