{"id":524724,"date":"2021-09-29T09:25:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T07:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=524724"},"modified":"2021-09-29T09:25:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T07:25:44","slug":"south-africas-best-universities-to-study-at-if-you-want-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/524724\/south-africas-best-universities-to-study-at-if-you-want-a-job\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s best universities to study at if you want a job"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the world recovers from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance of graduating with the skills and qualities required by modern employers has arguably never been greater, says higher education analytics group, QS Quacquarelli Symonds.<\/p>\n

It said that given the fierce competition for graduate roles globally, students should be seriously considering how their university can prepare them adequately for full-time employment, by connecting them with global employers and ensuring they develop the necessary skills and knowledge.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>employer\u00a0reputation metric<\/span><\/a> is based on in excess of 50,000 responses to the QS Employer Survey, which asked employers to identify the institutions from which they source the most competent, innovative and effective graduates<\/strong>.<\/span>
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a perfect score of 100 and retained the top spot. <\/span>MIT was followed by Stanford University in second,\u00a0also maintaining its position from\u00a0the previous ranking in\u00a02020,\u00a0and\u00a0which received perfect scores in \u2018Employer\u00a0reputation\u2019 and \u2018Alumni\u00a0outcomes\u2019.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The QS Graduate Employability Rankings offer a more granular comparative examination of the work universities are doing to cultivate propitious pathways into high-quality employment, said QS.<\/p>\n

Universities are rated on partnerships with employers (including internships), the number of sectoral leaders among their alumni, the frequency with which employers are present on campus, and a location-adjusted graduate employment rate, it said.<\/p>\n

Stanford University and the University of California, Los Angeles completed an all-American top three, while the University of Sydney is the top non-American institution (4th), joined in the top 10 by the University of Melbourne (8th).<\/p>\n

Asia’s leader is China’s Tsinghua University (6th), while only one British university attained a top 10 place – the University of Oxford up to 7th, from 10th.<\/p>\n

Canada’s leader is the University of Toronto (21st), while Mexico’s Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey (26th) is Latin America’s leader.<\/p>\n

Ben Sowter, director of research, QS, said: “With students becoming increasingly conscious of the competitiveness of the global graduate jobs market, and of the ever-increasing financial costs of their educational investment, it is crucial that independent data of this sort is available to them, to inform evidence-based decisions about their educational futures.<\/p>\n

“With Australian institutions performing better at the top than British ones, and with a variety of universities in Latin America and Asia outperforming their overall rank, it is also clear that it is valuable to shine a unique light on outstanding employability performance \u2013 one that rewards institutions successfully fulfilling this critical aspect of their mission.”<\/p>\n

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University<\/th>\nLocation<\/th>\n2022 ranking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/span><\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanford University<\/span><\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
University of California, Los Angeles<\/span><\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The University of Sydney<\/span><\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harvard University<\/span><\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tsinghua University<\/span><\/td>\nChina (Mainland)<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
University of Oxford<\/span><\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The University of Melbourne<\/span><\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornell University<\/span><\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The University of Hong Kong<\/span><\/td>\nHong Kong SAR<\/span><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

South Africa’s best<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduates of the University of Cape Town (UCT) remain among the world\u2019s most employable, with UCT placing 95th in this year\u2019s rankings, which covered 550 institutions.<\/p>\n

UCT performed best in the indicators for alumni outcomes and graduate employment rate.<\/p>\n

In alumni outcomes, UCT scored 90.3 out of a possible 100, ranking 37th globally. This, the university said, recognises UCT\u2019s strength in producing distinguished achievers considered to be \u201cwealthy, successful and powerful\u201d. The university placed 58th for the graduate employment rate indicator with a score of 90.2.<\/p>\n

The University of the Witwatersrand placed second in SA, squeezing into the top 200 institutions globally.<\/p>\n

South African universities
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University<\/th>\n2021 ranking<\/th>\n2022 ranking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
University of Cape Town<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n95<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
University of the Witwatersrand<\/td>\n181-190<\/td>\n191-200<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
University of Pretoria<\/td>\n251-300<\/td>\n251-300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stellenbosch University<\/td>\n251-300<\/td>\n301-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
University of Johannesburg<\/td>\n301-500<\/td>\n301-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
University of KwaZulu-Natal<\/td>\n301-500<\/td>\n301-500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

To produce these annual rankings, QS considers five indicators with different weightings, although it acknowledges that its methodology \u2013 as with any other university ranking \u2013 cannot encompass the full complexities of graduate employability.<\/p>\n

The indicators are:<\/p>\n