International Ranking

Our arts and humanities subjects are ranked among the Top 400 universities in the world and number 4 in South Africa

(QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024)

Archaeology department ranked among the Top 200 programmes in the world

(QS Top Universities rankings, 2019)

Department of Sociology ranked in the Top 300 in the world

(QS Top Universities rankings, 2020)

Africa's first and only Master's programme in Tangible and Heritage Conservation

(QS Top Universities rankings, 2024)

Department of Political Sciences ranked in the Top 400 in the world

(QS Top Universities rankings, 2020)

Africa’s only Specialist Neuro-Otologic Test Centre equipped with the first advanced and specialist Neuro-Otologic Test system (NTOC)

(NTOC)

Development Studies programme ranked in the Top 100 in the world and number 3 in South Africa

(QS Top Universities rankings, 2024)

Department of Political Sciences participates in the world's first global classroom where students engage simultaneously across four continents

(QS Top Universities rankings, 2020)

A variety of world-class programs to choose from

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71%

Academic staff members with a doctorate

67

NRF-rated researchers

88%

Undergraduate student pass rate (2024)

100+

International students (2024)

Excellent Academic Support & Profiles

6022 undergraduate & postgraduate (2022)

25 International Partnerships and Agreements

Open Universities of Mauritius - Mauritius

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland - Switzerland

McMaster University - Canada

Fundacion Universitaria Iberoamericana- Spain

University of International Relations - China

Artevelde University College Ghent - Belgium

Institut d'etudes politique Madagascar -Madagascar

Ryukoku University - Japan

Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies - USA

Georgia State University - USA

Stevenson University - USA

University of Akron - USA

Fundacao Getulio Vargas - Brazil

World Literacy Foundation

World Health Organization Official Collaborating Center for the Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Loss

Lamar University, Texas - USA

Far Eastern Federal University - Russia

Uppsala University - Sweden

Sciences Po Lyon - France

University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2- France

University of Potsdam - Germany

Humboldt University

Philipps-Universitat Marburg (Centre for Conflict Studies) - Germany

University of Bayreuth - Germany

University of Amsterdam - Netherlands

Faculty Profile

Humanities Departments

African Languages

Ancient and Modern Languages & Cultures

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Afrikaans

Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies

Historical and Heritage Studies

Political Sciences

School of the Arts

Social Work and Criminology

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Affiliated Centres and Units

Social Responsiveness

Dr Michael Joseph Barrett Directs the Tuks Choir and is a co-founder of the Capital Singers - a community based mass choral programme.

Student Entrepreneurship Office

Our goal is to ensure our students are marketable once they graduate. To do this, we help students develop essential work experience that broadens their ability to think laterally and innovate. Through our Student Entrepreneurship Office our students can access a range of internship, mentoring and business development opportunities located in the broader UP community.

Centre For Augmentative & Alternative Communication

Emerging Scholars Initiative

Centre For Sexualities, AIDS & Gender

Itsoseng Psychological Clinic - Mamelodi Campus

Unit For Academic Literacy