| # | University | City | World rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala International University | #0 | 84,035 | |
| 2 | Uganda Martyr's University | #0 | 13,626 | |
| 3 | Islamic University in Uganda | #0 | 8,652 | |
| 4 | Uganda Christian University | #0 | 6,933 | |
| 5 | St. Augustine International University | #0 | 1,899 | |
| 6 | Busoga University | #0 | 1,703 | |
| 7 | Mutesa 1 Royal University | #0 | 147 | |
| 8 | Makerere University | not ranked | 1,850,479 | |
| 9 | Mbarara University of Science and Technology | not ranked | 239,571 | |
| 10 | Gulu University | not ranked | 57,783 | |
| 11 | Busitema University | not ranked | 35,865 | |
| 12 | Kyambogo University | not ranked | 33,977 | |
| 13 | Mountains of the Moon University | not ranked | 8,874 | |
| 14 | Kampala University | not ranked | 3,023 | |
| 15 | Nkumba University | not ranked | 2,312 | |
| 16 | Ndejje University | not ranked | 2,256 | |
| 17 | Bugema University | not ranked | 1,591 |
What the two columns mean
World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.