{"id":326857,"date":"2019-07-02T18:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T16:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=326857"},"modified":"2019-07-02T17:16:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T15:16:29","slug":"these-are-the-best-subjects-to-study-at-south-africas-top-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/326857\/these-are-the-best-subjects-to-study-at-south-africas-top-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the best subjects to study at South Africa’s top universities"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to study hospitality industry, you should look to the University of Johannesburg, which now ranks as the 18th best hospitality and tourism school in the world.<\/p>\n

This is one of the findings from the Academic Ranking of World Universities\u2019 (ARWU) latest report on academic subjects<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 which highlights the subjects that global universities (including South Africa\u2019s) excel in.<\/p>\n

The ranking system is heavily focused on research quality, impact, and collaboration, and assesses more than 1,600 institutions from 83 countries across 54 subjects in five broad subject areas.<\/p>\n

These include: natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences.<\/p>\n

For each field of study, the top 500 universities are listed, with 12 South African universities ranked among them in almost all fields.<\/p>\n

Where South African institutes generally excel is in social sciences, with the \u00a0country\u2019s top universities also featuring in the natural sciences, life sciences and certain engineering fields.<\/p>\n

Engineering is generally South Africa\u2019s weakest area, with our universities showing in only seven of the 22 subject fields \u2013 featuring most prominently in the mining and mineral engineering category.<\/p>\n

While South African universities mostly rank in the lower-reaches of each category (outside of the top 200), several made it into the top 100, and even the top 50.<\/p>\n

The University of Johannesburg attained the highest ranking of all SA universities, listed as the 18th best university in the world for its hospitality and tourism courses (up from 20th in 2018). Wits University meanwhile ranked as the 44th best university in the world for its mining engineering courses, and in the top 75 for public health sciences and clinical medicine courses.<\/p>\n

The University of Cape Town ranked 20th in the world for its mining engineering courses, and 36th for oceanography, while the University of Pretoria ranked 45th overall for veterinary sciences.<\/p>\n

The University of Cape Town featured in the most subject rankings (23), but the University of Pretoria ranked in the most engineering fields (6).<\/p>\n

Below, we\u2019ve listed the best fields of study across all 12 South African universities featured, ordered by highest to lowest rank.<\/p>\n

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University of Cape Town<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Mining and Mineral Engineering<\/td>\n20<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oceanography<\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Medicine<\/td>\n51-75<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health<\/td>\n51-75<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n100-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earth Sciences<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geography<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atmospheric Sciences<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Human Biological Sciences<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Law<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Administration<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biological Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economics<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Political Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psychology<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environmental Science and Engineering<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agricultural Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biotechnology<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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University of Pretoria<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Veterinary Sciences<\/td>\n45<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mining and Mineral Engineering<\/td>\n76-100<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economics<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finance<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geography<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agricultural Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Law<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Energy Science and Engineering<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biological Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Political Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business Administration<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electrical and Electronics Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Computer Science Technology<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biotechnology<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Human Biological Sciences<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Management<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Stellenbosch University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Mining and Mineral Engineering<\/td>\n51-75<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food Science Technology<\/td>\n51-75<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agricultural Sciences<\/td>\n101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Medicine<\/td>\n101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health<\/td>\n101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geography<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veterinary Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Political Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospitality and Tourism<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earth Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environmental Science and Engineering<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biological Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Human Biological Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biotechnology<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economics<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wits University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Mining and Mineral Engineering<\/td>\n44<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health<\/td>\n51-75<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Medicine<\/td>\n51-75<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earth Sciences<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geography<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Human Biological Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Law<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Political Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atmospheric Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biological Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business Administration<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economics<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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University of KwaZulu Natal<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health<\/td>\n76-100<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Medicine<\/td>\n101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geography<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agricultural Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veterinary Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atmospheric Science<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Human Biological Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Politiical Sciences<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electrical and Electronics Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environmental Science and Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psychology<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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University of Johannesburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospitality and Tourism<\/td>\n18<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sociology<\/td>\n101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geography<\/td>\n101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Political Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earth Sciences<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mathematics<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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North-West University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Atmospheric Sciences<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Medicine<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospitality<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mathematics<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psychology<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environmental Science and Engineering<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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University of the Western Cape<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n401-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rhodes University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Oceanography<\/td>\n151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n201-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nelson Mandela University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecology<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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University of the Free State<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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University of South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nRanking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\n301-400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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