The January 2019 edition of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities on tertiary institutions in Ghana has placed the University of Ghana, Legon as number one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rankings placed Kwame\nNkrumah University of Science and Technolo"},"modified":"2019-07-23T01:14:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T01:14:46","slug":"ug-no-1-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/23\/ug-no-1-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"UG No 1 In Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The January 2019 edition of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities on tertiary institutions in Ghana has placed the University of Ghana, Legon as number one.<\/p>\n
The rankings placed Kwame
\nNkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast and
\nUniversity for Development Studies 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively.<\/p>\n
Privately owned Garden City
\nUniversity College, placed fifth ahead of University of Education, Winneba
\n(6th) and Ashesi University (7th).<\/p>\n
Indicators used for the ranking
\nwere Presence, Impact, Transparency and Excellence.<\/p>\n
Although ranked 1st in
\nGhana, the nation\u2019s premier university ranked 19th in Africa, ahead of
\nUniversity of Free State, South Africa (20), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
\n(21) and Kenyatta University, Kenya (22).<\/p>\n
The ranking featured 66
\nGhanaian institutions.<\/p>\n
Below are the top 20 tertiary institutions in
\nthe country according to the ranking<\/strong><\/p>\n1. University of Ghana<\/p>\n
2. Kwame Nkrumah University
\nof Science & Technology<\/p>\n
3. University of Cape Coast<\/p>\n
4. University for
\nDevelopment Studies<\/p>\n
5. Garden City University
\nCollege<\/p>\n
6. University of Education
\nWinneba<\/p>\n
7. Ashesi University<\/p>\n
8. Ghana Institute of
\nManagement and Public Administration<\/p>\n
9. Ghana Telecom University
\nCollege<\/p>\n
10. University of Mines
\n& Technology Tarkwa<\/p>\n
11. Presbyterian University
\nCollege<\/p>\n
12. University of Health and
\nAllied Sciences<\/p>\n
13. Valley View University<\/p>\n
14. African University
\nCollege of Communications<\/p>\n
15. Regional Maritime
\nUniversity<\/p>\n
16. University of Energy and
\nNatural Resources<\/p>\n
17. Central University<\/p>\n
18. Methodist University
\nCollege Ghana<\/p>\n
19. All Nations University
\nCollege<\/p>\n
20. Pentecost University
\nCollege<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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