University of Cape Town
#182
Consensus rank
across four world rankings
across four world rankings
87.2 / 100
Key facts
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University of Cape Town in the four world rankings
Each figure is the institution's position in that publisher's latest released edition.
ARWU indicator breakdown
The six indicators ShanghaiRanking uses to build its overall score, each out of 100.
Alumni 16.1
Award 0
HiCi 14.7
N&S 13.9
PUB 36.7
PCP 18.3
Subject rankings
QS subject positions, best first.
Development Studies #11
Medicine #88
Life Sciences & Medicine #100
Biological Sciences #156
Social Sciences & Management #222
Arts & Humanities #237
Natural Sciences #266
Engineering & Technology #324
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Sources & verification
Every figure on this page is reproduced from the publisher's own release. Nothing is estimated.
- QS World University Rankings · 2027 edition · Published 2026-06-18
- ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) · 2025 edition · Published 2025-08-15
- U.S. News Best Global Universities · 2026 edition · Published 2025-06-25