Top 5 Universities In South Africa 2024. This year’s ranking is the largest ever, featuring over 1,500 universities across 105 higher education. The best universities in africa span 19 countries, from uganda in the east to nigeria in the west, morocco in the north to south africa at the southernmost tip of the continent, according to the times higher education.

This includes uct, wits and ukzn. Quacquarelli symonds has published its latest qs world university rankings and has named the university of cape town (uct) as the best university in south africa.