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NMU makes mark on global impact rankings
Zamandulo Malonde Features reporter 24 April 2021
ON THE MAP: Nelson Mandela University has secured high rankings in the global Times Higher Education Impact Rankings Image: WERNER HILLS
Nelson Mandela University has scored highly in the 2021 global Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
The university ranked fourth in SA after the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria and the University of Cape Town as the top three.
THE Impact Rankings are global performance tables that assess universities against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) essentially measuring higher education institutions’ contribution to the SDGs.