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Universities by Research Publications in Burundi

Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 works14 entries🇧🇮 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Université du Burundi24,691 citations
2,146
2
École Normale Supérieure4,466 citations
631
3
Institut National de sante publique2,468 citations
151
4
Hope Africa University1,058 citations
134
5
University of Ngozi264 citations
80
6
Light University of Bujumbur1,388 citations
68
7
Université du Lac Tanganyika81 citations
25
8
Université des Grands Lacs24 citations
15
9
École Normale d'Administration8 citations
13
10
Institut de Statistiques et d’Études Économiques du Burundi94 citations
7
11
Université Polytechnique de Gitega144 citations
5
12
Bujumbura Christian University1 citations
3
13
Université Polytechnique Intégrée24 citations
3
14
Institut Supérieur de Gestion des Entreprises46 citations
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Highlights

Within Burundi, Université du Burundi ranks first in 2026 with 2,146, followed by École Normale Supérieure (631) and Institut National de sante publique (151).

Université du Burundi is 3.4 times higher than École Normale Supérieure, the runner-up.

Across 14 entries, values run from 2,146 (Université du Burundi) to 1 (Institut Supérieur de Gestion des Entreprises), with a median of 20.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.