The Times Higher Education global university ranking for 2023 has ranked the University of Cape Coast (UCC) as the top institution in Ghana and the West African sub-region. Out of 400 elite institutions worldwide, the university was ranked as the fourth best in Africa and the 24th best in the world for research influence. In the 2022 Times Higher Education annual rankings, the University of Cape Coast was recognized as Ghana’s top university. In 2022, it was ranked among the top five institutions in Africa.
According to timeshighereducation.com, universities are judged in five categories covering the core missions of all world-class, global universities: Teaching, Research, Citations (research influence), Industry Income and International Outlook.“The five scores in these categories for each ranked university are available under “performance breakdown”. This means that in addition to browsing universities by overall rank or searching for a specific institution, you can sort the table by the five metrics to make a decision based on particular priorities,” timeshighereducation.com said.The University of Ghana, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science, the University of Development Studies, the University of Health and Allied Sciences and the University of Professional Studies took the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th positions in Ghana, respectively.
