Times Higher Education : In Africa, Egypt dominates the ranking with 36 universities

Topping the Times Higher Education’s global ranking are American and British higher learning institutions.

Oxford University ranked first worldwide, followed by California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In Africa, Egypt dominates the ranking with 36 universities, followed by nine Nigerian universities, eight universities each in Morocco and South Africa, six in Ghana, and five universities each in Tunisia and Algeria.

The Times Higher Education rankings have been compiled since 2004 and list 1,600 universities in 99 countries.