The latest ranking of Uganda’s Universities has indicated that Makerere University still leads in the higher institutions of learning in the country followed by Ndejje University which has been ranked second best.
The rankings were released by a University Web Ranking 2016 which also indicated that the newly created Universities of Soroti and All Saints’ are among trailing in terms of University ranks in Uganda.
The research that was also carried out among other Universities in Africa, ranked the top 200 Universities, indicating that the first top ten Universities are all found in South Africa with the University of Cape Town being number one on the continent followed by university of South Africa and university of Pretoria respectively.
In the East African Region however, Nairobi University is ranked as the best because as captured the 14th position, followed by Makerere University which also scored the 18th position.
The list shows that Soroti and All Saints universities are trailing in the last positions in Uganda, followed by Uganda Pentecostal University, St. Lawrence University, St. Augustine’s International University and Bishop Stuart University in that order at the bottom.
Besides Makerere and Ndejje as the best Universities in Uganda, the ranking indicates that Mbarara University of science and technology is 3rd, Uganda Christian University 4th, Kampala International University 5th, Kyambogo University 6th, Uganda Technology and Management Univeristy (UTAMU) 7th, Uganda Martyrs University 8th, Victoria University 9th and International University of East Africa scoring the 10th position.
Others are Islamic University in Uganda, Gulu University, Mountains of the Moon University, Bugema University, Muni University, Nkumba University, International Health Sciences University, Busitema University, Muteesa 1 Royal University, Livingstone International University, Cavendish University, Busoga University, Kampala University, Kabale University, Kumi University and African Rural University in that descending order.