LIST: Here are the top 20 Universities in Uganda 2020 (latest ranking)

Makerere University still remains the best University in Uganda, as per July 2020 by Webometrics (Ranking Web of Universities)

The oldest public university in Uganda has been followed by Mbarara University of Science and Technology [MUST] ,then Kampala International University (KIU).

In the fourth place is Kyambogo University, followed by Gulu University and coming in the sixth place is Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi.

Makerere University Business School [MUBS] comes seventh, Uganda Christian University in the eighth place and Busitema University comes ninth in front of Bishop Stuart University.

Webometrics is the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions in the world.

Since 2004 and every six months an independent, objective, free, open scientific exercise is performed by the Cybermetrics Lab (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC) for the providing reliable, multidimensional, updated and useful information about the performance of universities from all over the world based on their web presence and impact.

Here are the best 20 universities in Uganda, 2020:

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	1013	Makerere University		128	2064	1498	994
2	2711	Mbarara University of Science and Technology		2984	5184	4118	2498
3	3376	Kampala International University		996	1617	2509	5614
4	4085	Kyambogo University		4659	6761	5249	3961
5	4823	Gulu University		5336	12245	4927	4106
6	5908	Uganda Martyrs University		613	11186	5821	4955
7	6798	(3) Makerere University Business School		599	6907	5099	6528
8	6920	Uganda Christian University		906	4685	5821	6528
9	7144	Busitema University		1290	14336	5821	4955
10	8215	Bishop Stuart University		1614	9558	5821	6066
11	8599	Islamic University in Uganda		7005	14028	5821	5315
12	9095	Ndejje University		14771	9347	5821	6066
13	10018	Mountains of the Moon University		26244	15717	5821	5142
14	11002	Muni University		2565	10331	5821	6528
15	11817	Uganda Management Institute		1101	14856	5821	6066
16	14083	Uganda Technology and Management University UTAMU		2620	14376	5821	6528
17	14119	Nkumba University		1259	14805	5821	6528
18	15603	Bugema University		13416	15013	5821	6528
19	16292	Victoria University Kampala		18066	15458	5821	6528
20	16325	Cavendish University Uganda		20013	15331	5821	6528

 

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