UST leads Sudanese private universities for second time on world classification

The University of Science and Technology has secured the first place of Sudanese private universities for the second consecutive time in the Webometeric classification for universities and international institutes for January 2023. It is one of the imprtant global classifications and depends on three criteria which are the extent of impact, openness, and excellence. UST as per the classification ranked No. 5607 worldwide of the 30000 higher educational institutions. The university advanced 300 rankings on the openness criterion for the current rating compared to July 2022 classification. It is to be noted that Webometric rating depends on the presence of the university online, clarity, and access to the web. The classification system measures the university presence online through its own web, sub-pages, rich files, scientific articles and so on.