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By Nathan Craig 
8h ago
Durban – After an annual global survey, a Durban university was ranked in the top five in the country for the first time.
Durban University of Technology ranked as one of the top five universities in South Africa and among the best in Africa, according to the Times Higher Education 2021 World University Rankings.
This was the first time that DUT appeared in the world rankings.
The rankings are considered the largest and most diverse as they included more than 1,500 universities in 93 countries.
This year’s rankings examined more than 80 million citations, in more than 13 million research publications, and included survey responses from 22,000 scholars from around the world.
The institution’s performance was judged on five criteria such as teaching, research, citations, knowledge transfer, and international projection.
The results of the survey were released Wednesday.
Oxford, Stanford and Harvard ranked the top three in the world rankings overall.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) maintained its place as the best university on the continent, at 155th place. The University of the Witwatersrand was ranked 201st in the rankings and Stellenbosch University followed at 251st.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal was ranked 351st and DUT 401st to complete the top five in the country.
DUT Communications Manager Noxolo Memela said that having the institute among the best universities in the world was an honor.
“Above all because innovative curricula and research is one of the enabling strategic objectives of the University’s ENVISION 2030 strategy to improve lives and livelihoods.”
Professor Sibusiso Moyo, DUT Deputy Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Participation, was very happy for the achievement and grateful for the recognition.
“It is valuable to witness the hard work that has taken place over a decade and the policies and strategic interventions in the last five years paying off, but it is important to see the rankings in context,” he said.
Moyo said the ranking helped show areas of excellence in which the university excelled.
“In this case, the quality of the research or the citations, which made the university ranked 10th worldwide. Translating this into local and regional relevance continues to be a priority for the university, ”he said.
Moyo said it was good to know now that DUT was on the list of the top 500 world universities and the top 5 South African universities.
Professor Nokuthula Sibiya, Associate Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at DUT said: “I wish to congratulate our researchers and graduate students who continue to have an impact on improving DUT’s research output. They have put the institute on the map and not only nationally but globally. “
Sibiya said that DUT remains one of the leading research technology universities in the country.
“Let’s continue to hold the university flag high, traveling to our final destination, which is ENVISION 2030,” he said.
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