Author: John Paget
The ARWU is produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
There are three African universities in the Word’s Top-500 universities (2008) and all of them are located in South Africa: 1.University of Cape Town (ranked 201-302 in the world); 2. University of Witwatersrand (303-401); 3. University of KwaZulu-Natal (402-503). The University of Cape Town has been the best university in Africa in every year since 2003 according to the ARWU.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) was established in 1829 (it received a formal university status in 1918) and is the oldest university in South Africa. The University has 21,170 students (2006): 15,315 undergraduates and 5,855 postgraduates (or 'graduates' in the US). It has an annual income R1.97 billion (2006) (roughly $188 million) and six faculties: Commerce (incorporating the Graduate School of Business), Engineering and the Built Environment, Law, Health Sciences, Humanities, and Science.
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