An international survey has found that Ndejje University is the second most popular institution of higher education in the country, after Makerere.
The ranking, by 4 International Colleges & Universities, comes as students are looking to settle into their institutions for the start of the first semester of the year.
4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu.org) is a ranking, that looks at 11,606 Colleges and Universities from across the world, ranked by their popularity in 200 countries.
The 4icu.org directory, which has been published since May 2005, uses various methods to aggregate universities, including personal preferences. However, the 4icu.org warns that the ranking is not necessarily a reflection of academic performance.
“The aim of this [ranking] is to provide an approximate popularity ranking of world universities and Colleges based upon the popularity of their websites,” reads the explanation on 4icu.org’s website.
“This is intended to help international students and academic staff to understand how popular a specific University/College is in a foreign country. We do not claim - by any means - to rank organisations or their programmes, by the quality of education or level of services provided.”
Data and information about the institutions is included on a monthly basis and the ranking updated every six months, usually in January and July.
Table of top 20 most popular Universities
1. Makerere University
2. Ndejje University
3. Mbarara University of Science and Technology
4. Uganda Christian University
5. Kampala International University
6. Kyambogo University
7. Uganda Technology and Management University
8. Uganda Martyrs University
9. Victoria University
10. International University of East Africa
11. Islamic University in Uganda
12. Gulu University
13. Mountains of the Moon University
14. Bugema University
15. Muni University
16. Nkumba University
17. International Health Sciences University
18. Busitema University
19. Muteesa I Royal University
20. Livingstone International University