Departmental Ratings and NRF-Rated Scholars Home » Faculties of Humanities » Departments » Sociology » Departmental Ratings and NRF-Rated ScholarsUJ SOCIOLOGY: #1 in South Africa, #187 Globally. Only two South African universities are ranked; UCT is the only other South African University ranked, #196 by the 2020 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS). Departmental Ratings NRF-Rated Staff