World rankings 1st in Africa 12345 160th in the world 1 =173rd in the world 2 =125th in the world 3 267th in the world 4 201–300 in the world 5 1 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 2 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2024 3 US News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings 2022–2023 4 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2023 5 ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023 Reputation Rankings THE Reputation Rankings 2022 6 (176–200) Most international universities in the World Rankings THE Most international universities in the World Rankings 2023 (57th in the World) Impact rankings Overall rank 101–200 in overall rankings7 7THE Impact Rankings 2022 Individual SDG ranks SDG 1 – No Poverty7=31 SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being7(201—200) SDG 5 – Gender Equality7=37 SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities7(101-200) SDG 16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions795 SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals755 Subject rankings Top 20 Development studies9 (12th in the world) Top 50 Infectious diseases10(24th in the world) Environmental science & engineering11(24th in the world) Sport science schools and departments12(49th in the world) Top 100 Anthropology9(51–100 range) Clinical and health8(77th in the world) Clinical medicine11(76–100 range) Geography9(51–100 range) Immunology9(51st in the world) Medicine9(94th in the world) Mining & mineral engineering11(76–100 range) Oceanography11(51–75 range) Public, environmental and occupational health11(51st in the world) Public health11(76–100 range) Psychiatry/Psychology 11(90th in the world) Social sciences and public health 11(66th in the world) 8 THE Subject Rankings 2023 9 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 10 US News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings for Subjects 2022-2023 11 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022 12 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2022 UCT’s rankings in the news More research news