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Africa's top 10 universities dominated by S. Africa, Egypt and Uganda
by Joseph Earnest August 19, 2011
Newscast Media CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- A newly-released survey by Webometrics shows South African universities dominating the top 10 educational institutes in Africa. Webometrics is a research group of the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS), part of the National Research Council (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.
TOP 10 African Universities:
1. University of Cape Town - South Africa
2. University of Pretoria - South Africa
3. Stellenbosch University - South Africa
4. University of Witwatesrand - South Africa
5. University of Kwazulu Natal - South Africa
6. Rhodes University - South Africa
7. University of the Western Cape - South Africa
8. Cairo University - Egypt
9. University of South Africa - South Africa
10. Makerere University - Uganda
University of Cape Town takes the first position, and is closely followed by the University of Pretoria, South Africa in second position, next comes Stellenbosch University also in South Africa in third position. The University of Witwatersrand, South Africa comes fourth, while University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa is fifth. The sixth position is occupied by Rhodes University, South Africa. In seventh position is University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
South Africa dominance is only challenged by the Cairo University in Egypt which is eighth in ranking. This is closely followed by University of South Africa, South Africa in ninth position, and Makerere University, Uganda in tenth position.
Uganda's Makerere University has maintained its 10th position as Africa's best ranked 100 universities according to the survey. Uganda has gone through turbulent times, with teachers and college professors threatening to go on strike due to low pay, yet they still remain dedicated to their chosen profession and have kept the university in the top 10.
University of Dar Es Salaam ranked 38, while Kenyatta University was at 58 and National University of Rwanda was in the 78th position.
To see the full list of top 100 universities click here. (pop-up)
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