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| 1 0 | E V A L U A T I O N A N D R A T I N G T R E N D S A N D N U M B E R S Table 6: The spread of NRF ratings per institution in 2006 Type of institution Institution A B C L P Y Total Universities Cape Peninsula University of Technology - 1 4 3 - 2 10 Central University of Technology, Free State - - 4 1 - 1 6 Durban University of Technology - - 6 2 - 4 12 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 1 4 31 7 - 7 50 North-West University 2 8 60 3 1 11 85 Rhodes University 1 13 32 1 - 4 51 Stellenbosch University 7 54 125 12 2 32 232 Tshwane University of Technology - 2 10 3 - 5 20 University of Cape Town 24 84 133 3 7 20 271 University of Fort Hare - 1 1 3 - 1 6 University of Johannesburg 2 11 46 3 - 7 69 University of KwaZulu-Natal 3 45 78 3 2 11 142 University of Limpopo - - 5 1 - 3 9 University of Pretoria 5 54 117 5 1 32 214 University of South Africa - 13 60 6 - 2 81 University of the Free State - 11 50 1 - 8 70 University of the Western Cape - 11 47 5 - 4 67 University of the Witwatersrand 14 55 76 2 3 24 174 University of Venda - - 1 - - - 1 University of Zululand - - 12 1 - 1 14 Vaal University of Technology - - - 1 - 1 2 Walter Sisulu University - - 2 - - - 2 Museums Albany Museum - 1 3 - - - 4 Bayworld Centre for Research and Education - 1 1 - - - 2 Durban Natural Science Museum - - 1 - - - 1 Iziko Museums of Cape Town - 3 2 - - - 5 Natal Museum - 1 2 - - - 3 National Museum - - 1 - - - 1 Northern Flagship Institution - - 2 - - - 2 National facilities Hermanus Magnetic Observatory - 1 - - - - 1 iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences - 3 3 - - 1 7 South African Astronomical Observatory 1 3 - - - 2 6 South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - 2 2 - - 1 5 Science councils Agricultural Research Council - - 2 1 - - 3 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - 3 9 - - 3 15 Human Sciences Research Council - 1 2 - - 1 4 Medical Research Council - 3 - - - 1 4 Mintek - 1 - - - - 1 Other South African institutions - 8 15 - - 5 28 Researchers who have retired/left their institutions/ Institutions not known/abroad 1 17 39 1 - 15 73 Total number of rated researchers 61 415 984 68 16 209 1 753
| 1 1 | E V A L U A T I O N A N D R A T I N G T R E N D S A N D N U M B E R S Table 7: The spread of rated researchers in the various rating categories per subject areas (grouped according to NRF Specialist Committees) for 2006 NRF Specialist Committees – the social sciences and humanities A B C L P Y Total Anthropology, Development Studies, Geography, Sociology and Social Work 2 9 37 - 3 9 60 Communication, Media Studies, Library and Information Sciences - 2 15 2 - 2 21 Education 1 6 38 8 1 2 56 Economics, Management, Administration and Accounting - 7 46 4 - 11 68 Historical Studies 2 12 19 1 - 2 36 Law 2 15 57 4 2 5 85 Literary Studies, Languages and Linguistics 5 21 58 10 1 3 98 Performing and Creative Arts, and Design - 10 16 - - 2 28 Political Sciences, Policy Studies and Philosophy - 7 18 - 2 4 31 Psychology - 6 28 - - 4 38 Religious Studies and Theology 2 5 20 - - 2 29 Total for the social sciences and humanities 14 100 352 29 9 46 550 NRF Specialist Committees – the natural sciences and engineering Animal and Veterinary Sciences 7 42 106 4 2 22 183 Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology 1 18 28 2 - 14 63 Chemistry 2 28 44 6 - 12 92 Earth Sciences 4 33 50 1 - 10 98 Engineering 7 34 85 5 1 24 156 Forestry and Agricultural Sciences* - 2 15 2 - 7 26 Health Sciences 6 30 113 3 2 26 180 Mathematical Sciences 8 39 73 6 - 13 139 Microbiology and Plant Pathology 3 16 33 5 - 11 68 Physics 6 44 42 4 1 12 109 Plant Sciences 3 29 43 1 1 12 89 Total for the natural sciences and engineering 47 315 632 39 7 163 1 203 Total for all disciplines 61 415 984 68 16 209 1 753 *The NRF Specialist Committee for Forestry and Agricultural Sciences was disbanded in 2004. Since then, all new applications in these fields are handled by other relevant committees with an expanded mandate.
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