Ranking of Public and Private Universities in Ghana – Jan-July 2019

Cybermetrics Lab is a (Spanish National Research Council) which conducts independent, objective, free, open scientific research exercise every six months on global public and private universities.

The main goal of this research is to provide reliable, multidimensional, updated and useful information about the performance of universities from all over the world based on their web presence and academic impact.

They have released the ranking for the first six(6) months of the year 2019 and we have listed the ranking for the Universities in Ghana below. The University of Ghana tops the list at number 1  with 1, 209 world rank. It also tops in all other metrics such as institutional presence, Impact, Openness and Academic Excellence.

Also, among the private Universities, Ashesi University  tops all and was ranked country-wise at #6 far ahead of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, GIMPA, which ranks at #9.

Country Rank	World Rank	University	Acronym	Presence	Impact	Openness	Excellence
1	1209	University of Ghana	UG	578	2247	1242	1269
2	1673	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	KNUST	505	3789	1506	1615
3	2754	University of Cape Coast	UCC	205	7785	1711	2666
4	3331	University for Development Studies	UDS	1517	7511	2734	3399
5	5153	University of Education Winneba	UEW	2091	8814	3719	5362
6	5825	Ashesi University	AU	1988	5478	5937	6115
7	5978	University of Mines & Technology Tarkwa	UMaT	9111	13329	4988	4789
8	7388	Garden City University College	GCUC	23156	4273	8251	6115
9	7979	Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration	GIMPA	2089	11773	3851	6115
10	8887	Ghana Telecom University College	GTUC	10475	10304	6068	6115
11	9551	Presbyterian University College	PUC	6400	11225	6333	6115
12	10899	Valley View University	VVU	5935	13348	6081	6115
13	11055	University of Health and Allied Sciences	UHAS	14298	15985	2804	6115
14	11494	University of Energy and Natural Resources	UENR	7230	15249	4887	6115
15	11901	African University College of Communications	AUCC	18706	9659	8602	6115
16	13293	Central University	CU	10887	15885	6505	6115
17	14536	Regional Maritime University	RMU	11520	15916	7642	6115
18	14768	All Nations University College	ANCU	20854	15232	7730	6115
19	15015	Methodist University College Ghana	MUCG	20483	17005	6811	6115
20	15131	University of Professional Studies Accra	UPSA	10189	14411	8602	6115
21	15552	Wisconsin International University College Ghana	WIUCG	11940	16592	7974	6115
22	16038	Koforidua Technical University	KoTU	15725	19441	6138	6115
23	16358	Christian Service University College	CSUC	4628	18461	7847	6115
24	16657	Kumasi Technical University	KuTU	13295	20250	6341	6115
25	16762	Pentecost University College	PUC	18785	16597	8365	6115
26	17019	Accra Technical University	ATU	12776	18983	7611	6115
27	17132	Regent University College of Science & Technology	RUCST	10673	17775	8365	6115
28	17440	Accra Institute of Technology	AIT	21175	16316	8602	6115
29	18295	Ho Technical University	HTU	23200	21199	6353	6115
30	18473	Lancaster University Ghana	LUG	17007	17995	8602	6115
31	18577	Takoradi Polytechnic	T-POLY	28020	19108	7246	6115
32	18800	Catholic University College of Ghana	CUCG	20862	18059	8602	6115
33	18874	Sunyani Technical University	STU	19440	21016	7375	6115
34	18960	Cape Coast Technical University	CCTU	24463	21038	7060	6115
35	18990	Ghana Institue of Journalism	GIJ	22677	18059	8602	6115
36	19043	BlueCrest College	BCC	20081	18390	8602	6115
37	19472	Knutsford University	KNUSTFORD	21939	18717	8602	6115
38	19628	National Film and Television Institute	NAFTI	26352	18288	8602	6115
39	19712	Accra Polytechnic	A-POLY	28348	16942	8602	6115
40	20237	Ghana Baptist University College	GBUC	21323	19654	8602	6115
41	20569	Data Link Institute	DLI	20442	22344	7681	6115
42	20816	Islamic University College Ghana	IUC	23765	20046	8602	6115
43	21322	Anglican University College of Technology	AUCT	9863	21918	8602	6115
44	21530	Radford University College	RUC	27166	20269	8602	6115
45	21595	Bolgatanga Polytechnic	B-POLY	25670	23680	7090	6115
46	21780	Ghana Institute of Languages	GIL	27479	20454	8602	6115
47	22212	Evangelical Presbyterian University College	EPUC	20822	21993	8602	6115
48	22337	University College of Managment Studies	UCMS	25670	21514	8602	6115
49	22961	Advanced Business College	ABC	26116	22208	8602	6115
50	23035	Dominion University College	DUC	25762	22333	8602	6115
51	23242	Kings University College	KUC	25399	22668	8602	6115
52	23285	Mountcrest University College	MCUC	25380	22714	8602	6115
53	23892	Laweh Open University College	LOUC	19230	24121	8602	6115
54	24142	KAAF University College	KAAF	27239	23311	8602	6115
55	24160	West End University College	WEUC	26867	23416	8602	6115
56	24702	Jayee University College	JUC	24641	24421	8602	6115
57	24717	Christ Apostolic University College	CAUC	27609	23848	8602	6115
58	24896	University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies	UCAES	25303	24571	8602	6115
59	24923	Tamale Polytechnic	T-POLY	28348	23218	8602	6115
60	25085	Kessben College	KC	23456	25010	8602	6115
61	25238	Marshalls University	MU	23734	25158	8602	6115
62	25890	Zenith University College	ZUC	25952	25633	8602	6115
63	26104	Concord Business College	CBC	27372	25662	8602	6115
64	26559	Ghana Christian University College	GCUC	26987	26272	8602	6115
65	27910	Perez University College (Pan African Christian University College)	PUC	28348	27410	8602	6115
66	28111	Maranatha University College	MUC	28054	27856	8602	6115

 

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Source: Cybermetrics Lab