Webometrics South Africa 2026 – Collages and Universities in South Africa Webometrics Ranking

Explore the 2026 Webometrics South Africa ranking of colleges and universities, featuring top institutions based on academic performance, research output, and online visibility.

National Rank	World Rank	University Name	City	Type	AI Rank 2026	Impact Rank	Openness Rank	Excellence Rank
1	196	University of Cape Town	Cape Town	Public	1	264	188	281
2	324	University of the Witwatersrand	Johannesburg	Public	2	515	408	355
3	410	University of Pretoria	Pretoria	Public	3	547	550	516
4	419	Stellenbosch University	Stellenbosch	Public	4	662	303	542
5	505	University of KwaZulu-Natal	Durban	Public	5	1113	513	498
6	532	University of Johannesburg	Johannesburg	Public	6	1397	675	372
7	668	University of South Africa (UNISA)	Pretoria	Public	7	1090	1015	769
8	857	University of the Western Cape	Bellville	Public	9	1310	998	1123
9	984	University of the Free State	Bloemfontein	Public	11	2090	1050	1032
10	1051	Rhodes University	Makhanda	Public	10	1260	1228	1541
11	1676	Durban University of Technology	Durban	Public	17	3392	1738	1907
12	1694	North West University	Potchefstroom	Public	8	1892	10199	664
13	1732	Tshwane University of Technology	Pretoria	Public	14	4329	1628	1605
14	1844	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	Cape Town	Public	15	2891	1882	2467
15	2383	University of Fort Hare	Alice	Public	13	5178	1931	2507
16	2599	University of Limpopo	Sovenga	Public	16	5554	2110	2695
17	2624	Nelson Mandela University	Gqeberha	Public	12	3835	25184	1648
18	2926	University of Zululand	KwaDlangezwa	Public	21	5759	2898	3045
19	3056	University of Venda	Thohoyandou	Public	20	6437	2473	3097
20	3176	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	Ga-Rankuwa	Public	19	8388	3394	2134
21	3484	Vaal University of Technology	Vanderbijlpark	Public	23	6190	3551	3674
22	3547	Central University of Technology	Bloemfontein	Public	22	6185	3297	3881
23	3582	Walter Sisulu University	Mthatha	Public	18	7088	2886	3623
24	8575	University of Mpumalanga	Mbombela	Public	25	9522	4027	10732
25	8839	South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP)	Cape Town	Private	28	6951	10745	14072
26	8904	Mangosuthu University of Technology	Umlazi	Public	24	9552	4666	10359
27	9507	Sol Plaatje University	Kimberley	Public	26	10440	4502	12711
28	10675	MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa	Durban	Private	N/A	9288	29354	12382
29	10805	Regenesys Business School	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	9408	28931	19453
30	11634	Regent Business School	Durban	Private	N/A	10493	14630	17837
31	11885	Red & Yellow Creative School of Business	Cape Town	Private	N/A	10778	21714	21419
32	12125	South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance (AFDA)	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	11067	31100	28739
33	12369	IIE MSA (Monash University South Africa)	Johannesburg	Private	27	13166	12071	6673
34	12756	Milpark Business School	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	11814	10443	25117
35	12930	Vega School	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	12054	25866	9231
36	13022	College of Cape Town	Cape Town	Public	N/A	12093	10790	27772
37	13059	STADIO Higher Education	Krugersdorp	Private	N/A	12132	20852	22911
38	13103	Henley Business School South Africa	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	12246	21115	10986
39	13119	International Hotel School	Durban	Private	N/A	12234	16211	19140
40	13413	Northlink College	Parow	Public	N/A	12576	24487	28007
41	13417	Lyceum College	Pretoria	Private	N/A	12595	27886	22944
42	13444	Foundation for Professional Development	Pretoria	Private	29	12717	16921	8162
43	13556	Damelin	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	12789	23228	10716
44	13660	False Bay College	Fish Hoek	Public	N/A	12841	19005	22495
45	13854	South West Gauteng College	Johannesburg	Public	N/A	13035	27134	29728
46	13876	Independent Institute of Education (IIE)	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	13085	11993	29639
47	13891	Ekurhuleni West College	Alberton	Public	N/A	13156	29169	11868
48	13902	Ekurhuleni East College	Boksburg	Public	N/A	13205	15487	9767
49	13938	IMM Graduate School	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	13219	18911	14519
50	14317	Boland College	Paarl	Public	N/A	13644	29613	12483
51	14336	Central Johannesburg College	Johannesburg	Public	N/A	13665	9714	17315
52	14376	Orbit College	Rustenburg	Public	N/A	13732	10461	12182
53	14894	Open Window Institute of Design, Film & Interactive Arts	Centurion	Private	N/A	14279	22882	20716
54	14928	West Coast College	Vredenburg	Public	N/A	14371	12987	11230
55	15275	South African Theological Seminary	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	14744	10271	11985
56	15315	Buffalo City College	East London	Public	N/A	14728	10509	25240
57	15328	Ehlanzeni College	Nelspruit	Public	N/A	14767	13392	19831
58	15418	Exercise Teachers Academy (ETA)	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	14839	10669	27473
59	15480	Tshwane South College	Pretoria	Public	N/A	14903	18537	25433
60	15578	St Augustine College of South Africa	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	15030	18686	20189
61	15723	Sedibeng College	Vereeniging	Public	N/A	15187	26648	29228
62	15749	City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts	Cape Town	Private	N/A	15230	31002	30941
63	15768	Western College	Cape Town	Public	N/A	15283	24887	30704
64	15826	Coastal KZN TVET College	Durban	Public	N/A	15376	23650	25156
65	15832	Vuselela College	Klerksdorp	Public	N/A	15412	28172	23136
66	15980	Umfolozi College	Richards Bay	Public	N/A	15572	30902	14095
67	16005	Port Elizabeth College	Gqeberha	Public	N/A	15551	12881	27738
68	16071	Eduvos	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	15684	27819	12881
69	16154	Stenden South Africa	Port Alfred	Private	N/A	15718	11374	27400
70	16213	Boston City Campus & Business College	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	15861	23749	8366
71	16260	Business Optimization Training Institute (BOTI)	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	15846	17154	26517
72	16339	Flavius Mareka College	Sasolburg	Public	N/A	15967	9400	19932
73	16390	Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa	Randburg	Private	N/A	16068	15568	9949
74	16433	Health and Fitness Professionals Academy (HFPA)	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	16084	18705	14404
75	16442	Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology	Durban	Private	N/A	16093	14418	16453
76	16538	Cornerstone Christian College	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	16218	10858	14191
77	16712	Nkangala TVET College	Emalahleni	Public	N/A	16346	11814	21934
78	16832	Eastcape Midlands College	Gqeberha	Public	N/A	16470	16209	19138
79	16837	Isa Carstens Health and Skincare Academy	Pretoria	Private	N/A	16423	26805	29395
80	17043	South Cape College	George	Public	N/A	16777	21590	21306
81	17127	Umgungundlovu TVET College	Pietermaritzburg	Public	N/A	16852	21601	24359
82	17242	Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management	Johannesburg	Private	30	16998	9316	25950
83	17366	Maluti TVET College	Phuthaditjhaba	Public	N/A	17184	12763	11073
84	17665	Belgium Campus iTversity	Pretoria	Private	N/A	17421	23704	25954
85	17901	AAA School of Advertising	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	17757	25011	10317
86	17932	Elangeni College	Durban	Public	N/A	17710	19929	24665
87	17996	Northern Cape Urban TVET College	Kimberley	Public	N/A	17829	30107	12663
88	18071	TSIBA Education	Cape Town	Private	31	17861	26945	29563
89	18091	Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography	Stellenbosch	Private	N/A	17952	28889	27796
90	18199	Ingwe College	Butterworth	Public	N/A	18098	25384	26481
91	18219	Greenside Design Centre College of Design	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	18196	24841	10145
92	18254	ICESA City Campus	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	18161	19849	24513
93	18317	Cape Town Baptist Seminary	Cape Town	Private	N/A	18225	17149	26500
94	18425	Gert Sibande College	Ermelo	Public	N/A	18371	18353	22208
95	18508	Mopani South East TVET College	Phalaborwa	Public	N/A	18460	13393	25848
96	18584	Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management	Pretoria	Private	N/A	18571	17723	16030
97	18674	Helderberg College	Somerset West	Private	N/A	18616	16234	31400
98	18897	Letaba TVET College	Tzaneen	Public	N/A	18878	15628	20075
99	18928	Academy of Sound Engineering	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	18927	14914	18166
100	19078	Taletso TVET College	Mahikeng	Public	N/A	19100	21407	17571
101	19116	Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie	Pretoria	Private	N/A	19149	25446	14637
102	19129	Sekhukhune TVET College	Burgersfort	Public	N/A	19132	18291	25035
103	19490	Potchefstroom Academy	Potchefstroom	Private	N/A	19670	20874	10851
104	19536	Lovedale College	Alice	Public	N/A	19742	16776	8076
105	19657	Camelot International	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	19818	9595	21791
106	19755	Southern Africa Bible College	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	19911	24221	17047
107	19768	College of Production Technology	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	19947	19317	15737
108	20306	Hebron Theological College	Pretoria	Private	N/A	20657	11108	8558
109	20559	International Trade Institute of Southern Africa	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	20885	11891	21994
110	20573	Berea Technical College	Durban	Public	N/A	20951	15586	9973
111	20765	Thekwini College	Durban	Public	N/A	21090	20305	17952
112	21223	St Joseph’s Theological Institute	Pietermaritzburg	Private	N/A	21535	15113	23586
113	21446	Auckland Park Theological Seminary	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	21871	28705	19341
114	21844	Imsimbi Training	Pretoria	Private	N/A	22297	26861	22496
115	23319	Madge Wallace International College of Skin Care and Body Therapy	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	24483	12111	9627
116	23439	Beautiko College	Durban	Private	N/A	24535	21336	15126
117	23512	St John Vianney Seminary	Pretoria	Private	N/A	24629	22867	20674
118	23864	Esayidi TVET College	Port Shepstone	Public	N/A	25153	14271	21057
119	24128	Christian Reformed Theological Seminary	Pretoria	Private	N/A	25739	16677	13317
120	25584	South African Institute of Management	Pretoria	Private	N/A	28262	10187	7889
121	25648	Newbridge Graduate Institute	Cape Town	Private	N/A	28440	9244	19862
122	25947	Johannesburg Polytechnic Institute	Johannesburg	Private	N/A	29000	11147	8600