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Top research institutions in Somalia

SIMAD University ranks first in Somalia on research quality in 2022-now (#3,247 worldwide), followed by Somali National University and University of Somalia.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1SIMAD UniversityUniversity · Mogadishu #3,247 20.2% 423 #1
2Somali National UniversityUniversity · Mogadishu #9,838 13.1% 179 #3
3University of SomaliaUniversity · Mogadishu #10,549 8.9% 139 #2
4Jamhuriya University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Mogadishu #10,642 21.2% 128 #5
5Mogadishu UniversityUniversity · Mogadishu #12,648 10.0% 153 #6
6Amoud UniversityUniversity · Boorama #13,757 17.8% 94 #4
7University of HargeisaUniversity · Hargeisa #14,327 16.3% 87 #7
8University of Health SciencesUniversity · Bosaso #16,050 1.2% 768 #10
9Puntland State UniversityUniversity · Garoowe #18,211 7.6% 69 #11

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Somalia 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 Somalia

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 12.9222%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jamhuriya University…SIMAD UniversitySomali National Univ…University of Somalia
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the table above.