UJ debuts on Times Higher Education 2017 Young University … – Citizen

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Monday said it had made its debut in the 2017 Young University Rankings, which was released by Times Higher Education (THE) on Wednesday.

Spokesperson Herman Esterhuizen said: UJ is the only South African university to be ranked in the top 200 in the THE Young University Rankings and joins two other universities on the continent to be included in the list.

Among this group of universities under 50 years old, THE has identified a subgroup of those that only came into existence in this millennium.

Within THE Millennials, UJ is ranked in the top 18 which is a remarkable achievement and testament to the massive strides it has made in gaining global acknowledgement for its academic excellence and high impact research.

Esterhuizen said for the Young University Rankings THE apply the same performance indicators as in the overall THE World University Rankings, with young universities measured on their teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income.

Last year, UJ was similarly recognised by QS which placed it in its top 100 ranking of universities under 50 years of age. In this ranking system, UJ was the second youngest university and the only university in Africa to be included on the list.

The University is proud of its performance being placed among the worlds top 200 universities under 50 years old. As a comprehensive university that came into existence only in 2005, without a medical school said UJ in a statement on Monday.

Credit must go to UJ leadership, staff and students for the vision, strategy and hard work that has resulted in UJ being rated so highly among its peers. Evidence of our strategic interventions are beginning to come to fruition.

Professor Ihron Rensburg, UJ vice-chancellor and principal, said: Our staff and students will continue to strive for excellence in teaching, learning, research and scholarship in our commitment to national and global imperatives.

UJ remains committed to its national mandate of producing a skilled workforce, addressing issues of redress and equity and helping South Africa move from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.

To have achieved inclusion in the THE Young University Rankings is a significant accolade for the University.

The ranking is designed to emphasise the excellence of young universities with the potential to create a mark in the world of higher education in innovative and disruptive ways.

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