UG maintains spot as Ghana’s best University; UCC, UDS drop in January 2021 Webometrics ranking

 University of Ghana has unsurprisingly been ranked again as the country’s best tertiary institution in the January 2021 edition of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.

This year, 68 institutions were featured in the ranking.

Indicators used for the ranking were Presence, Impact, Openness, and Excellence.


Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology maintained their place as the second best in the country.



University of Cape Coast and University for Development Studies, who were ranked third and fourth in the January 2020 edition dropped in this year’s ranking.


They are now ranked 6th and 8th respectively.


Regent University College of Science & Technology, who were ranked 8th in the January 2020 edition are now third.


Ho Technical University have been ranked fourth in the January 2021 edition.


According to Webometrics, below are the top 10 tertiary institutions in the country;


University of Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology

Regent University College of Science & Technology

Ho Technical University

Ashesi University

University of Cape Coast

Garden City University College

University for Development Studies

University of Education Winneba

Ghana Christian University College


Story by: Jeffrey Nyabor | universnewsroom.com

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