Best Universities for Botany in Africa

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Botany. A graph of 5.38M citations received by 334K 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 KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Durban

For Botany

#1 in South Africa

#129 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

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Botany

#3 in South Africa

#169 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Botany

#4 in South Africa

#206 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. Cairo University

For Botany

#1 in Egypt

#277 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

#362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Botany

#2 in Egypt

#439 in the World

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

8. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Botany

#449 in the World

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

9. Ain Shams University

For Botany

#3 in Egypt

#487 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

10. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Botany

#4 in Egypt

#513 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

#572 in the World

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

12. Assiut University

For Botany

#5 in Egypt

#583 in the World

Founded: 1957

13. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Botany

#593 in the World

Founded: 1950

14. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Botany

#6 in Egypt

#614 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

15. Rhodes University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Makhanda

For Botany

#7 in South Africa

#624 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

16. Al-Azhar University

For Botany

#7 in Egypt

#645 in the World

Founded: 1961

17. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Botany

#8 in South Africa

#697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Botany

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Botany

#714 in the World

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

20. University of Sfax

For Botany

#743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

21. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Botany

#764 in the World

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

22. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#1 in Kenya

#768 in the World

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

23. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Botany

#9 in South Africa

#782 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

24. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Botany

#802 in the World

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

25. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Botany

#1 in Uganda

#857 in the World

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

26. Tanta University

For Botany

#8 in Egypt

#859 in the World

Founded: 1972

27. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Botany

#876 in the World

28. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Botany

#9 in Egypt

#934 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

#977 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

30. University of Ghana

For Botany

#1 in Ghana

#980 in the World

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

31. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Botany

#982 in the World

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

32. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#995 in the World

33. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#11 in South Africa

#1032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

34. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#1041 in the World

35. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Botany

#1048 in the World

Founded: 1993

36. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Botany

#1053 in the World

37. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Botany

#1060 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

38. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Botany

#1064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

39. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Botany

#2 in Ghana

#1066 in the World

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

40. Minia University

For Botany

#10 in Egypt

#1071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

41. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Botany

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

42. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Botany

#11 in Egypt

#1077 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

43. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Botany

#10 in Nigeria

#1081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

44. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Botany

#1103 in the World

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

45. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Botany

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

46. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Botany

#12 in South Africa

#1134 in the World

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

47. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Botany

#11 in Nigeria

#1170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

48. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#1177 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

49. Benha University

For Botany

#12 in Egypt

#1233 in the World

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

50. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#2 in Kenya

#1242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

51. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Botany

#1 in Sudan

#1245 in the World

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

52. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Botany

#1 in Mauritius

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

53. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Botany

#1257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

54. South Valley University - Qena

For Botany

#13 in Egypt

#1262 in the World

Founded: 1995

55. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Botany

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

56. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Botany

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

57. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Botany

#13 in South Africa

#1289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

58. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#14 in South Africa

#1317 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

59. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Botany

#14 in Egypt

#1319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

60. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Botany

#1321 in the World

Founded: 1918

61. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Botany

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1323 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

62. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Botany

#1325 in the World

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

63. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Botany

#15 in Egypt

#1332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

64. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Botany

#12 in Nigeria

#1342 in the World

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

65. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Botany

#1353 in the World

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

66. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Botany

#13 in Nigeria

#1400 in the World

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

67. University of Uyo

For Botany

#14 in Nigeria

#1427 in the World

Founded: 1991

68. Fayoum University

For Botany

#16 in Egypt

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

69. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#3 in Kenya

#1449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

70. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Botany

#15 in South Africa

#1456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

71. Helwan University

For Botany

#17 in Egypt

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

72. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Botany

#15 in Nigeria

#1466 in the World

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

73. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Botany

#1515 in the World

74. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Botany

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1528 in the World

Founded: 1964

75. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Botany

#1 in Benin

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

76. Nangui Abrogoua University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Botany

#2 in Ivory Coast

#1539 in the World

Founded: 1995

77. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Botany

#1546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 57,852
Founded: 2001

78. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Botany

#1570 in the World

Founded: 1964

79. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Botany

#1618 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

80. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Botany

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

81. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Botany

#1638 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

82. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Botany

#1645 in the World

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

83. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Botany

#1647 in the World

84. Egerton University

For Botany

#4 in Kenya

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

85. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Botany

#1673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

86. University of Lome

For Botany

#1 in Togo

#1674 in the World

Founded: 1970

87. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Botany

#1692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

88. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Botany

#1707 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

89. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Botany

#16 in Nigeria

#1727 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

90. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Botany

#17 in Nigeria

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

91. Bayero University Kano

For Botany

#18 in Nigeria

#1740 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

92. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Botany

#1745 in the World

93. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Botany

#18 in Egypt

#1767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

94. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Botany

#16 in South Africa

#1768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

95. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Botany

#19 in Egypt

#1779 in the World

Founded: 2010

96. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Botany

#1788 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

#1815 in the World

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

98. Lagos State University

For Botany

#19 in Nigeria

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

99. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Botany

#20 in Nigeria

#1834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

100. University of Antananarivo

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Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Botany

#1 in Madagascar

#1851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961