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Johannesburg - Wits University is the only African university chosen by top international recruiters to be ranked in the Global Employability University Ranking which was published in the New York Times recently.
Wits came in ahead of the University of Colorado (58), Brown University (63), the London Business School (64), Stanford Business School (68), Monash University in Australia (74) and the University of Cape Town (80).
The study also lists which subjects produced the most millionaires, with engineering coming first, followed by an MBA, economics and law - although according to Spear’s, millionaires produced by these subjects have often left their degrees behind in professional life.
Economy
This follows on the Times Higher Education ranking of universities that produce the most number of CEOs.
Titled the Alma Mater Index: Global Executives, the ranking puts Wits at 24 in the world (they list the top 100) placed above prestigious institutions such as New York University, Korea University, the University of Stuttgart and Texas A&M University, to name a few.
Wits is the highest ranked African institution on the list.
The University of Cape Town, the only other African university on the list, came in at number 79.
Wits vice-chancellor and principal Professor Adam Habib, said: "It's gratifying to know that as a university at the heart of the national and continental economy, Wits continues to provide the world with a growing cohort of world class African CEOs."
The ranking forms part of the global employability survey, an online survey conducted in 20 countries worldwide with the objective of describing the ideal university from a corporate perspective.
The ranking is a list of the top universities as selected by more than 5 000 recruiters, including CEOs and chairpersons from top companies in 30 countries, who were asked to rank universities based on the employability of their graduates.
Each could cast 10 votes and they were also allowed to add additional universities. Wits came in at 139 on the list.
Ever wondered which universities produce the most millionaires?
Wits is ranked 57th in the world for producing the most number of alumni millionaires according to a study compiled for Spear’s magazine.Wits came in ahead of the University of Colorado (58), Brown University (63), the London Business School (64), Stanford Business School (68), Monash University in Australia (74) and the University of Cape Town (80).
The study also lists which subjects produced the most millionaires, with engineering coming first, followed by an MBA, economics and law - although according to Spear’s, millionaires produced by these subjects have often left their degrees behind in professional life.
Economy
This follows on the Times Higher Education ranking of universities that produce the most number of CEOs.
Titled the Alma Mater Index: Global Executives, the ranking puts Wits at 24 in the world (they list the top 100) placed above prestigious institutions such as New York University, Korea University, the University of Stuttgart and Texas A&M University, to name a few.
Wits is the highest ranked African institution on the list.
The University of Cape Town, the only other African university on the list, came in at number 79.
Wits vice-chancellor and principal Professor Adam Habib, said: "It's gratifying to know that as a university at the heart of the national and continental economy, Wits continues to provide the world with a growing cohort of world class African CEOs."
The ranking forms part of the global employability survey, an online survey conducted in 20 countries worldwide with the objective of describing the ideal university from a corporate perspective.
