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Rankings
World rankings
- 1st in Africa 12345
- 136th in the world 1
- 220th in the world 2
- 121st in the world 3
- 268th in the world 4
- 201-300 in the world 5
- 1 Times Higher Education 2020
- 2 Quacquarelli Symonds 2021
- 3 US News Best Global Universities 2020
- 4 Center for World Univeristy Rankings 2020-2021
- 5 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019
Brics and emerging economies
- 22nd in BRICS rankings6
- 10th in Emerging Economies University Rankings rankings7
- 6 Quacquarelli Symonds 2019 BRICS
- 7 Times Higher Education 2020
Subject rankings
Top 10
- Development Studies9 (10th in the world)
Top 20
- Mining and mineral engineering11 (20th in the world)
Top 50
- Oceanography11 (36th in the world)
Top 100
- Anatomy and physiology9
- Anthropology9
- Archaeology9
- Architecture/Built environment9
- Clinical medicine11 (51 to 75 range)
- Clinical, pre-clinical and health8 (65th in the world)
- Education8 (95th in the world)
- Geography9
- Immunology10(56th in the world)
- Law8 (77th in the world)
- Medicine9
- Microbiology10(72nd in the world)
- Public health11 (51 to 75 range)
- Social sciences8
- Social sciences and public health10
- 8 Times Higher Education 2019
- 9 Quacquarelli Symonds 2020
- 10 US News Best Global Universities 2020
- 11 Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2019