Best Universities for Biochemistry in Africa

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Biochemistry. A graph of 8.39M citations received by 543K academic papers made by 316 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.

1. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Biochemistry

#1 in South Africa

#392 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Biochemistry

#1 in Egypt

#418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 257,200
Founded: 1908

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Biochemistry

#2 in South Africa

#507 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Biochemistry

#3 in South Africa

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Biochemistry

#4 in South Africa

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Biochemistry

#5 in South Africa

#591 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. Ain Shams University

For Biochemistry

#2 in Egypt

#635 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Biochemistry

#3 in Egypt

#651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Biochemistry

#4 in Egypt

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 197,278
Founded: 1942

10. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Biochemistry

#5 in Egypt

#837 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

11. Assiut University

For Biochemistry

#6 in Egypt

#843 in the World

Founded: 1957

12. Al-Azhar University

For Biochemistry

#7 in Egypt

#896 in the World

Founded: 1961

13. University of Sfax

For Biochemistry

#911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

14. Tanta University

For Biochemistry

#8 in Egypt

#993 in the World

Founded: 1972

15. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Biochemistry

#997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

16. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Biochemistry

#6 in South Africa

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1904

17. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Biochemistry

#7 in South Africa

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 26,439
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 2004

18. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Biochemistry

#8 in South Africa

#1090 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

19. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Biochemistry

#1102 in the World

20. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Biochemistry

#9 in Egypt

#1148 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

21. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Biochemistry

#1164 in the World

22. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Biochemistry

#1169 in the World

23. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Biochemistry

#10 in Egypt

#1196 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

24. Minia University

For Biochemistry

#11 in Egypt

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

25. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Biochemistry

#9 in South Africa

#1265 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

26. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Biochemistry

#12 in Egypt

#1276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

27. Benha University

For Biochemistry

#13 in Egypt

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 88,016
Founded: 1976

28. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Biochemistry

#10 in South Africa

#1375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 24,754
Founded: 1959

29. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Biochemistry

#1427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

30. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Biochemistry

#1471 in the World

Founded: 1950

31. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Biochemistry

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

32. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Biochemistry

#1510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

33. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Biochemistry

#1 in Kenya

#1555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1970

34. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Biochemistry

#1556 in the World

35. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Biochemistry

#1 in Uganda

#1564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1922

36. Helwan University

For Biochemistry

#14 in Egypt

#1570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

37. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Biochemistry

#11 in South Africa

#1581 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1873

38. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Biochemistry

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

39. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Biochemistry

#1612 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

40. University of Ghana

For Biochemistry

#1 in Ghana

#1615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 67,914
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1948

41. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Biochemistry

#1630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

42. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Biochemistry

#1 in Sudan

#1682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 41,030
Founded: 1956

43. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Biochemistry

#1683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

44. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Biochemistry

#15 in Egypt

#1688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Biochemistry

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

46. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Biochemistry

#16 in Egypt

#1793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

47. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Biochemistry

#12 in South Africa

#1809 in the World

Founded: 1916

48. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Biochemistry

#1820 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

49. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Biochemistry

#1824 in the World

Enrollment: 98,720
Male:Female: 54:46

50. South Valley University - Qena

For Biochemistry

#17 in Egypt

#1857 in the World

Founded: 1995

51. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Biochemistry

#1873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

52. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Biochemistry

#1884 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

53. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Biochemistry

#2 in Ghana

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Enrollment: 85,000
Founded: 1951

54. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Biochemistry

#1908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 18,040
Founded: 1955

55. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Biochemistry

#13 in South Africa

#1914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

56. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Biochemistry

#1970 in the World

57. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Biochemistry

#14 in South Africa

#1994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

58. Fayoum University

For Biochemistry

#18 in Egypt

#2031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

59. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Biochemistry

#2052 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

60. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Biochemistry

#2061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

61. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Biochemistry

#19 in Egypt

#2099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2012

62. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Biochemistry

#10 in Nigeria

#2117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

63. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Biochemistry

#11 in Nigeria

#2141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

64. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Biochemistry

#2149 in the World

Founded: 1993

65. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Biochemistry

#2151 in the World

66. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Biochemistry

#12 in Nigeria

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

67. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Biochemistry

#1 in Mauritius

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

68. University of Oran 1

For Biochemistry

#2178 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

69. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Biochemistry

#2184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

70. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Biochemistry

#15 in South Africa

#2195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

71. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Biochemistry

#13 in Nigeria

#2206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

72. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Biochemistry

#2218 in the World

Founded: 1918

73. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Biochemistry

#2228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 49,103
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1954

74. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Biochemistry

#20 in Egypt

#2239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 6,857
Founded: 1919

75. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Biochemistry

#2245 in the World

Enrollment: 22,270
Male:Female: 52:48

76. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Biochemistry

#2259 in the World

Founded: 1964

77. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Biochemistry

#21 in Egypt

#2286 in the World

Founded: 2010

78. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Biochemistry

#16 in South Africa

#2293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

79. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Biochemistry

#2298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

80. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Biochemistry

#2311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

81. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Biochemistry

#17 in South Africa

#2350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

82. University of Malawi

For Biochemistry

#1 in Malawi

#2437 in the World

Founded: 1964

83. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Biochemistry

#2438 in the World

84. University of Sadat City

For Biochemistry

#22 in Egypt

#2445 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

85. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Biochemistry

#2459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

86. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Biochemistry

#2466 in the World

87. Aswan University

For Biochemistry

#23 in Egypt

#2499 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

88. Covenant University

For Biochemistry

#14 in Nigeria

#2557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

89. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Biochemistry

#24 in Egypt

#2561 in the World

Founded: 2010

90. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Biochemistry

#1 in Burkina Faso

#2574 in the World

Founded: 1974

91. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Biochemistry

#2595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

92. Suez University

For Biochemistry

#25 in Egypt

#2625 in the World

Founded: 2012

93. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Biochemistry

#2626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

94. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Biochemistry

#26 in Egypt

#2634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

95. University of Uyo

For Biochemistry

#15 in Nigeria

#2659 in the World

Founded: 1991

96. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Biochemistry

#2692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

97. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Biochemistry

#2 in Kenya

#2709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

98. Bayero University Kano

For Biochemistry

#16 in Nigeria

#2719 in the World

Founded: 1975

99. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Biochemistry

#18 in South Africa

#2735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

100. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Biochemistry

#17 in Nigeria

#2746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980