Top university in South Africa for graduate employability
·17 Dec 2016
QS Top Universities has released its first full edition of the QS Graduate Employability Rankings.
The results show which universities are best at supporting strong career outcomes, it said.
“Which universities are best at creating student-employer connections? Which claim the most impressive alumni outcomes, or the strongest reputation among employers?” it said.
“The QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2017 celebrates 300 leading institutions in this field, based on five key aspects of graduate employability.
- Employer reputation (30%)
- Alumni outcomes (20%)
- Employer partnerships (25%)
- Employer-student connections (15%)
- Graduate employment rate (10%)
The latest rankings are detailed in the table below.
| 1 | Stanford University | USA |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA |
| 3 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 4 | The University of Sydney | Australia |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | UK |
| 6 | Ecole Polytechnique | France |
| 7 | Columbia University | USA |
| 8 | University of Oxford | UK |
| 9 | University of California, Berkeley | USA |
| 10 | Princeton University | USA |
| 101-150 | University of Cape Town | SA |
| 201+ | University of Witwatersrand | SA |