Best Universities for Botany in Africa

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Botany. A graph of 5.92M citations received by 344K academic papers made by 318 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 KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Durban

For Botany

#1 in South Africa

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

2. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#2 in South Africa

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Botany

#3 in South Africa

#168 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Botany

#4 in South Africa

#209 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. Cairo University

For Botany

#1 in Egypt

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 207,853
Founded: 1908

6. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Botany

#5 in South Africa

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Botany

#2 in Egypt

#438 in the World

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

8. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Botany

#457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 41,269
Founded: 1948

9. Ain Shams University

For Botany

#3 in Egypt

#469 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

10. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Botany

#4 in Egypt

#507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

11. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Botany

#6 in South Africa

#582 in the World

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

12. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Botany

#584 in the World

Founded: 1950

13. Assiut University

For Botany

#5 in Egypt

#586 in the World

Founded: 1957

14. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Botany

#6 in Egypt

#606 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

15. Al-Azhar University

For Botany

#7 in Egypt

#627 in the World

Founded: 1961

16. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Botany

#7 in South Africa

#635 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

17. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Botany

#8 in South Africa

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Botany

#717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. University of Sfax

For Botany

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

20. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Botany

#732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Enrollment: 32,480
Founded: 1962

21. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Botany

#9 in South Africa

#762 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

22. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Botany

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 23,100
Founded: 1981

23. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#1 in Kenya

#778 in the World

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

24. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Botany

#817 in the World

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

25. Tanta University

For Botany

#8 in Egypt

#848 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Botany

#1 in Uganda

#858 in the World

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

27. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Botany

#871 in the World

28. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Botany

#9 in Egypt

#939 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

29. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Botany

#10 in South Africa

#975 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

30. University of Ghana

For Botany

#1 in Ghana

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

31. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#1001 in the World

32. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Botany

#1004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 48,680
Founded: 1962

33. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#11 in South Africa

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

34. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#1012 in the World

35. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Botany

#1017 in the World

36. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Botany

#1031 in the World

Founded: 1993

37. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Botany

#2 in Ghana

#1042 in the World

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

38. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Botany

#1067 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

39. Minia University

For Botany

#10 in Egypt

#1070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

40. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Botany

#1077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

41. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Botany

#11 in Egypt

#1081 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

42. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Botany

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

43. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Botany

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

44. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Botany

#10 in Nigeria

#1090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

45. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Botany

#1121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,399
Founded: 1955

46. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Botany

#12 in South Africa

#1129 in the World

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

47. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#1153 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

48. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Botany

#11 in Nigeria

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

49. Benha University

For Botany

#12 in Egypt

#1216 in the World

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

50. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Botany

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

51. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Botany

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

52. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#2 in Kenya

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

53. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Botany

#1261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

54. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Botany

#1265 in the World

55. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Botany

#1 in Mauritius

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

56. South Valley University - Qena

For Botany

#13 in Egypt

#1269 in the World

Founded: 1995

57. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#13 in South Africa

#1282 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

58. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Botany

#1 in Sudan

#1283 in the World

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

59. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Botany

#14 in Egypt

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

60. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Botany

#14 in South Africa

#1291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

61. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Botany

#15 in Egypt

#1317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

62. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Botany

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1329 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

63. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Botany

#1336 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

64. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Botany

#12 in Nigeria

#1355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,645
Founded: 1975

65. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Botany

#1376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

66. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Botany

#13 in Nigeria

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1991

67. Fayoum University

For Botany

#16 in Egypt

#1422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

68. Helwan University

For Botany

#17 in Egypt

#1451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

69. University of Uyo

For Botany

#14 in Nigeria

#1453 in the World

Founded: 1991

70. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Botany

#15 in South Africa

#1454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

71. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#3 in Kenya

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

72. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Botany

#15 in Nigeria

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1990

73. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Botany

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

74. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Botany

#1507 in the World

75. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Botany

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1534 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

76. Nangui Abrogoua University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Botany

#2 in Ivory Coast

#1549 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1995

77. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Botany

#1559 in the World

78. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Botany

#1 in Benin

#1583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

79. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Botany

#1585 in the World

Founded: 1964

80. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Botany

#1604 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

81. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Botany

#1613 in the World

Enrollment: 30,414
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1976

82. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Botany

#1632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

83. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Botany

#1640 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

84. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Botany

#1654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

85. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Botany

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Enrollment: 17,030
Founded: 1991

86. Egerton University

For Botany

#4 in Kenya

#1677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

87. University of Lome

For Botany

#1 in Togo

#1685 in the World

Founded: 1970

88. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Botany

#1715 in the World

89. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Botany

#1719 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1982

90. Bayero University Kano

For Botany

#16 in Nigeria

#1733 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

91. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Botany

#18 in Egypt

#1749 in the World

Founded: 2010

92. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Botany

#16 in South Africa

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

93. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Botany

#17 in Nigeria

#1760 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

94. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Botany

#19 in Egypt

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

95. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Botany

#18 in Nigeria

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

96. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Botany

#1784 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

97. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Botany

#17 in South Africa

#1800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 35,047
Founded: 2005

98. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Botany

#1807 in the World

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

99. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Botany

#19 in Nigeria

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

100. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Botany

#20 in Nigeria

#1859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,181
Founded: 1982