University of Cape Town — Rankings, Score and Subject Positions

University of Cape Town in the four world rankings

Each figure is the institution's position in that publisher's latest released edition.

Log scale from #1 to #1,000. Coloured dots are the publishers; the dark tick is the composite rank.

QS World University Rankings 2027 Published 2026-06-18 Publisher's page #184
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2025 Published 2025-08-15 Publisher's page #201-300
U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026 Published 2025-06-25 Publisher's page #124

The publishers disagree by 77 places. Check which publisher matters most where you plan to apply.

We do not yet hold verified institutional data for this university. The ranking positions below come straight from the publishers.

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

QS subject positions, best first.