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Medicine research in Kenya

Kenya Medical Research Institute ranks first in Kenya for Medicine research in 2022–2025 (#2,448 worldwide), followed by University of Nairobi and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kenya's world rank
#77
of 155 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
3.9k
Top-10% rate
13.2%
Ranked institutions
13

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

What is the best university for Medicine in Kenya?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Kenya Medical Research InstituteNairobi #2,44815.725.1%334
2University of NairobiNairobi #3,13613.010.4%471
3Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNairobi #5,1527.624.1%82
4Aga Khan University NairobiNairobi #5,1697.615.1%191
5Aga Khan University Hospital NairobiNairobi #5,3417.29.2%139
6African Population and Health Research CenterNairobi #5,5266.932.3%83
7Moi UniversityEldoret #5,7566.410.6%167
8Kenyatta UniversityNairobi #6,1785.76.6%243
9Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyNairobi #6,9944.311.9%202
10Kenyatta National HospitalNairobi #8,2242.68.1%115
11Maseno UniversityKisumu #9,208136.08.5%116
12Mount Kenya UniversityThika #9,386115.04.0%134
13Masinde Muliro University of Science and TechnologyKakamega #9,86562.03.9%123

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

How Kenya compares with other countries in Medicine