Rankings

World rankings

• 1st in Africa (Times Higher Education 2019)
• 156th in the world (Times Higher Education 2019)
• 1st in Africa (Quacquarelli Symonds 2019)
• 200th in the world (Quacquarelli Symonds 2019)
• 1st in Africa (US News Best Global Universities 2019)
• 114th in the world (US News Best Global Universities 2019)

BRICS rankings

• 22nd (Quacquarelli Symonds 2019 BRICS)

Subject rankings

US News Best Global Universities 2019

Top 50

• Immunology (49th in the world)

Top 100

• Microbiology (63rd in the world)
• Social sciences and public health (71st in the world)
• Clinical medicine (91st in the world )

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)

Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2018

Top 20

• Mining and mineral engineering (16th in the world) 

Top 50

• Oceanography (45th in the world)

Top 100

• Public health (51st - 75th in the world)
• Geography (76th - 100th in the world)

Quacquarelli Symonds 2018

Top 20

• Development Shudies (11th in the world)

Top 50

• Sports-related subjects (37th in the world)
• Geography (49th in the world)

Top 100

• Anatomy and physiology
• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• English language and literature
• Law
• Life sciences and medicine