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 135K citations received by 22.4K academic papers made by 76 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
3. University of Pretoria
- Enrollment
- 48,174
- Founded
- 1908
4. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Founded
- 2004
6. University of the Free State
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Enrollment
- 37,000
- Founded
- 1904
7. University of South Africa
- Enrollment
- 420,000
- Male:Female
- 36:64
- Founded
- 1873
9. University of Johannesburg
- Enrollment
- 49,910
- Founded
- 2005
12. North-West University
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Enrollment
- 26,439
- Male:Female
- 42:58
- Founded
- 2004
14. Rhodes University
- Enrollment
- 8,200
- Founded
- 1904
17. University of the Western Cape
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Enrollment
- 24,754
- Founded
- 1959
21. Makerere University
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 40,000
- Founded
- 1922
29. Nelson Mandela University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Founded
- 2005
33. University of Zimbabwe
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Enrollment
- 18,040
- Founded
- 1955
42. University of Khartoum
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Enrollment
- 41,030
- Founded
- 1956
49. University of Limpopo
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1959
59. Mohammed V University
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 67,415
67. University of Zululand
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1960
74. University of Venda
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- Founded
- 1982
