10 Best universities for Sports / Exercise science in South Africa

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Below is a list of best universities in South Africa ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 52.2K citations received by 1.97K academic papers made by 10 universities in South 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

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Africa
#338 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

3. North-West University

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Africa
#462 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2004

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Sports / Exercise science

#8 in Africa
#706 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

6. University of Pretoria

For Sports / Exercise science

#12 in Africa
#824 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

7. University of the Western Cape

For Sports / Exercise science

#13 in Africa
#860 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

8. University of Johannesburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#17 in Africa
#1032 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

9. University of Limpopo

For Sports / Exercise science

#18 in Africa
#1059 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

10. Tshwane University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#27 in Africa
#1231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

The best cities to study Sports / Exercise science in South Africa based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cape Town, Johannesburg, Potchefstroom, and Stellenbosch.