The UCT GSB’s MBA programme has been ranked number seven globally and number one in Africa in the 2024 Better World MBA ranking by ‘Corporate Knights’ magazine.

The UK’s Financial Times has placed the UCT GSB among the best EMBAs in the world for alumni satisfaction in its new 2024 rankings.

UCT has been ranked 116th globally by the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, up nine places.

UCT ranked 77th worldwide in the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with six areas ranked in the top 100.

UCT remains the best university in Africa, according to the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings.

The latest rankings from the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) place UCT in the top 1.3% of universities globally.

UCT ranked 15th in the world for Development Studies and is among the top 100 institutions in a further three subjects.

UCT placed 31st in the world for sport science in the latest ShanghaiRanking released on 15 December.

UCT is in the top 50 universities worldwide in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024.

The UCT GSB’s EMBA programme has once again made the Top 100 in the latest Financial Times Executive MBA rankings – the only African business school to appear on the list.

UCT placed among the top 100 universities globally for clinical and health, education, and social sciences in the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject.

UCT has been ranked among the top 100 universities in six subject areas by Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023, recently released by ShanghaiRankings.

UCT takes top position on the continent in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and in three other major international rankings released earlier this year.

UCT remains the top university on the continent, according to ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023.