___________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 www.journalsconsortium.org 1|Page ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 www.journalsconsortium.org 2|Page ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 www.journalsconsortium.org 3|Page ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. www.journalsconsortium.org 4|Page ___________________________________________________________________________________________ About Journals Consortium Launched in 2012, Journals Consortium http://www.journalsconsortium.org is an online platform dedicated to providing resources to the academic community. Specifically, Journals Consortium services and the content are intended for post-secondary users and policy makers. These resources include: Manuscript Editing Improve your manuscript acceptability! Send your manuscripts for editing to improve the grammar and tenses in order to increase your chances of acceptance in reputable journals. http://editing.journalsconsortium.org Ranking of African Universities and Higher Institutions Evaluation and ranking African universities (and other higher institutions) based on their research publications and citation. http://editing.journalsconsortium.org Archive of Postgraduate Dissertations Postgraduate theses and dissertations are resources of immense research value across academic disciplines. Journals Consortium Postgraduate Archive provides an avenue for postgraduate students to easily upload their theses and dissertations. These theses and dissertations will be freely available to researchers and they can easily be searched and cited. http://pgd.journalsconsortium.org www.journalsconsortium.org 5|Page
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