Top research institutions in Malawi
University of Malawi ranks first in Malawi on research quality in 2022–2025 (#7,040 worldwide), followed by Department of Forestry and Kamuzu Central Hospital.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of MalawiUniversity · Zomba | #7,040 | 20.9% | 650 | #1 |
| 2 | Department of ForestryGovernment institution · Lilongwe | #8,355 | 11.6% | 261 | #3 |
| 3 | Kamuzu Central HospitalHospital / health system · Lilongwe | #8,413 | 23.8% | 279 | #5 |
| 4 | Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research ProgrammeResearch facility · Blantyre | #9,942 | 29.6% | 98 | #2 |
| 5 | Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity · Lilongwe | #11,071 | 23.7% | 243 | #6 |
| 6 | Mzuzu UniversityUniversity · Mzuzu | #12,618 | 18.8% | 241 | #4 |
| 7 | Malawi University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Blantyre | #12,929 | 17.8% | 172 | #8 |
| 8 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution · Lilongwe | #13,824 | 27.1% | 102 | #7 |
| 9 | Ministry of Education Science and TechnologyGovernment institution · Lilongwe | #15,739 | 8.2% | 312 | #9 |
| 10 | Blantyre Institute for Community OphthalmologyNonprofit · Blantyre | #16,230 | 18.7% | 80 | #10 |
| 11 | DMI-St. John the Baptist UniversityUniversity · Mangochi | #26,148 | 2.5% | 147 | #17 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Malawi on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — 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%.
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One dot per institution in the table above.