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Top research institutions in Malawi

University of Malawi ranks first in Malawi on research quality in 2022-now (#2,880 worldwide), followed by Kamuzu Central Hospital and Ministry of Education Science and Technology.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1University of MalawiUniversity · Zomba #2,880 9.1% 650 #1
2Kamuzu Central HospitalHospital / health system · Lilongwe #5,238 12.3% 279 #4
3Ministry of Education Science and TechnologyGovernment institution · Lilongwe #5,348 7.7% 312 #2
4Mzuzu UniversityUniversity · Mzuzu #7,704 6.9% 241 #3
5Malawi University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Blantyre #8,187 6.9% 172 #8
6Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity · Lilongwe #9,511 11.0% 243 #5
7Department of ForestryGovernment institution · Lilongwe #10,861 8.7% 261 #7
8Ministry of HealthGovernment institution · Lilongwe #13,699 16.2% 102 #6
9Blantyre Institute for Community OphthalmologyNonprofit · Blantyre #14,144 11.0% 80 #9
10DMI-St. John the Baptist UniversityUniversity · Mangochi #14,274 2.0% 147 #15

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Malawi on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.

Size against quality inside Malawi

The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.

0%10%20%mean 9.18%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kamuzu Central Hospi…University of MalawiMinistry of Educatio…Mzuzu University
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One dot per institution in the table above.

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