The study focused on the research performance of the world class Universities with emphasis on the performances of African Universities as compared to the western Universities. One of the best University according to (World University Ranking) was selected from each continent and six (6) continents were considered. The study also evaluated the performances of each University in terms of total student’s subscription, student per staff, and percentage of international student’s subscription. The result showed that Oxford University was rated number one with an output research of 99.5% followed by California University of Technology having a research output of 97.3%. The result also showed that University of Cape Town had research output of 36.2%. This is quite poor compared to Oxford University. However, reasons for this output were discussed and the way forward were suggested on the need to becoming a winning University.
Keywords Applied Research, Winning, University, Concept