1. University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Students: 28,703
Campus: 4 suburban and 2 urban campuses
Former names: South African College
Motto in English: Good Hope
2. University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.
Students: 53,131 Contact; 3,278 Distance; 56,409 Total
Campus: 7 suburban campuses and facilities 1,120 hectares (2,800 acres)
Former names: Transvaal University College (1908–1930)
Motto in English: "With zeal and perseverance, strive towards the goal"
3. University of Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (/vətˈvɑːtəsrɑːnt/), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits (/vəts/ or /viːts/).
4. Universiteit Stellenbosch
(Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa together with the University of Cape Town which received full university status on the same day in 1918.[citation needed] Stellenbosch University (abbreviated as SU) designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite, SUNSAT, launched in 1999.
5. University of KwaZulu-Natal
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is a university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. ... It was formed on ...
Vice-Chancellor: Nana Poku
Chancellor: Mogoeng Mogoeng
Students: 46,539 (2016)
6. The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo (AUC; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة Al-Jame'a Al-Amerikeya Bel-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, along with a continuing education program.
7. North-West University
The North-West University is a public research university located on three campuses in Potchefstroom, Mahikeng and Vanderbijlpark in South Africa. The head offices of the university are located on the Potchefstroom campus.
Total enrollment: 73,414 (2016)
Founded: January 1, 2004
Headquarters: Potchefstroom, South Africa
Campus: Suburban
Location: Potchefstroom; Mahikeng; Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
8. University of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.
Students: 51,313
Former names: Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (Rand Afrikaans University) (1967–2004)
Vice-Chancellor: Tshilidzi Marwala
Chancellor: Njabulo Ndebele
9. University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi (UoN) is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi. It is one of the largest universities in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970. In this year, the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
10. Cairo University
Cairo University (Arabic: جامعة القاهرة, romanized: Gām‘et El Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908; however, after being housed in various parts of Cairo, its faculties, beginning with the Faculty of Arts, were established on its current main campus in Giza in October 1929. It is the second oldest institution of higher education in Egypt after Al Azhar University, notwithstanding the pre-existing higher professional schools that later became constituent colleges of the university. It was founded and funded as the Egyptian University by a committee of private citizens with royal patronage in 1908 and became a state institution under King Fuad I in 1925. In 1940, four years following his death, the University was renamed King Fuad I University in his honor. It was renamed a second time after the Egyptian revolution of 1952. The University currently enrolls approximately 155,000 students in 20 faculties and 3 institutions. It counts three Nobel Laureates among its graduates and is one of the 50 largest institutions of higher education in the world by enrollment.
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