University of Nairobi (UoN) has been ranked the top university in Kenya and 1222 in the world based on academic performance.
The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2021 has placed UoN ahead of Egerton University which came second and ranked 1945 globally.
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is 2377, Moi University (2429) and Kenyatta University (2679).
URAP World Ranking is based on six academic performance indicators.
The indicators include article, citation, total document, article impact total, citation impact total and international collaboration.
Since URAP is an academic performance-based ranking, publications constitute the basis of the ranking methodology.
Both quality and quantity of publications and international research collaboration performance are used as indicators.
