The University of Nairobi has been named the only Kenyan University to make it to the top 2,000 universities globally.
In the 2023 ranking edition by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) released on Monday, UoN was placed 1,425th on the list and ranked as the leading higher learning institution in Kenya.
CWUR added that UoN’s employability rank was recorded at 1,610 which was measured by the professional success of its alumni, including the number of top positions they have held at major companies relative to the university’s size (25%).
UoN’s ranking has however dropped from its position in the CWUR 2022 edition, which placed it at the 1,404th position.
Other African countries making the list were South Africa with 12 Universities, with the University of Cape Town leading at position 267.
Egypt followed with 20 universities with Cairo University ranking top at position 520.
Uganda’s Makerere University came in at position 950 and Morocco’s Mohammed V University listed at position 953 with the other three universities.
Tunisia’s only university that made the list, Tunis El Manar University, was placed at position 976 and Nigeria’s University of Ibadan came in at number 1,163, leading its three other universities that made the list.
Tanzania was last with the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences ranking at 1,920.
The methodology applied in listing the universities was through assessments of the quality of education (25%), alumni employment (25%), quality of faculty (10%), and research performance (40%) without relying on surveys and university data submissions.
Universities leading the list were Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University from the USA, followed by United Kingdom’s University of Cambridge and University of Oxford.