Rankings

World rankings

• 1st in Africa
  (Times Higher Education 2020)
  (Quacquarelli Symonds 2020)
  (US News Best Global Universities 2020)
  (Center for World Univeristy Rankings 2019-2020)
  (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019)
   
• 136th in the world
  (Times Higher Education 2020)
• 198th in the world
  (Quacquarelli Symonds 2020)
• 121st in the world
  (US News Best Global Universities 2020)
• 252nd in the world
  (Center for World University Rankings 2019-2020)
• 201-300 in the world
  (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019)

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BRICS rankings

• 22nd (Quacquarelli Symonds 2019 BRICS)

Emerging Economies University rankings

• 9th (Times Higher Education 2019)

Subject rankings

Times Higher Education 2019

Top 100

• Clinical, pre-clinical and health (72nd in the world)
• Law (77th in the world)
• Social sciences (89th in the world)
• Education (95th in the world)

Quacquarelli Symonds 2019

Top 10

• Development Studies (9th in the world)

Top 100

• Anatomy and physiology
• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Architecture/Built environment
• Education
• Geography
• Social policy and administration
• Sports-related subjects

US News Best Global Universities 2020

Top 100

• Immunology (56th in the world)
• Microbiology (72nd in the world)
• Social sciences and public health (73rd in the world)

Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2019

Top 20

• Mining and mineral engineering (20th in the world) 

Top 50

• Oceanography (36th in the world)

Top 100

• Public health (51 to 75 range)
• Clinical medicine (51 to 75 range)