21 Best Physical Therapy schools in South Africa

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Below is a list of best universities in South Africa ranked based on their research performance in Physical Therapy. A graph of 213K citations received by 13.1K academic papers made by 21 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 Physical Therapy

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

4. University of Pretoria

For Physical Therapy

#5 in Africa
#579 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Physical Therapy

#7 in Africa
#681 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

6. North-West University

For Physical Therapy

#12 in Africa
#914 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
26,439
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
2004

7. University of the Free State

For Physical Therapy

#18 in Africa
#1222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

8. University of the Western Cape

For Physical Therapy

#21 in Africa
#1274 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

9. University of Johannesburg

For Physical Therapy

#27 in Africa
#1402 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

10. Rhodes University

For Physical Therapy

#39 in Africa
#1672 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

11. University of Limpopo

For Physical Therapy

#41 in Africa
#1741 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

12. Tshwane University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#48 in Africa
#1986 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

13. Durban University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#52 in Africa
#2077 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
10,213
Founded
2002

14. University of South Africa

For Physical Therapy

#53 in Africa
#2124 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

16. Nelson Mandela University

For Physical Therapy

#58 in Africa
#2332 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

17. University of Zululand

For Physical Therapy

#64 in Africa
#2451 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

18. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#74 in Africa
#2736 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Founded
2005

20. Vaal University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#78 in Africa
#2857 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1966

21. University of Venda

For Physical Therapy

#111 in Africa
#3403 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

The best cities to study Physical Therapy in South Africa based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cape Town, Johannesburg, Stellenbosch, and Pretoria.