Rankings

World rankings

• 1st in Africa (Times Higher Education 2017–18)
• 171st in the world (Times Higher Education 2017–18)
• 1st in Africa (Quacquarelli Symonds 2018)
• 191st in the world (Quacquarelli Symonds 2018)
• 2nd in Africa (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017)
• 301–400 in the world (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017)
• 1st in Africa (US News Best Global Universities 2017)
• 112th in the world (US News Best Global Universities 2017)
• 2nd in Africa (Center for World University Rankings 2016)
• 265th in the world (Center for World University Rankings 2016)

BRICS rankings

• 4th (Times Higher Education 2017 BRICS and Emerging Economies)
• 13th (Quacquarelli Symonds 2018 BRICS)

Subject rankings

Times Higher Education 2016–17

Top 100

• 1st in Africa, 61st in the world (clinical, pre-clinical and health)

Quacquarelli Symonds 2018

Top 20

• 11th in the world (development studies)

Top 50

• 37th in the world (sports-related subjects)
• 49th in the world (geography)

Top 100

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

US News Best Global Universities 2017

Top 100

• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Social sciences and public health

Center for World University rankings 2017

Top 5

• 3rd in the world (ornithology)
• 4th in the world (area studies)

ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2017

• 8th in the world (mining and mineral engineering)
• 40th in the world (public health)