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University of Pretoria tops our list of 4 Diploma universities in South Africa at #362 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science (#23 in South Africa) and Central University of Technology (#24 in South Africa) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 51 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Pretoria at #362 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Pretoria has the largest research record in this group, with 3,266,028 citations and an h-index of 428.
The split is 4 public to 0 private institutions. The oldest is Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science, founded in 2005. Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science is the largest, with 27,500 students.
The most common subjects are Agriculture & Environment (10), Business & Management (10), Engineering (9) and Computer Science & IT (8). The usual length is 2 years. 96% are full-time and 2 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science offers the widest choice, with 24 of these courses.
University of Pretoria (QS World #362), Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science (#23 in South Africa) and Central University of Technology (#24 in South Africa) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
4 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 2 years.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
2 of these courses are listed as online.
Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science, with 24, ahead of Univerisity of Mpumalanga (14).
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