SA’s academic future lies in development studies, and possibly divinity
SA universities get about a C+ overall in the QS world university rankings by subject, but UCT ranks 10th in the world for development studies
If you want a quality qualification in SA‚ best you take up "development studies". This is the finding of the seventh Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university ranking by subject‚ released on Wednesday. The subject-specific performance analysis lists the world’s best universities in 46 different subjects. Harvard ranks top in 15 subjects‚ ahead of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 12 number one spots. In SA‚ however‚ it was the development studies course that came out tops. The University of Cape Town (UCT) retained its top 10 place in this subject category of the latest QS ranking‚ while the University of Witwatersrand clinched the 18th spot. Stellenbosch University ranked 42nd for the same subject‚ making development studies the country’s strongest subject at tertiary level. The University of KwaZulu-Natal has also broken into the top 100 and the University of Johannesburg retained its place in the top 100 for the same category. Although the largest number of top 100...
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