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Medicine research in Ghana

University of Ghana ranks first in Ghana for Medicine research in 2022–2025 (#931 worldwide), followed by Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and University of Cape Coast.

Ghana's world rank
#68
of 155 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
4.3k
Top-10% rate
18.1%
Ranked institutions
12

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Medicine in Ghana?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of GhanaAccra #93126.120.5%931
2Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasi #1,93518.217.1%524
3University of Cape CoastCape Coast #2,06817.519.1%409
4University of Health and Allied SciencesHo #2,77714.321.5%341
5Korle Bu Teaching HospitalAccra #3,76411.011.7%320
6Ghana Health ServiceAccra #4,6038.921.2%216
7University for Development StudiesTamale #5,1437.716.6%245
8Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchAccra #6,3365.424.5%106
9Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalKumasi #6,3935.310.0%163
10University of Education, WinnebaWinneba #7,3643.817.4%80
11Nurses' Training College, HoHo #8,1662.717.6%64
12Tamale Teaching HospitalTamale #9,0031.612.0%80

Institutions in Ghana above the floor of 40 fractional works in Medicine, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

How Ghana compares with other countries in Medicine