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Rankings
World rankings
- 1st in Africa 1234
- =155th in the world 1
- 121st in the world 3
- 220th in the world 2
- 268th in the world 4
- 2nd in Africa 5
- 201-300 in the world 5
- 1 Times Higher Education 2021
- 2 Quacquarelli Symonds 2021
- 3 US News Best Global Universities 2020
- 4 Center for World University Rankings 2020-2021
- 5 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020
Emerging economies
- 10th in Emerging Economies University Rankings6
- 6 Times Higher Education 2020
Subject rankings
Top 10
- Development Studies8 (10th in the world)
Top 50
- Oceanography10 (48th in the world)
Top 100
- Anatomy and physiology8(51 to 100 range)
- Anthropology8(51 to 100 range)
- Archaeology8(51 to 100 range)
- Architecture/Built environment8(51 to 100 range)
- Clinical medicine10 (76 to 100 range)
- Clinical, pre-clinical and health7 (65th in the world)
- Geography8(51 to 100 range)
- Immunology9(56th in the world)
- Medicine8(51 to 100 range)
- Microbiology9(72nd in the world)
- Mining and mineral engineering10 (51 to 75 range)
- Public health10 (51 to 75 range)
- Social sciences7(92nd in the world)
- Social sciences and public health9(73rd in the world)
- 7 Times Higher Education 2020
- 8 Quacquarelli Symonds 2020
- 9 US News Best Global Universities 2020
- 10 Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2020