Best Universities for Journalism and Digital Media in Africa
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Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Journalism and Digital Media. A graph of 59.3K citations received by 9.76K academic papers made by 51 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 KwaZulu-Natal
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Founded
- 2004
3. University of South Africa
- Enrollment
- 420,000
- Male:Female
- 36:64
- Founded
- 1873
4. University of Johannesburg
- Enrollment
- 49,910
- Founded
- 2005
5. University of Pretoria
- Enrollment
- 48,174
- Founded
- 1908
7. North-West University
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Enrollment
- 26,439
- Male:Female
- 42:58
- Founded
- 2004
9. University of the Witwatersrand
- Acceptance Rate
- 34%
- Founded
- 1922
17. University of the Free State
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Enrollment
- 37,000
- Founded
- 1904
18. Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 91%
- Founded
- 2005
23. University of the Western Cape
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Enrollment
- 24,754
- Founded
- 1959
30. Makerere University
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 40,000
- Founded
- 1922
36. Nelson Mandela University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Founded
- 2005
45. Durban University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Enrollment
- 10,213
- Founded
- 2002
48. University of Dar es Salaam
- Acceptance Rate
- 10%
- Enrollment
- 24,000
- Founded
- 1970
