Best Art & Design Schools in Africa

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 20.1M citations received by 1.83M academic papers made by 245 universities in Africa was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

2. University of Pretoria

For Art & Design

#253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
56,483
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1908

5. University of South Africa

For Art & Design

#331 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Art & Design

#389 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

7. North-West University

For Art & Design

#490 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Enrollment
26,439
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
2004

8. University of Johannesburg

For Art & Design

#611 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

9. University of the Free State

For Art & Design

#746 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

10. Cairo University

For Art & Design

#1 in Egypt
#762 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

11. University of the Western Cape

For Art & Design

#814 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
18,720
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1959

12. Rhodes University

For Art & Design

#817 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

14. University of Sfax

For Art & Design

#1 in Tunisia
#928 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%

15. University of Ibadan

For Art & Design

#1 in Nigeria
#1006 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

16. Alexandria University

For Art & Design

#3 in Egypt
#1044 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
120,000
Founded
1942

17. Mansoura University

For Art & Design

#4 in Egypt
#1107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

18. University of Ghana

For Art & Design

#1 in Ghana
#1185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
67,914
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1948

19. University of Nigeria

For Art & Design

#2 in Nigeria
#1226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

20. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Art & Design

#3 in Nigeria
#1233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

21. Makerere University

For Art & Design

#1 in Uganda
#1393 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

22. Helwan University

For Art & Design

#5 in Egypt
#1397 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

24. American University in Cairo

For Art & Design

#6 in Egypt
#1412 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
6,500
Founded
1919

26. Zagazig University

For Art & Design

#7 in Egypt
#1440 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

30. University of Nairobi

For Art & Design

#1 in Kenya
#1573 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

31. Menoufia University

For Art & Design

#8 in Egypt
#1640 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

32. University of Lagos

For Art & Design

#4 in Nigeria
#1647 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

33. University of Zimbabwe

For Art & Design

#1 in Zimbabwe
#1691 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
18,040
Founded
1955

34. Mohammed V University

For Art & Design

#1 in Morocco
#1719 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
67,415

37. University of Dar es Salaam

For Art & Design

#1 in Tanzania
#1754 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

38. University of Calabar

For Art & Design

#5 in Nigeria
#1815 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

40. Durban University of Technology

For Art & Design

#1826 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
10,213
Founded
2002

41. Covenant University

For Art & Design

#6 in Nigeria
#1836 in the World
Acceptance Rate
98%
Founded
2002

45. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Art & Design

#2 in Morocco
#1886 in the World
Enrollment
98,720
Male:Female
54:46

46. Minia University

For Art & Design

#10 in Egypt
#1927 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1976

49. University of Ilorin

For Art & Design

#7 in Nigeria
#1982 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

51. University of Mauritius

For Art & Design

#1 in Mauritius
#2029 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1965

52. Suez Canal University

For Art & Design

#12 in Egypt
#2032 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

54. Al-Azhar University

For Art & Design

#13 in Egypt
#2072 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1961

55. University of Cape Coast

For Art & Design

#3 in Ghana
#2102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

56. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Art & Design

#8 in Nigeria
#2129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

57. Benha University

For Art & Design

#14 in Egypt
#2133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

59. Ahmadu Bello University

For Art & Design

#9 in Nigeria
#2180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

60. University of Port Harcourt

For Art & Design

#10 in Nigeria
#2217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1975

61. University of Zululand

For Art & Design

#2223 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

62. University of Malawi

For Art & Design

#1 in Malawi
#2242 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
1964

63. University of Benin

For Art & Design

#11 in Nigeria
#2244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

64. University of Limpopo

For Art & Design

#2260 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

66. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

For Art & Design

#12 in Nigeria
#2310 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1982

67. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Art & Design

#5 in Morocco
#2353 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
36,000

68. Bahir Dar University

For Art & Design

#2 in Ethiopia
#2358 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
57,852
Founded
2001

69. University of Khartoum

For Art & Design

#1 in Sudan
#2419 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
41,030
Founded
1956

71. Kenyatta University

For Art & Design

#2 in Kenya
#2457 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

73. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Art & Design

#13 in Nigeria
#2460 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

75. Fayoum University

For Art & Design

#16 in Egypt
#2531 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Founded
2005

76. Moi University

For Art & Design

#3 in Kenya
#2535 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

80. University of Venda

For Art & Design

#2623 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

81. German University in Cairo

For Art & Design

#17 in Egypt
#2632 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
2003

82. University of Zambia

For Art & Design

#1 in Zambia
#2668 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965

83. Ibn Tofail University

For Art & Design

#6 in Morocco
#2671 in the World
Enrollment
22,270
Male:Female
52:48

86. University of Education, Winneba

For Art & Design

#4 in Ghana
#2700 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1992

87. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Art & Design

#15 in Nigeria
#2721 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
1982

91. University of Namibia

For Art & Design

#1 in Namibia
#2938 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Founded
1992

92. Rivers State University

For Art & Design

#17 in Nigeria
#3016 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

95. Beni-Suef University

For Art & Design

#19 in Egypt
#3052 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2005

98. Lagos State University

For Art & Design

#18 in Nigeria
#3123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1983

99. Midlands State University

For Art & Design

#2 in Zimbabwe
#3137 in the World
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
2000

100. Central University of Technology

For Art & Design

#3154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
12,639
Male:Female
52:48
Founded
1981