UoN 7th most popular higher learning institution in Africa

– The 2020 African University Ranking survey listed 200 most popular universities in Africa

– The first six positions were taken by Universities from South Africa and UoN was the only school from East Africa among the top ten

– Eleven other Kenyan schools featured in the list among them KU, St. Paul’s University, JKUAT and United States International University Africa

A freshly released report has ranked the University of Nairobi seventh among most popular institutions of higher learning in Africa.

The 2020 African University Ranking survey independently ranked 200 universities in Africa with one of the requirements needed to qualify for the listing being that the institution must be offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees).

The University of Nairobi (UoN) is located in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Photo: UoN.
Source: UGC

Strikingly from the review, the first six institutions were from South Africa led by University of Pretoria, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Universiteit Stellenbosch.

“Our aim is to provide a non-academic league table of the top universities in Africa based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the universities themselves,” the report read.

UoN was ranked in the seventh place out of 200 universities. Photo: UoN.
Source: UGC

University of Nairobi was the only school in East Africa among top 10 at the seventh position.

University of Lagos (Nigeria) clinched the eighth position followed by South Africa’s North-West University while Cairo University (Egypt) closed the top 10 list.

Other Kenyan institutions that were featured on the lists are Kenyatta University (16), St. Paul’s University (53), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (61) while United States International University Africa grabbed the 75th spot.

Others are:

• Strathmore University – 81
• Moi University – 109
• Mount Kenya University – 131
• Egerton University – 148
• Catholic University of Eastern Africa – 159
• Technical University of Kenya – 171
• Africa Nazarene University – 185

Kenyatta University (KU) grabbed the 16th spot. Photo: KU.
Source: UGC

The listing only considered universities that are chartered, licensed and/or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organisation in each country.

The schools also needed to be delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

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