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 30.1K citations received by 3.42K 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
#2150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

2. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#86 in Africa
#2404 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

3. Moi University

For Mechanical Engineering

#115 in Africa
#2930 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

4. Kenyatta University

For Mechanical Engineering

#154 in Africa
#3710 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

5. Egerton University

For Mechanical Engineering

#170 in Africa
#4111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1987

6. Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#181 in Africa
#4273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2007

7. Maseno University

For Mechanical Engineering

#238 in Africa
#5032 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1991

8. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#242 in Africa
#5099 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
2007

9. Mount Kenya University

For Mechanical Engineering

#247 in Africa
#5126 in the World
Founded
2008

10. Technical University of Kenya

For Mechanical Engineering

#259 in Africa
#5306 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
2007

11. University of Eldoret

For Mechanical Engineering

#272 in Africa
#5417 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
2010

12. Strathmore University

For Mechanical Engineering

#274 in Africa
#5444 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
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.