UoN ranked top in Kenya

Abstract

Once again, the University of Nairobi (UoN) has maintained the top position among Kenyan universities following the release of the July 2013 edition of Ranking Web of Universities- Webometrics.

UoN was ranked position 14 in Africa and 1624 in the world.

Maseno University took position two in Kenya after recording an improvement in its overall web ranking. Harvard University took first position in the world ranking, while the University of Kwazulu Natal leads the ranking in Africa.

The Ranking Web of Webometrics is the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions and is aimed at promoting academic web presence and supporting the Open Access initiatives for increasing significantly the transfer of scientific and cultural knowledge generated by the university to the whole society.

In related news, the School of Business has been ranked the top business school in Kenya by the Eduniversal Business Schools Ranking by Palmes. Further, the School was positioned 94 out of 396 Business schools in the world. According to Eduniversal, the School of Business meets the highest category of 3 Palmes of Excellent Business School by scoring the Dean’s recommendation rate of 108 per cent.

The Eduniversal Palmes indicate the international reputation level of an academic institution and is awarded on the basis of the research work carried out by the International Scientific committee, which compiles the list of internationalization criteria, together with the assessments made by peers: The Deans’ Vote. The subdivision of the Palmes into leagues allows for a horizontal and intercontinental comparison, which is different from the vertical comparison established by most international classification systems.

Strathmore Business School and United States International University- School of Business took the second and third position respectively scoring Deans Recommendation rate of 54 percent and 55 percent.