The rankings which were released on Monday, May 15 2023 placed the University at the 950th position ranking ahead of all universities in east and central Africa.
Uganda’s oldest public premier university, Makerere University, has been ranked among the top 1000 universities across the globe by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
The Makerere University Main Hall in Kampala
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This means Makerere University ranked ahead of University of Nairobi, University of Dar es Salam and Kenyatta University, also considered to be top ranking universities on the continent and the East African region.
The rankings which listed top 2000 universities globally put University of Nairobi in second place in the region behind Makerere University. The University was placed at 1,425th position which makes it only two universities in the east African region that made it to the list.
Despite appearing in the top 1000 universities across the globe, Makerere University’s rankings dropped by five places in comparison to the previous rankings by CWUR an occurrence that has been attributed to a drop in the employability score and research.
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Topping the list are US Universities/institutions namely; Harvard University, Massachusetts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology among others.
The Center for World University Rankings publishes the only academic ranking of global universities that assesses the quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, and research performance without relying on surveys and university data submissions.
CWUR uses seven objective and robust indicators grouped into four areas to rank the world’s universities namely; education, employability, faculty and research.
