Best Universities for Botany 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 Botany. A graph of 3.62M citations received by 265K academic papers made by 296 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 | Durban

For Botany

#1 in South Africa

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#2 in South Africa

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Botany

#3 in South Africa

#179 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Botany

#4 in South Africa

#201 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. Cairo University

For Botany

#1 in Egypt

#315 in the World

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

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Botany

#5 in South Africa

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Botany

#2 in Egypt

#473 in the World

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

8. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Botany

#500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Botany

#3 in Egypt

#541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Ain Shams University

For Botany

#4 in Egypt

#543 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

11. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Botany

#6 in South Africa

#564 in the World

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

12. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Botany

#7 in South Africa

#591 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

13. Assiut University

For Botany

#5 in Egypt

#598 in the World

Founded: 1957

14. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Botany

#6 in Egypt

#659 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

15. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Botany

#676 in the World

Founded: 1950

16. Al-Azhar University

For Botany

#7 in Egypt

#717 in the World

Founded: 1961

17. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Botany

#8 in South Africa

#718 in the World

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

18. University of Sfax

For Botany

#737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

19. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Botany

#785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

20. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#1 in Kenya

#801 in the World

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

21. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Botany

#9 in South Africa

#803 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

22. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Botany

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

23. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Botany

#846 in the World

24. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Botany

#862 in the World

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

25. Tanta University

For Botany

#8 in Egypt

#890 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Botany

#1 in Uganda

#903 in the World

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

27. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Botany

#906 in the World

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

28. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#965 in the World

29. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Botany

#9 in Egypt

#966 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

30. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#10 in South Africa

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

31. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Botany

#1040 in the World

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

32. University of Ghana

For Botany

#1 in Ghana

#1042 in the World

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

33. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Botany

#11 in South Africa

#1047 in the World

Founded: 1916

34. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Botany

#1059 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

35. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#1063 in the World

36. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Botany

#10 in Egypt

#1083 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

37. Minia University

For Botany

#11 in Egypt

#1086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

38. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Botany

#12 in South Africa

#1115 in the World

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

39. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Botany

#1145 in the World

Founded: 1993

40. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Botany

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

41. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Botany

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

42. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Botany

#2 in Ghana

#1190 in the World

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

43. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Botany

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

44. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Botany

#1 in Sudan

#1219 in the World

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

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Botany

#1229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

46. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Botany

#1 in Mauritius

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

47. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Botany

#13 in South Africa

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

48. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Botany

#1277 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

49. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#2 in Kenya

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

50. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Botany

#1 in Benin

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 86,694
Male:Female: 73:27
Founded: 1970

51. South Valley University - Qena

For Botany

#12 in Egypt

#1306 in the World

Founded: 1995

52. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Botany

#1309 in the World

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

53. Benha University

For Botany

#13 in Egypt

#1332 in the World

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

54. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Botany

#14 in Egypt

#1335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

55. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Botany

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

56. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Botany

#14 in South Africa

#1376 in the World

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

57. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Botany

#15 in Egypt

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

58. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Botany

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

59. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Botany

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

60. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Botany

#1436 in the World

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

61. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Botany

#10 in Nigeria

#1444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

62. Fayoum University

For Botany

#16 in Egypt

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

63. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Botany

#1487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

64. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Botany

#1490 in the World

Founded: 1918

65. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Botany

#1505 in the World

Founded: 1964

66. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Botany

#3 in Kenya

#1509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

67. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Botany

#11 in Nigeria

#1512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

68. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Botany

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1526 in the World

Founded: 1974

69. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Botany

#15 in South Africa

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

70. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Botany

#1537 in the World

71. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Botany

#1542 in the World

72. Helwan University

For Botany

#17 in Egypt

#1559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

73. University of Uyo

For Botany

#12 in Nigeria

#1597 in the World

Founded: 1991

74. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Botany

#13 in Nigeria

#1604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

75. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Botany

#14 in Nigeria

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

76. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Botany

#1643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

77. Nangui Abrogoua University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Botany

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1647 in the World

Founded: 1995

78. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Botany

#1649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

79. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Botany

#1650 in the World

80. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Botany

#1681 in the World

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

81. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Botany

#2 in Ivory Coast

#1741 in the World

Founded: 1964

82. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Botany

#15 in Nigeria

#1742 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

83. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Botany

#1 in Madagascar

#1746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

84. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Botany

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

85. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Botany

#18 in Egypt

#1788 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

86. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Botany

#16 in South Africa

#1791 in the World

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

87. Egerton University

For Botany

#4 in Kenya

#1807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

88. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Botany

#1849 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

89. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Botany

#17 in South Africa

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

90. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Botany

#16 in Nigeria

#1888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

91. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Botany

#1891 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

92. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Botany

#19 in Egypt

#1904 in the World

Founded: 2010

93. University of Lome

For Botany

#1 in Togo

#1909 in the World

Founded: 1970

94. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Botany

#1914 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

95. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Botany

#1932 in the World

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

96. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Botany

#17 in Nigeria

#1934 in the World

Founded: 1975

97. Lagos State University

For Botany

#18 in Nigeria

#1940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

98. University of Jos

For Botany

#19 in Nigeria

#1946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,169
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1975

99. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Botany

#20 in Egypt

#1966 in the World

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

100. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Botany

#2001 in the World