THE World University Rankings 2019

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 is a worldwide university performance table. A total of 1,250 research-intensive universities were included in the 2019 evaluation. 

Performance indicators touch on the core missions of universities, namely teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. For more information on the methodology, click here.

According to the results, the following universities in the world are in the top 10 positions:

1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3. Stanford University, United States
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
5. California Institute of Technology, United States
6. Harvard University, United States
7. Princeton University, United States
8. Yale University, United States
9. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
10. University of Chicago, United States

The top 8 positions in South Africa are taken by the following universities:

1. University of Cape Town
2. University of Witwatersrand
3. Stellenbosch University
4. University of KwaZulu-Natal
5. University of Johannesburg
6. University of Pretoria
7. University of the Western Cape
8. University of South Africa