Makerere, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi in QS World University Rankings

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All three institutions, that made it onto the QS World University Rankings, had an overall score that landed them at…

Makerere University, University of Dar es Salaam and University of
Makerere University, University of Dar es Salaam and University of Nairobi are the only East African Universities to make it on to this year’s QS World University Rankings, which is based on web traffic social media metrics and estimated online consumers (>100m in 2015).

All three institutions, that made it onto the QS World University Rankings, had an overall score that landed them at position 701.The QS World University Rankings is an annual league table of world universities.

Ben Sowter, QS head of research says: “These latest results reveal more diversity than ever in the distribution of world-class universities at the highest levels. We’re providing prospective students with the richest picture yet.”

The twelfth edition confirms Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the world’s top university followed by Harvard (2nd), Cambridge and Stanford (3rd=) while ETH Zurich (9th) breaks into the top 10.

Singapore’s leading universities gain substantially, each making the top 15 for the first time. National University of Singapore (12th) is the leading Asian institution and Nanyang Technological University (13th) is right behind them, taking a quantum leap. Australian National University (19th) also returns to the top 20. China’s Tsinghua University (25th) is Asia’s third best university, leading a strong Chinese cohort.

76,798 academics and 44,226 employers contributed to the rankings through the QS global surveys, the largest of their kind and QS analyzed 11.1 million research papers – indexed by Elsevier’s Scopus database. 3,539 institutions were considered for inclusion and 891 ranked.

A modified approach to “citations per faculty”, a measure of research impact, has delivered fairer evaluations for universities with a strong profile in areas with lower research activity, such as arts, humanities and social sciences. LSE (35th) and other leading institutions traditionally overshadowed by research-intensive universities, see their excellence more equitably recognized.

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