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2020-21
IN
NUMBERS
A RESEARCH DASHBOARD
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IN AFRICA
UCT is first in Africa, holding the following places in world rankings
183
109
226
269
201-300
THE 2022
US NEWS 2022
QS 2022
CWUR 2021-2022
ARWU 2021
rd
th
th
IN THE WORLD
th
IN THE WORLD
IN THE WORLD
IN THE WORLD
IN THE WORLD
UCT holds 16th position in the Emerging Economies University Rankings of the THE 2022
SUBJECT RANKINGS
Development
studies
THE
10th INWORLD
QS 2021
TOP 75
Mining and mineral
engineering
Public health
GRAS 2021
TOP 100
TOP 100
TOP 100
THE
98th INWORLD
w Anthropology
w Archaeology
w Architecture/built
THE
65th INWORLD
Clinical
and health
environment
THE 2022
w Geography
TOP 20
Infectious
diseases
13
th
US NEWS 2022
TOP 50
Public,
environmental and
occupational health
THE
39th INWORLD
US NEWS 2022
TOP 50
Immunology
THE
47th INWORLD
US NEWS 2022
Oceanography
48
th IN THE
WORLD
GRAS 2021
Clinical medicine
GRAS 2021
THE
23rd INWORLD
GRAS 2021
Sport Science Schools and Departments
THE
47th INWORLD
Medicine
QS 2021
SHANGHAIRANKING
2020
4
NUMBER OF
CHAPTERS
IN BOOKS
Subsidy
income: publication
12%
NRF-RATED
RESEARCHERS
The National Research
NUMBER OF
JOURNAL
ARTICLES
195
30
25%
A-RATED
RESEARCHERS
A-rated researchers are
42
SARChI CHAIRS
17%
88
th
IN THE
WORLD
Department of Science and
Technology/National Research
Foundation allocates ratings
international leaders
Foundation South African Research
based on a researcher’s recent
in their field. 25% of
Chairs are designed to strengthen
research outputs and impact, as
the country’s A-rated
the ability of the country’s
perceived by international peer
researchers are at UCT.
universities to produce high-quality
reviewers. 12% of the country’s
research, innovation and students.
rated researchers are at UCT.
Nearly 20% of the country’s SARChI
Chairs have been awarded to UCT.
US NEWS 2022
Psychiatry/
Psychology
NUMBER
OF AUTHORS
(ALL OUTPUTS)
NUMBER OF CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
Social sciences and
public health
US NEWS 2022
TOP 50
Environmental
Science and
Engineering
262
NUMBER
OF BOOKS
R253
million
500
EMERGING ECONOMIES
TOP 10
16
3 233
3 337
1 936.02
PUBLICATION COUNT (UNITS)*
WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
st
2019 PUBLICATIONS
R1.52
billion
INCOME
R355 million R86 million
postgraduate
funding
external research
(all sources)
income in 2020
funding for
postdoctoral
fellows
THE Impact Rankings 2021
OVERALL RANKING
101-200
BAND
The Impact Rankings for SDGs that UCT
* The publication figures are for accredited (subsidy-generating) outputs only, published in the
preceding year. Latest figures available at the time of going to print: October 2021.
Key terms
ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities
submitted:
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w
w
w
CWUR Centre for World University Rankings
SDG 1 – no poverty: 40th (tied)
SDG 5 – gender equality: 58th (tied)
SDG 10 – reduced inequalities: 94th
SDG 3 – good health and well-being:
101–200 band
GRAS ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
w
ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools
SDG 16 – peace, justice and strong
institutions: 101–200 band
and Departments
w
QS Quacquarelli Symonds
SDG 17 – partnerships for the goals:
101–200 band
THE Times Higher Education
US NEWS US News & World Report Best Global Universities
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