# Three South African universities make the global top 500

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- CGTN, 2026-08-23 12:47 UTC
- Science
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> Three South African universities appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities’ top 500. The University of Cape Town leads the country in the 201–300 band, followed by the University of the Witwatersrand in the 301–400 band and Stellenbosch University in the 401–500 band. Harvard remains first globally, ahead of Stanford and MIT.