List of Top Universities in Africa 2022

List of Top Universities in Africa 2022. In this article, we learn about the African best universities and how they have fared.

In the year 2021 only Universities in South Africa and Egypt made up the top 10 list. While 5 universities from South Africa made it to the top 5 best universities in Africa, 2 from Egypt, 1 from Nigeria, Algeria and Uganda consecutively make the list. 

The higher-education institutions in Africa meet the following uniRank selection criteria:

• being chartered, licensed, and/or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in each country
• offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor’s degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master’s or doctoral degrees)
• delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format

Top Universities in Africa

How did universities compete this year? Find out how your university ranks this year below.

Rank	University	Country
1	University of Cape Town	za
2	University of the Witwatersrand	za
3	University of Pretoria	za
4	Universiteit Stellenbosch	za
5	University of KwaZulu-Natal	za
6	The American University in Cairo	eg
7	North-West University	za
8	University of Johannesburg	za
9	University of Nairobi	ke
10	Rhodes University	za
11	Cairo University	eg
12	University of the Western Cape	za
13	University of Ghana	gh
14	Makerere University	ug
15	University of Namibia	na
16	Université de la Reunion	re
17	Mansoura University	eg
18	University of the Free State	za
19	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	za
20	Nelson Mandela University	za
21	Ain Shams University	eg
22	Université Cadi Ayyad	ma
23	Kenyatta University	ke
24	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	gh
25	Addis Ababa University	et
26	Strathmore University	ke
27	Alexandria University	eg
28	Durban University of Technology	za
29	Université Cheikh Anta Diop	sn
30	The German University in Cairo	eg
31	Tshwane University of Technology	za
32	Université Mohammed V	ma
33	Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport	eg
34	Namibia University of Science and Technology	na
35	Al-Azhar University	eg
36	University of Dar es Salaam	tz
37	University of Botswana	bw
38	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	mz
39	Université Al Akhawayn	ma
40	United States International University Africa	ke
41	University of Zimbabwe	zw
42	Assiut University	eg
43	University of Ibadan	ng
44	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène	dz
45	Université Mohamed Boudiaf de M’sila	dz
46	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	ke
47	University of Fort Hare	za
48	Helwan University	eg
49	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	ma
50	University of Khartoum	sd
51	Central University of Technology	za
52	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid de Tlemcen	dz
53	Université Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1	dz
54	University of Rwanda	rw
55	Université Frères Mentouri de Constantine 1	dz
56	University of Cape Coast	gh
57	University of Lagos	ng
58	Sudan University of Science and Technology	sd
59	Université Abderrahmane Mira de Béjaia	dz
60	Benha University	eg
61	University of Mauritius	mu
62	Egerton University	ke
63	University of Nigeria	ng
64	Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou	dz
65	Modern Sciences and Arts University	eg
66	Zagazig University	eg
67	Obafemi Awolowo University	ng
68	Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology	eg
69	Université Ahmed Ben Bella d’Oran 1	dz
70	Moi University	ke
71	Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis de Mostaganem	dz
72	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	ma
73	Tanta University	eg
74	University of Zululand	za
75	University of Zambia	zm
76	Misr University for Science and Technology	eg
77	Covenant University	ng
78	University of Eswatini	sz
79	University of Limpopo	za
80	Sokoine University of Agriculture	tz
81	Université Ibn Zohr	ma
82	Jimma University	et
83	Midlands State University	zw
84	Université Benyoucef Benkhedda d’Alger 1	dz
85	University of Education, Winneba	gh
86	Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef	dz
87	Université Hadj Lakhder de Batna 1	dz
88	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	tz
89	Université Mohamed Khider de Biskra	dz
90	Université Kasdi Merbah de Ouargla	dz
91	Ashesi University	gh
92	Uganda Christian University	ug
93	Mount Kenya University	ke
94	Africa University	zw
95	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran Mohamed Boudiaf	dz
96	Université Ibn Tofail	ma
97	Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique	ma
98	Walter Sisulu University	za
99	Vaal University of Technology	za
100	Université de Batna 2	dz

Courtesy: 4icu