The University of Ghana has been named the top university in Ghana and the second-best in West Africa by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) in the 2023 edition of the Global 2000 ranking.
The CWUR also ranked the university among the top 6.1% of world-class universities.
This prestigious award cements the University’s position as the leading institution in Ghana and the second-best in West Africa.
The rigorous assessment process used by the CWUR evaluated 20,531 universities globally, with only the top 2000 reaching the Global 2000 list. The rankings were determined using seven objective measures spread across four categories: education quality, alumni employment, faculty quality, and research performance.
The University of Ghana took first place in Ghana with a score of 69.1. The University of Ghana’s outstanding performance placed it second in the West African Region, only behind Nigeria’s University of Ibadan, which received a score of 69.5.
This significant achievement comes at a time when the University is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and it demonstrates the University of Ghana’s unbroken dedication to academic quality, innovative research, and comprehensive student development over the course of its 75-year history.
The University’s outstanding performance in important areas such as academic reputation, research production, faculty quality, international collaborations, and graduate employability cements its position as an intellectual hub and supplier of high-quality education.
In response to the ranking, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice-Chancellor of the University, expressed her delight and ascribed the success to the professors, staff, and students’ tenacity, dedication, and hard work. She emphasized that this accomplishment exemplifies the University’s united dedication to greatness and the never-ending pursuit of knowledge.
The Premier University’s position as the country’s leading institution and the second-best in West Africa is a source of great pride for the country, as it has long been recognized as a beacon of higher education. The University has produced and continues to produce generations of leaders, scholars, and professionals who make major contributions to Ghana’s and the world’s socioeconomic growth.
With this astounding achievement, the University of Ghana has firmly established itself as a prominent academic power, setting new standards for higher education in Ghana and throughout West Africa.
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has released an academic ranking of global universities since 2012, measuring the quality of education, employability, faculty quality, and research without relying on surveys or university data submissions.
The project began in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with the purpose of rating the top 100 global colleges. It was quickly popularized globally by colleges and the media, and many demands to prolong it were received. In 2019, the rating was increased to include the top 2000 universities in the world out of nearly 20,000, making it the largest academic ranking of global universities.
The CWUR’s seven objective and robust metrics are divided into four categories to rank the world’s universities in the 2023 Edition.
For Education, the assessment is based on a university’s alumni’s academic success, as evaluated by the number of alumni who have received notable academic honors relative to the university’s size, and attracts 25% of the marks.
The second aspect considered is employability, which is based on the professional achievement of a university’s graduates and measured by the number of alumni who have held top positions at big organizations relative to the university’s size, which also attracts 25%.
Faculty receive 10% of the total score, which is determined by the number of faculty members who have won.
The assessment focuses on Research Output (10%), which is measured by the total number of research articles; High-Quality Publications (10%), which is measured by the number of research papers appearing in top-tier journals; Influence (10%) is determined by the number of research publications published in highly important journals. & Citations (10%), as assessed by the number of highly referenced research publications
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