Quacquarelli Symonds has published its QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2021, featuring business, economics and legal courses from five local universities, ranked among the best in the world.<\/p>\n
The QS rankings identifies which subjects universities are particularly strong at compared to international competitors, looking specifically at academic reputation and research output.<\/p>\n
Research citations, along with the results of major global surveys of employers and academics are also used to rank the tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n
The University of Cape Town again ranked as the top university among the subjects in business and law, with one exception – where the University of Pretoria ranked top in accounting and finance.<\/p>\n
The University of Pretoria performed strongly in all categories where ranked, taking second place below UCT. The university wasn’t ranked for business and management studies.<\/p>\n
Overall, South Africa’s universities all generally placed within the top 400 universities in the world in these subjects.<\/p>\n
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University<\/strong><\/td>\n| Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | University of Pretoria<\/td>\n | 101-150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | University of Cape Town<\/td>\n | 151-200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | University of the Witwatersrand<\/td>\n | 201-250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Stellenbosch University<\/td>\n | 251-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n | \n
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