The University of Nairobi ranked among the top universities in Africa and the world.

The University of Nairobi ranked among the top universities in Africa and the world.

Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking or Webometrics that has been consistently releasing results, the University of Nairobi has continued to stay in the top 10% bracket.

Recently, the Webometrics ranking released in January 2021 placed the UoN at Position 1 in Kenya and East Africa, Position 13 in Africa, and 1052 in a total of over 30,000 universities ranked globally.

In East Africa, Makere University followed closely at number 14 in Africa and 1100 globally while University of Cape Town, Stellen Bosch and Cairo University taking position 1, 2 and 3 respectively in Africa.

Webometrics ranks universities based on Impact, Openness and Excellence parameters in its ranking. UoN ranked 1181 in Impact, 615 in Openness and 1625 in Excellence parameters.

In Africa, the University of Cape Town has maintained the top position on Impact, Openness and Excellence indicators, for the last 3 past rankings. The University of Nairobi improved 2 positions in Openness, but dropped 2 and 6 positions in Impact and Excellence respectively. http://webometrics.info/en/Africa