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

Mubiru Ivan
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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:

rankingWorld Ranksort descendingUniversityDet.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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