The University of Nairobi (UoN) has once again emerged as Kenya’s premier institution of higher learning after earning a spot on the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
CWUR listed the world’s top 2,000 universities in the latest rankings released on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
UoN is the only Kenyan university listed among the world’s top in the 2023 global ranking.
The University of Nairobi was ranked at position 1,425 in the 2023 edition of the Global 2000 list.
However, UoN has dropped 20 places from last year’s ranking due to a decline in the employability of its graduates and its research output, which are some of the key performance indicators.
The global universities have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations.
CWUR analysed 62 million outcomes-based data points to rank universities from around the world on four factors: quality of education (25 per cent), employability (25 per cent), quality of faculty (10 per cent) and research performance (40 per cent).
Top global performers
US universities dominated the list with 332 institutions ranked. The top 10 varsities are also American with the UK clinching two positions.
1. Harvard University (US)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
3. Stanford University (US)
4. University of Cambridge (UK)
5. University of Oxford (UK)
6. Princeton University (US)
7. University of Chicago (US)
8. Columbia University (US)
9. University of Pennsylvania (US)
10. California Institute of Technology (US)
Africa’s top performers
South African universities dominated the list of top 10 performers in the African continent with seven varsities, Egypt came second with two institutions while Ethiopia had one.
1. University of Cape Town (South Africa. Global rank: 267)
2. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa. Global rank: 290)
3. Stellenbosch University (South Africa: Global rank: 450)
4. University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa: Global rank: 478)
5. Cairo University (Egypt: Global rank: 520)
6. University of Pretoria (South Africa. Global rank: 557)
7. University of Johannesburg (South Africa. Global rank: 628)
8. Ain Shams University (Egypt. Global rank: 772)
9. Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia. Global rank: 862)
10. North-West University (South Africa. Global rank: 887)
