The North-West University (NWU) continues to excel in the global rankings. From being in the top 4.7 per cent in last year’s ranking, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) placed the NWU in the top 4.5 per cent of universities in their 2022/2023 edition of the Global 2000 list.
This outstanding achievement was published on 25 April on cwur.org. The NWU was ranked according to academic performance among 19,788 universities worldwide.
The NWU also improved from last year’s overall score of 70,7 to 71,0. It was ranked 880th in the world (last year, it was 924th) and is still ninth in Africa and seventh in South Africa.
The NWU is ranked 837th (879th last year) for research.
Prof. Linda du Plessis, the acting principal and vice-chancellor of the NWU, says this latest global ranking follows on the heels of the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings. The Young University Rankings placed the NWU third overall in South Africa in its ranking of the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger. The Young University Rankings were published on 15 February 2022.
“These rankings recognise the excellent work that all members of the NWU community are doing. This international recognition serves as an enabler for fostering partnerships and international collaboration.”
She says the management of the NWU is immensely proud of all staff, students and other roleplayers who give their best to make the NWU shine internationally.
The CWUR publishes the widest academic rankings of global universities. It is a consulting organisation that provides policy advice, strategic insights and consulting services to governments and universities to improve educational and research outcomes.
The CWUR rankings are unique in that the organisation places equal emphasis on student-related and faculty-related indicators.
It also uses objective indicators for all four key pillars underlying the ranking methodology, with no re- reliance on surveys and data submissions from universities. The four key pillars are the quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, and research performance.
