Top African Universities | Top 100 Universities in Africa | Ranking of African Universities

POSITION
CONTINENT RANK	UNIVERSITY		WORLD RANK	SIZE	VISIBILITY	RICH FILES	SCHOLAR
1	University of Cape Town		324	315	402	305	357
2	University of Pretoria		507	452	723	700	130
3	Stellenbosch University		540	534	856	421	186
4	University of the Witwatersrand		699	1,401	868	936	214
5	University of Kwazulu Natal		727	837	947	993	289
6	Rhodes University		1,083	1,165	1,530	1,140	675
7	University of the Western Cape		1,156	1,206	1,831	1,132	943
8	Cairo University		1,219	1,605	1,639	1,802	784
9	University of South Africa		1,221	891	2,855	1,989	584
10	Makerere University		1,256	1,007	4,093	1,326	689
11	American University in Cairo		1,357	2,030	1,909	1,731	1,147
12	University of Johannesburg		1,395	2,214	4,125	1,301	799
13	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology		1,559	2,102	2,025	4,862	869
14	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University		1,586	1,488	5,564	2,330	990
15	Mansoura University		1,716	2,073	5,465	2,078	1,249
16	Ain Shams University		1,819	3,163	6,947	3,712	364
17	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar		2,065	2,597	4,345	3,252	1,510
18	University of Khartoum		2,112	2,545	1,070	7,978	1,781
19	North West University		2,123	5,132	5,674	3,843	771
20	Université Mentouri de Constantine		2,142	2,425	9,158	2,966	1,023
21	Addis Ababa University		2,183	3,178	6,183	5,608	681
22	University of the Free State *		2,320	4,748	8,233	2,624	1,102
23	University of Botswana		2,352	3,337	5,132	5,166	1,248
24	Université Cadi Ayyad		2,364	3,976	6,016	2,393	1,595
25	Assiut University		2,404	3,405	9,207	2,778	1,251
26	University of Nairobi		2,452	2,045	4,215	4,942	1,706
27	University of Zimbabwe		2,490	3,539	6,158	4,393	1,400
28	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen		2,576	3,766	6,049	2,936	1,679
29	University of Ghana		2,823	2,313	3,747	6,960	1,756
30	Polytechnic of Namibia		2,866	2,366	7,494	1,878	2,369
31	Tshwane University of Technology		2,891	5,271	7,100	2,182	1,785
32	Helwan University		2,982	5,173	6,644	2,967	1,748
33	Zagazig University		3,139	5,150	8,375	3,541	1,612
34	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene		3,286	5,689	7,633	5,739	1,417
35	Al Akhawayn University Ifrane		3,288	4,386	5,952	1,762	3,472
36	Université Virtuelle de Tunis		3,326	3,009	7,594	3,197	2,175
37	Cape Peninsula University of Technology		3,383	4,056	7,142	3,371	2,044
38	University of Dar Es Salaam		3,438	2,589	4,395	3,962	4,024
39	University of Mauritius		3,438	3,367	4,862	2,460	4,932
40	Strathmore University Nairobi		3,445	1,832	5,887	4,059	3,548
41	University of Ibadan		3,499	3,764	5,753	7,770	1,715
42	University of Ilorin		3,753	5,085	10,254	2,065	2,122
43	Ahmadu Bello University		3,806	4,153	9,868	6,315	1,569
44	Obafemi Awolowo University		3,879	5,785	9,527	5,206	1,610
45	University of Tanta		3,902	6,990	9,440	3,989	1,683
46	University of Lagos		3,942	5,238	10,558	5,513	1,544
47	Al-Azhar University		4,142	6,733	4,864	8,386	1,774
48	Université Mohammed V Agdal		4,142	4,494	10,029	4,773	1,825
49	Sudan University of Science & Technology		4,220	3,228	10,863	2,415	3,208
50	Durban University of Technology		4,225	3,429	8,031	6,061	2,096
51	South Valley University		4,271	6,031	11,478	3,150	1,820
52	École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs		4,301	4,620	6,307	3,243	4,723
53	Faculté des Sciences Rabat		4,324	8,813	9,077	1,840	2,382
54	University of Namibia		4,507	7,638	5,287	3,535	3,593
55	University of Benin		4,554	5,995	5,991	12,491	1,634
56	Université Ferhat Abbas Setif		4,771	8,057	12,145	4,767	1,553
57	University of Fort Hare		4,795	5,642	7,784	8,372	1,852
58	Kenyatta University		4,803	3,279	6,964	4,761	5,165
59	Université Djillali Liabes		4,831	8,829	10,278	3,529	1,894
60	University of Agriculture Abeokuta		4,833	5,401	12,807	9,596	1,177
61	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane		4,972	4,431	4,226	6,432	5,505
62	University of Zululand		4,980	6,108	9,498	4,396	2,347
63	Université de Ouagadougou		4,984	5,172	5,099	4,677	6,048
64	Université d'Oran		5,075	10,816	7,784	4,910	1,853
65	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi		5,178	5,233	7,471	3,033	7,229
66	Université Mohamed Khider Biskra		5,305	8,230	3,279	5,241	6,048
67	University of Jos		5,376	6,052	11,504	3,923	2,360
68	University of Nigeria Nsukka		5,396	3,249	11,404	9,401	1,858
69	German University in Cairo		5,407	6,838	8,435	4,449	3,367
70	University of Education Winneba		5,436	5,389	1,931	10,814	7,229
71	Suez Canal University		5,436	5,771	12,757	5,745	1,772
72	Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport		5,584	4,089	6,289	5,515	7,229
73	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda *		5,590	6,594	9,753	2,398	6,048
74	African Virtual University		5,831	8,068	6,702	6,576	3,025
75	Minia University		5,988	9,940	11,820	5,323	1,757
76	University of Limpopo		6,068	9,243	10,617	6,643	1,848
77	Vaal University of Technology		6,151	4,575	10,442	3,609	7,229
78	National University of Rwanda		6,209	3,920	6,888	7,094	7,229
79	Fayoum University		6,211	4,472	12,228	4,309	4,024
80	Université M'Hamed Bougara de Boumerdes		6,239	8,055	9,295	3,840	4,723
81	Al Azhar Al-Sharif Islamic Research Academy		6,298	4,347	5,564	8,602	7,229
82	University of Zambia		6,323	6,349	4,654	10,305	4,932
83	Université de Yaounde 1		6,387	10,435	9,527	8,832	1,769
84	Université de Tunis El Manar		6,434	7,658	11,526	10,195	1,732
85	Université Senghor d'Alexandrie		6,677	10,554	3,619	7,092	6,048
86	College of Medicine University of Malawi		6,694	10,227	10,030	5,287	2,497
87	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology		6,831	5,787	8,612	5,707	7,229
88	Université de Batna		6,878	7,440	9,641	5,461	4,723
89	Université Hassiba Ben Bouali		6,969	3,970	13,101	5,413	4,330
90	Jimma University		7,037	8,580	9,122	5,452	4,723
91	Université Mohammed V Souissi		7,037	4,329	9,814	7,264	6,048
92	University of Garyounis *		7,037	8,623	9,868	6,320	3,302
93	Covenant University		7,169	6,718	12,994	6,563	2,389
94	Université Badji Mokhtar de Annaba		7,175	10,765	10,165	10,837	1,781
95	United States International University		7,204	5,402	11,611	4,317	7,229
96	École National Supérieure de l'Informatique (ex-INI)		7,226	3,765	9,667	7,777	7,229
97	Université Saad Dahlab Blida		7,252	9,661	8,967	4,744	5,505
98	Adama University		7,294	11,974	2,703	11,900	4,560
99	Université d'Antananarivo		7,394	5,480	7,300	9,234	7,229
100	Mekelle University		7,409	7,592	10,112	6,273	4,723