{{The National University of Rwanda (NUR) has drastically dropped in global ranking takingup the 4,470th position globally down from the previous 3,631st position.}}
The free fall shows that the university lost 830 places worldwide and 19 in Africa in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
In Africa, NUR is ranked 77th, down from its previous 58th position.
Efforts to obtain a comment from NUR officials were futile as they repeatedly said were in a meeting. “Im in a meeting”,most officials responded by sms when contacted by IGIHE.
Meanwhile Webometrics ranked Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (Kist) at 171 place in Africa and 8,559 globally.
The Kigali Institute of Education (KIE) is ranked in 340th position in Africa and 13,627 in the world.
On the otherhand Kigali Health Institute (KHI) is placed at the 371st position in Africa, and 14,240th in the world. The Kigali Independent University is ranked at 15,559th in the world, Umutara Polytechnic is placed at 19,397th position.
The Institut d’Agriculture de Technologie et d’Éducation de Kibungo (Inatek) is the 20,842nd out of over 21,000 ranked universities globally.
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