Top tertiary institutions in Africa have emerged as EduRank named the 100 best universities on the continent EduRank is an independent, metric-based ranking of universities worldwide that analyses higher education institutions According to the latest rankings published recently and no Nigerian university made it to the top 10 in Africa
According to a piece of information on the organisation’s website, the ratings were based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence.
It added that the rankings are determined after it analysed 24.5 million citations received by 2.16 million academic publications made by 1,104 universities from Africa.
In the top 10 African ratings, no Nigerian university made it to the top 10. The top-ranked Nigerian institution is the University of Ibadan (UI), which is ranked No.13 in Africa and No.1057 in the world.
1. University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) was founded in 1829 as the South African College, a high school for boys.
2. University of the Witwatersrand The University of Witwatersrand is situated in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its history is linked to mining, political and civic activism, and the development of Johannesburg.
3. University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University (SU) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Stellenbosch is the earliest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa, together with the UCT – which received full university status on the same day in 1918.
4. University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of Africa’s top universities and reportedly the largest contact university in South Africa. The university said it produces socially-impactful researches to find solutions for the world’s most pressing issues.
5. Cairo University Cairo University is usually ranked among the best universities in Egypt, and one of the best in Africa. The institution has a reputation for excellence in medical education and research. 6. University of KwaZulu-Natal
6. The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa, offers nearly 2,000 academic programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. UKZN is reportedly the third most productive university in South Africa in terms of research output.
7. Makerere University
Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, which began as a technical school in 1922, was the first major institution of higher learning in East and Central Africa.
In addition to its medical school, Makerere’s faculties include those of agriculture and forestry, arts, education, technology, law, and science.
8. University of Nairobi The University of Nairobi,
Kenya, is a collegiate research institution. Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970.
9. University of Johannesburg The institution is said to be one of the largest comprehensive contact universities in South Africa. University of Johannesburg (UJ) has a student population of over 50,000, of which more than 3000 are international students from 80 countries. 10. University of South Africa
10. The University of South Africa (Unisa) is an open-learning institution. Per a piece of information on its website, the school is a dedicated distance education university in the world.