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Rankings
World rankings
- 1st in Africa 1234
- =155th in the world 1
- =220th in the world 2
- =103rd in the world 3
- 268th in the world 4
- 2nd in Africa 5
- 201-300 in the world 5
- 1 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021
- 2 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2021
- 3 US News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings 2021
- 4 Center for World University Rankings 2020-2021
- 5 ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020
Emerging economies
- 10th in Emerging Economies University Rankings6
- 6 Times Higher Education 2021
Subject rankings
Top 10
- Development Studies8 (10th in the world)
- Infectious Diseases9 (=9th in the world)
Top 50
- Immunology9 (=47th in the world)
- Oceanography10 (48th in the world)
- Public, Environmental and Occupational Health9 (=36th in the world)
- Sport Science Schools and Departments 11 (47th in the world)
Top 100
- Anthropology8(51 to 100 range)
- Archaeology8(51 to 100 range)
- Architecture/Built environment8(51 to 100 range)
- Clinical medicine10 (76 to 100 range)
- Clinical and health7 (=66th in the world)
- Geography8(51 to 100 range)
- Medicine8(51 to 100 range)
- Microbiology9(=79th in the world)
- Mining and mineral engineering10 (51 to 75 range)
- Public health10 (51 to 75 range)
- Psychiatry/Psychology9(=92nd in the world)
- Social sciences and public health9(=53rd in the world)
- 7 THE Subject Rankings 2021
- 8 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021
- 9 US News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings for Subjects 2021
- 10 Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2020
- 11 ShanghaiRanking’s Special Focus Institutional Ranking 2020