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African Universities and Higher Institutions Ranking (2015)
Journals Consortium is glad to release the 2015 African Universities and Higher Institutions Ranking.
This maiden edition of the ranking includes 1447 African universities and other higher institutions of
learning and research. The ranking is based on two factors: research publications and citations from
the
last
five
years
(2010
to
2014)
as
well
as
their
visibility
on
the
internet
(http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/about_the_ranking#methodology).
African universities are still not well represented in international rankings. The creation of the Journals
Consortium African Universities and Higher Institutions Ranking will help reflect the situation in the
sphere of higher education in African universities as accurately and fully as possible to compare
comparable educational systems and increase the recognition of African universities among students,
employers, researchers and policy makers.
South African institutions dominate the top ten, with University of Cape Town topping the ranking with a
Total Influence Factor (TIF) of 45.02. This is followed by Cairo University (TIF: 43.43) and the
University of Pretoria (TIF: 43.35). The top ten includes six institutions from South African, two from
Egypt and one each from Kenya and Nigeria.
Rank
Institution
Country
Total Influence Factor
1
University of Cape Town
South Africa
45.02
2
Cairo University
Egypt
43.43
3
University of Pretoria
South Africa
43.35
4
University of Nairobi
Kenya
42.81
5
University of South Africa
South Africa
42.32
6
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
42.20
7
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
42.16
8
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
41.22
9
University of Kwazulu Natal
South Africa
41.13
10
Ain Shams University
Egypt
40.54
Complete ranking available at http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/unirankings
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Ranking at the regions
The ranking also looks at the performance of each institution at each regional level. With 5 out
of the 10 top institutions in the region, Cameroon dominates Central Africa, with the University
de Younde emerging as number one in the region. Similarly, in East Africa, five of the top 10
institutions are from Kenya, with University of Nairobi topping the institutions in the region.
Egyptian, Nigerian and South African institutions completely dominate their regions. In North
Africa, 9 of the top 10 institutions in the region are from Egypt and in West Africa, 8 of the top 10
institutions in these regions are from Nigeria. All top 10 institutions in Southern Africa are from
South Africa.
Top 10 Central Africa
Rank
Institution
Country
1
Universite de Yaounde
Cameroon
Total Influence Factor
19.18
2
University of Buea
Cameroon
15.65
3
Universite de Kinshasa
Dem. Rep. of Congo
11.82
4
Universite de Douala
Cameroon
9.17
5
Universite de Dschang
Cameroon
9.14
6
Universite Marien Ngouabi
Republic of the Congo
8.23
7
Universite de Lubumbashi
Dem. Rep. of Congo
7.74
8
Universite de Ngaoundere
Cameroon
7.56
9
Universite Omar Bongo
Gabon
6.53
10
University of Lubumbashi
Dem. Rep. of Congo
5.29
See Central Africa complete ranking http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/unirankings/region/central%20africa/2015
Top 10 East Africa
Rank
Institution
Country
Total Influence Factor
1
University of Nairobi
Kenya
42.81
2
Makerere University
Uganda
40.03
3
Addis Ababa University
Ethiopia
36.13
4
Kenyatta University
Kenya
32.05
5
University of Khartoum
Sudan
29.58
6
University of Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
28.1
7
Moi University
Kenya
26.03
8
Sudan University of Science and Technology
Sudan
23.19
9
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Kenya
22.74
10
Egerton University
Kenya
22.35
See East Africa complete ranking http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/unirankings/region/east%20africa/2015
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Top 10 North Africa
Rank
Institution
Country
Total Influence Factor
1
Cairo University
Egypt
43.43
2
Ain Shams University
Egypt
40.54
3
Alexandria University
Egypt
35.62
4
Al-Azhar University
Egypt
34.38
5
Mansoura University
Egypt
33.88
6
American University in Cairo
Egypt
33.64
7
Zagazig University
Egypt
31.56
8
Assiut University
Egypt
30.74
9
University of Algiers
Algeria
29.63
10
Suez Canal University
Egypt
26.69
See North Africa complete ranking http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/unirankings/region/north%20africa/2015
Top 10 North Africa
Rank
Institution
Country
Total Influence Factor
1
University of Cape Town
South Africa
45.02
2
University of Pretoria
South Africa
43.35
3
University of South Africa
South Africa
42.32
4
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
42.2
5
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
42.16
6
University of Kwazulu Natal
South Africa
41.13
7
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
40.05
8
Rhodes University
South Africa
35.85
9
University of the Western Cape
South Africa
34.82
10
University of the Free State
South Africa
34.06
See Southern Africa complete ranking http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/unirankings/region/southern%20africa/2015
Top 10 West Africa
Rank
Institution
Country
1
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
Total Influence
Factor
41.22
2
University of Nigeria
Nigeria
39.96
3
University of Ghana
Ghana
37.83
4
Ahmadu Bello University
Nigeria
35.57
5
University of Lagos
Nigeria
34.48
6
Obafemi Awolowo University
Nigeria
33.85
7
University of Benin
Nigeria
32.96
8
Ghana
31.58
9
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology
University of Ilorin
Nigeria
31.27
10
University of Port Harcourt
Nigeria
29.24
See West Africa complete ranking http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/unirankings/region/west%20africa/2015
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Journals Consortium hopes the rankings will further more openness of information in higher
institutions administrations, international cooperation in developing and implementing joint education
and research programs, which will have a direct and positive impact on the development of higher
institutions, increasing their competitiveness and strengthening their presence in the international
higher education community.
The
complete
ranking
of
universities
in
each
African
country
is
available
at
http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/unirankings.
Press contact us ([email protected]) for more information about the ranking.
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