University of Ghana Placed 7th in Africa In Latest University Ranking

University of Ghana is now 7th position in the latest Times Higher Education(THE) ranking of the best universities in Africa.

THE World University Rankings is being published ahead of THE's second Africa Universities Summit, which will be held at the University of Ghana from 27 to 29 April 2016 on the theme: Globalization and Policy Directions for African Higher Education. The Summit will discuss whether both public and private institutions are essential to a strong university sector in the continent and consider what are the best ways to educate Africa’s youth.

South Africa’s University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand and Stellenbosch University makes the top three positions respectively with Makerere University from Uganda being the only institution outside South Africa to make the top five in fourth place. Overall, institutions from seven countries featured in the ranking, which uses the same methodology as the flagship THE World University Rankings.

Egypt is the second-most represented nation in the table with three institutions – Suez Canal University, Alexandria University and Cairo University taking ninth, 10th and 11th place, respectively – while Morocco omes third with the University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad in 12th place and Mohammed V University of Rabat in 15th place. Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda each have one institution in the ranking.

Best 15 universities in Africa according to Times Higher Education (THE)

Rank	Institution	Country
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa
2	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa
3	Stellenbosch University	South Africa
4	Makerere University	Uganda
5	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
6	University of Pretoria	South Africa
7	University of Ghana	Ghana
8	University of Nairobi	Kenya
9	Suez Canal University	Egypt
10	Alexandria University	Egypt
11	Cairo University	Egypt
12	University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad	Morocco
13	University of South Africa	South Africa
14	University of Ibadan	Nigeria
15	Mohammed V University of Rabat	Morocco