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Kenya has a number of universities and other institutions of higher learning. There are 30 public universities, 30 chartered private universities and 30 universities with Letter of Interim Authority.
Webometrics ranking of universities in among the trusted ranking platform in the world. The Ranking Web is not a ranking of the websites of Universities, it is a Ranking of Universities. It uses both webometric (all missions) and bibliometric (research mission) indicators. The primary objective of the Ranking Web is to promote Open Access to the knowledge generated by the University. Best strategy to improve your rank is to increase quantity and quality of your web contents.
Ranking Web started in 2004 (current is the 18th year of publication) with the aim of offer full coverage of Higher Education Institutions whatever the country or discipline involve. Currently we ranked 31 000 HEIs from more than 200 countries. Editors of the Ranking Web are scientists working at one world-class public research institution with long experience in metrics-guided evaluation. The Ranking Web or Webometrics is the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions offering every six months an independent, objective, free, open scientific exercise for providing reliable, multidimensional, updated and useful information about the performance of universities from all over the world.
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According to the Webometrics Ranking of universities edition July 2022 edition, the following universities managed to rank on top 20.
| Ranking | University | Impact Rank* | Openness Rank* | Excellence Rank* |
| 1 | University of Nairobi | 1091 | 808 | 1694 |
| 2 | Kenyatta University | 2041 | 1490 | 3345 |
| 3 | Egerton University | 1802 | 2896 | 3712 |
| 4 | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | 4745 | 1527 | 2969 |
| 5 | Moi University | 4430 | 1836 | 3136 |
| 6 | Maseno University | 4730 | 2099 | 4664 |
| 7 | Strathmore University Nairobi | 3199 | 4404 | 4860 |
| 8 | Technical University of Kenya | 5058 | 2826 | 4738 |
| 9 | Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology | 11201 | 3262 | 5597 |
| 10 | Kenya Forestry Research Institute | 12186 | 4448 | 5691 |
| 11 | Murang’a University of Technology | 2307 | 4933 | 7217 |
| 12 | United States International University | 3023 | 4705 | 7217 |
| 13 | University of Embu | 4865 | 3549 | 7217 |
| 14 | Pwani University | 4858 | 3930 | 7217 |
| 15 | Catholic University of Eastern Africa | 6975 | 6731 | 6566 |
| 16 | Daystar University | 10088 | 5165 | 6566 |
| 17 | Mount Kenya University | 6907 | 4446 | 7217 |
| 18 | Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (Kimathi University College of Technology) | 8260 | 3798 | 7217 |
| 19 | South Eastern Kenya University | 9443 | 3251 | 7217 |
| 20 | Kenya School of Government | 4440 | 7619 | 7217 |
