Top 60 universities and colleges in Kenya: If you have subscribed to Kenyayote email alerts here, then you might have noticed that at least every month we share information about the top ranked universities and colleges in Kenya and the rankings sometimes differ which raises a lot of criticism. We thought we should explain how this happens. There are about 3 reliable multinational companies that rank Higher institutions of learning in Kenya. These companies are are 4icu, Webometrics and QS World University Rankings. The 3 companies use different methodologies to rank universities and they release there results at different… Read More »
Rankings
Get all the latest university and college rankings in Kenya from different reputable ranking research firms.
KU overtakes UON to be ranked as the top University website in Kenya
28th July 2015, web rankings released by Alexa and available on its online platform indicate that Kenyatta University’s website www.ku.ac.ke has overtaken University of Nairobi’s Uonbi.ac.ke to be ranked the top university website in Kenya. These ranking are not at all related to the academic performance of a university nor are they related to the infrastructure development of a university. Alexa website rankings are merely based on the number of people who visit a particular website in a day. The top general Alexa ranked website in Kenya is that of standarmedia digital. Alexa is an amazon company that ranks more… Read More »
Top ranked 44 universities and colleges in Kenya, July 2015
4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu) organization which is one of the top reputable university and college ranking company in the world has released an updated list of the top universities in Kenya. University of Nairobi, Moi University and Kenyatta have maintained their top positions while Egerton university dropped its rankings from 7 to 11. USIU has also improved its ranking and taken JKUAT’s position. Kenya Highlands Evangelical University on the other hand maintained its last position, These top universities in Kenya rankings were released on 22nd July 2015. You can compare the rankings below with previous rankings here… Read More »
Top 7 universities that will receive the highest number of first years in 2015 intake
In our earlier post, we had indicated that Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has released the number of students that will be admitted to different universities in the September 2015 intake. The post indicated that Kenyatta university will receive the highest number of students but there seems to be some minor rectification.. According to statistics posted on the KUCCPs online portal; the following five universities will receive the highest number of first years. Moi University (5, 826 ) Kenyatta University (5, 650) University of Nairobi (5, 550) Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) (3,… Read More »
Top 50 Universities and colleges in Kenya according to 2015 Journals Consortium organization rankings
In 2015, if you have been frequently visiting our university ranking page you would have noticed that kenyayote has released more than six rankings of top Kenya universities. The rankings are done by different organizations and the mode of rankings differ from one organization to another. Some organization rely on web metrics to ranks universities, others depend on the infrastructure to rank universities. That is why you will find one organization ranking moi university the second best university in Kenya and the other ranking Kenyatta University the second best university in Kenya. Now that you have an understanding why the… Read More »
Top 5 universities in Kenya according to student population
The number of students joining university to pursue degree courses in Kenya has been steadily rising due to the demand for higher education in our society. This has led to to effects like accommodation crisis and poor quality of education. The first institution of higher education in Kenya was established in 1956 under the name The Royal Technical College of East Africa, it was later renamed Royal College of Nairobi in 1961, then again renamed University College of Nairobi in 1963 and eventually renamed University of Nairobi (UON) in 1970. Currently Kenya has over 53 public and private universities combined. … Read More »
Top 6 most influential politicians per the top 6 rich vote tribes in Kenya
The 2017 general elections are just 830 days ahead as from today-April 30, 2015. We are therefore looking at politicians that command a lot of influence in Kenya as per the approximated number of followers behind them. According to The IEBC 2013 presidential elections results CORD’s Raila Odinga garnered 5,340,546 Votes while Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta garnered 6,173,433 Votes. The results of the 2013 Presidential Election were determined by the votes of the rich vote six Ethnic groups: Kikuyu, Luyha, Kalenjin, Luo, Kamba, and Kisii. Below are individuals who command a lot of influence in the six named tribes. 1. Uhuru… Read More »
Top 5 Most successful politicians in Kenya who were student leaders and students activists
University Student politics has a long and rich history in Kenya. Most of the student leaders have ended becoming political leaders in later life. The likes of James Orengo, Ababu Namwamba, Kabando Wa Kabando, Isaac Ruto, Anyang’ Nyong’o, Mwandawiro Mghanga, Hassan Omar Hassan, Moses Kajwang, Justin Muturi just to mention a few of the long list in Kenyayote student leaders archives. Throughout the 1970s to 1990s no-nonsense student leader’s advocated for national causes, offering power to the opposition government and radicalizing students. The influence of student leaders extended so far that university admins and the government had to employ spies… Read More »
