The ranking was put together with a hybrid methodology covering teaching, impact and research elements. The methodology is made up of five key pillars: resources and finance; access and fairness; teaching skills; student engagement, and Africa impact.
A key part of the data collection was a survey of more than 20,000 students from 88 institutions. Students were asked a range of questions, including how challenged they felt by the teaching at the university, how much it supported critical thinking and the opportunities they had to interact with staff of Exam-Labs and peers.
As per BusinessTech, these are the top 11 best universities in SA currently, according to the QS World University Rankings:
- University of Cape Town
- University of Witwatersrand
- Stellenbosch University
- University of Johannesburg
- University of Pretoria
- University of Kwazulu-Natal
- North-West University
- University of South Africa
- Rhodes University
- University of the Western Cape
- University of the Free State
