2020 Uni-Ranking

UDs amongst 1^st 200 varsities in Africa

Dschang-UDs/SIC- 29/10/2020.The University of Dschang is lauded once more by the International community for its landmark as it is ranked 1^st in Cameroon, 6^th in French Sub-Saharan African and 177^th in Africa by the 4ICU ranking of first 200 universities in Africa from the 1,225 officially recognized higher-education. Being the first National University also in the July ranking of Webomatrics, the University of Dschang again occupies the first position in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and the Economic community of Central African States (ECCAS). The ranking of the World’s Universities by 4ICU is based on different criteria, amongst others online presence and their impact analyzed by search engines. Visibility, presence and excellence on the web are used as indicators to measure the overall performance of universities. Of particular importance, the top 200 recognized institutions in Africa for the year 2020 considered particular criteria; The University must be a chartered, licensed and or accredited by the appropriate Higher Education –related Organization of the country of origin, offering at least four under graduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (Masters or Doctoral degrees) and delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face to face, non-distance education format. Since 2004, this classification is performed twice a year (January and July) but surprisingly in October for the 2020 Academic year. The essence of these criteria is to promote the presence of Universities on the Web which contributes to quality assurance, an open access initiative to transfer knowledge from the University to the University environs. Emphasis is stressed on societal impact which commences from the immediate, National as well as the International Community. Thus the presence of a University on the internet is a reflection of its investment in Education, research, its International Prestige, its link with its community as well as its economic and industrial sector. However, in French Sub-Saharan Africa, the University of Cheikh Anta Diop of Senegal occupies 1^st position and is classified 33^rd in Africa, University of Gaston Berger of Senegal 2^nd and classified 113rd in Africa, University of Ouaga I JosephKi-Zerbo of Burkina Faso 3^rd and ranked 152^nd in Africa, University of Abomey-Calavi of Benin 4^th and occupies 154^th position in Africa, the University of Lome 5^th and 169^th in Africa, and the University of Dschang 6^th. The African ranking is dominated by South African Universities with the first 7 universities with University of Cape Town 1^st, University of Pretoria 2^nd and University of the Witwatersrand 3^rd among others. It is worth mentioning that uniRanks’ aim is to provide a non-academic League Table of the top Universities in each African country based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves. For the academia, the University of Dschang remains at the forefront, with much already done and much yet to be desired. LD

source:https://www.4icu.org/top-universities-africa/