University of Nairobi is the best in Kenya, according to the just-released ranking of world universities by Webometrics. The site ranked UoN 7th in Africa and 855 in the world.
In East Africa, UoN beat Uganda’s Makerere University (position 13), the University of Dar es Salaam (37), Kenyatta University (38) and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (44).
The performance is the best result posted by any local university since the advent of web ranking in 2004.
Among private institutions, Mt Kenya University improved from last year’s position 10 to 8. “Our concerted efforts at improving access to e-learning and sharing information through electronic formats are continuously bearing fruit,” said MKU vice chancellor Stanley Waudo. “This impressive ranking accentuates our other successes on the ICT front.”
Strathmore University has again been ranked as the best private university in Kenya. Edging out the old institutions like Day Star University, Catholic University of East Africa and Nazarene University. KCA University and Maseno close the top 10 rankings.
Top Ten universities in Kenya according to webometrics
- University of Nairobi
- Kenyatta University
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
- Egerton University
- Moi University
- Strathmore University
- African Virtual University
- Mount Kenya University
- KCA University
- Maseno University.
Kabarak, United States International University, Catholic University, Kenya Methodist and Daystar are ranked position 11 to 15 respectively.
Overall in Africa, University of Cape Town leads in the ranking followed by the Stellenbosch University and Cairo University.
Globally, American universities were the top performers, scooping the first 14 top positions in the world with Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California Berkley and Cornell University scooping the top five slots globally.