The University of Nairobi has maintained its position as Kenya’s top university, according to a report by UniRank, a website that provides an approximate ranking of top universities.
According to the report, UoN currently ranks sixth in Africa behind the University of Cape Town, Witwatersrand, Pretoria, Stellenbosch (all from South Africa) and The American University in Cairo (Egypt).
UoN’s position was boosted by the fact that it allows students from abroad to enroll and has a range of academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, housing, sports facilities, financial aids and/or scholarships, study abroad and exchange programs.
As per the report, South Africa’s universities have continued to dominate over institutions in other countries.
UoN was the only one among Kenyan universities to make it to the list of top ten universities in Africa.
Kenyatta University
Coming in at second in the list of top universities in Kenya is Kenyatta University.
According to UniRank, KU is ranked at position 28 in Africa, making it Kenya’s number two.
Similar to UoN, KU emerged among the top universities due to the range of facilities offered in the Ruiru-based institution including library, housing, sports facilities, financial aids and exchange programs.
Strathmore University
Also on the list is Strathmore University which according to UniRank comes in at position 48 in Africa, making it third on the list.
Founded in 2002, Strathmore offers various programs and courses including master’s and undergraduate degrees.
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JKUAT
The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture (JKUAT) also made it to the list of the top nine universities as ranked in the report.
JKUAT, which is located in Juja, Kiambu County sits at position 49, and has a large enrollment size making it among the biggest institutions of higher learning in Kenya.
In addition, JKUAT- which is known for agricultural and science-related studies- has several facilities which have since put on the map of top universities in the continent.
Other Top Universities in Kenya
Other universities on the list include Mount Kenya University (51st in Africa), United States International University Africa (USIU) at position (65), Egerton University (81), Moi University (82) and Methodist University (82).
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According to Uniranks, the survey focused on parameters including various accreditation by state or professional bodies, offering at least three-year bachelor’s degrees or postgraduate master’s or doctoral degrees and delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format.
“uniRank aims 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 survey report stated.
