SET Enrolment and Graduate Ranking (2017 vs 2019)
Science, Engineering & Technology
University
Name
Enrolment Ranking 2017 Enrolment Ranking 2018 Enrolment Ranking 2019 Graduate Ranking 2017 Graduate Ranking 2018 Graduate Ranking 2019
UKZN
4
5
5
6
7
9
DUT
9
9
7
9
9
6
MUT
19
19
18
19
19
19
UniZulu
23
23
21
24
23
21
UP
2
2
3
1
1
2
Wits
5
4
4
4
5
4
UCT
10
10
10
11
10
10
UNISA
1
1
1
7
4
8

The University of South Africa (UNISA) maintained its number one position in terms of enrollment in 2019, while UP dropped to third place. Wits and UKZN also maintained their rankings in the fourth and fifth position, respectively. Durban University of Technology (DUT), Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) and UniZulu all improved their rankings from 2018 - 2019. In terms of graduates, UP dropped to second place in 2019. Improvement in overall rankings can be seen for DUT which moved from ninth to sixth place, Wits which moved from fifth to fourth place, and UniZulu which moved from twenty-third to twenty-first place. UKZN fell to ninth position in 2019 from seventh position in 2018, while UP was knocked off from first position to second. UNISA experienced the biggest fall, from fourth place in 2018 to eighth place in 2019.

NOTE: Specific dis-aggregated provincial information for UNISA enrollment and graduates was not available in the source document.