Best Universities for Criminology and Criminal Justice in Africa
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Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Criminology and Criminal Justice. A graph of 138K citations received by 16.5K academic papers made by 69 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 South Africa
- Enrollment
- 420,000
- Founded
- 1873
3. University of the Witwatersrand
- Acceptance Rate
- 34%
- Founded
- 1922
4. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Founded
- 2004
5. University of Pretoria
- Enrollment
- 48,174
- Founded
- 1908
7. University of Johannesburg
- Enrollment
- 49,910
- Founded
- 2005
9. University of the Western Cape
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Enrollment
- 24,754
- Founded
- 1959
10. University of the Free State
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Enrollment
- 37,000
- Founded
- 1904
11. North-West University
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Founded
- 2004
14. Makerere University
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 40,000
- Founded
- 1922
16. University of Limpopo
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1959
17. Rhodes University
- Enrollment
- 8,200
- Founded
- 1904
21. Nelson Mandela University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Founded
- 2005
22. University of Fort Hare
- Enrollment
- 11,074
- Founded
- 1916
24. Tshwane University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Founded
- 2003
33. Durban University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Founded
- 2002
42. University of Venda
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- Founded
- 1982
48. University of Zambia
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Founded
- 1965
59. University of Zululand
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1960
