Best Universities for Classics and Ancient History in Africa
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Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Classics and Ancient History. A graph of 240K citations received by 28.3K academic papers made by 111 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.
1. University of the Witwatersrand
- Acceptance Rate
- 34%
- Founded
- 1922
2. University of Pretoria
- Enrollment
- 48,174
- Founded
- 1908
4. University of the Free State
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Enrollment
- 37,000
- Founded
- 1904
6. University of South Africa
- Enrollment
- 420,000
- Founded
- 1873
7. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Founded
- 2004
9. University of Johannesburg
- Enrollment
- 49,910
- Founded
- 2005
12. North-West University
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Founded
- 2004
15. Rhodes University
- Enrollment
- 8,200
- Founded
- 1904
18. University of the Western Cape
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Enrollment
- 24,754
- Founded
- 1959
22. Makerere University
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 40,000
- Founded
- 1922
35. Nelson Mandela University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Founded
- 2005
43. University of Fort Hare
- Enrollment
- 11,074
- Founded
- 1916
44. University of Zimbabwe
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Enrollment
- 20,399
- Founded
- 1955
45. University of Limpopo
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1959
48. University of Khartoum
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Enrollment
- 41,030
- Founded
- 1956
61. Tshwane University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Founded
- 2003
62. University of Antananarivo
- Acceptance Rate
- 15%
- Founded
- 1961
63. University of Zululand
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1960
65. University of Mauritius
- Acceptance Rate
- 70%
- Founded
- 1965
77. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University
- Enrollment
- 60,189
- Founded
- 1964
79. Durban University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Founded
- 2002
96. University of Venda
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- Founded
- 1982
100. Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 91%
- Enrollment
- 35,047
- Founded
- 2005