Universities
List of Universities in South Africa
This is the comprehensive list of universities in South Africa. South African universities are ranked the best in Africa. Studying in South African university offers you the best tertiary education that you can find on the continent.
In fact, South African universities occupy the top 3 positions of the best universities in Africa.
There are nine provinces in South Africa and each province has its own university. Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types; traditional universities, which are academic in focus; universities of technology (“technikons”), which are more vocational; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.
The Department of Higher Education and Training is responsible for tertiary education and vocational training, including Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) centers. The nine provinces of South Africa also have their own education departments, which implement both national and local policies.
It takes about three years of full-time study to complete a bachelor’s degree in South African university. For a master’s degree programme, it takes about one to two years. The academic year is split into two semesters, the first from early February to early June, and the second from mid-July to late November.
List of Universities in South Africa
There are a total of 29 universities in South Africa. However, only 26 are public universities while the rest are private universities. Below is the comprehensive list of Universities in South Africa
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Central University of Technology
- Durban University of Technology
- Mangosuthu University of Technology
- Monash University
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Nelson Mandela University
- North-West University
- Rhodes University
- Sol Plaatje University
- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
- Stellenbosch University
- Tshwane University of Technology
- University of Cape Town
- University of Fort Hare
- University of Johannesburg
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of Limpopo
- University of Mpumalanga
- University of Pretoria
- University of South Africa
- University of the Free State
- University of The Western Cape
- University of the Witwatersrand
- University of Venda
- University of Zululand
- Vaal University of Technology
- Varsity College
- Walter Sisulu University
