12 Best universities for Mechanical Engineering in Kenya

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Below is a list of best universities in Kenya ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 33.2K citations received by 3.48K academic papers made by 12 universities in Kenya was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Nairobi

For Mechanical Engineering

#75 in Africa
#2151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

2. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#87 in Africa
#2400 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

3. Moi University

For Mechanical Engineering

#117 in Africa
#2965 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

4. Kenyatta University

For Mechanical Engineering

#154 in Africa
#3721 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

5. Egerton University

For Mechanical Engineering

#170 in Africa
#4101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1987

6. Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#180 in Africa
#4205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2007

7. Maseno University

For Mechanical Engineering

#240 in Africa
#5062 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1991

8. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#245 in Africa
#5120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
2007

9. Mount Kenya University

For Mechanical Engineering

#251 in Africa
#5139 in the World
Founded
2008

10. Technical University of Kenya

For Mechanical Engineering

#259 in Africa
#5288 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
2007

11. University of Eldoret

For Mechanical Engineering

#273 in Africa
#5425 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
2010

12. Strathmore University

For Mechanical Engineering

#277 in Africa
#5447 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
8,189
Founded
2002

The best cities to study Mechanical Engineering in Kenya based on the number of universities and their ranks are Nairobi, Eldoret, Njoro, and Nyeri.