How do SA universities stack up?
South African universities are among the world’s best for their expertise in Development Studies, one of 36 disciplines covered in QS World University Rankings by Subject, published this week at topuniversities.com. South African institutions receive their highest rankings within the new subject of Development Studies, in which University of Cape Town is seventh worldwide, and University of The Witwatersrand ties for 15th. In that subject, four additional South African institutions are also placed in the global top 100: Stellenbosch University; University of Johannesburg; University of KwaZulu-Natal; and University of Pretoria.