Best Universities for Genetics 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 Genetics. A graph of 12.7M citations received by 695K academic papers made by 335 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

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Genetics

#1 in South Africa

#340 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Genetics

#1 in Egypt

#359 in the World

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

3. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Genetics

#2 in South Africa

#433 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Genetics

#3 in South Africa

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Genetics

#4 in South Africa

#499 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Genetics

#5 in South Africa

#513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Ain Shams University

For Genetics

#2 in Egypt

#520 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Genetics

#3 in Egypt

#539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Genetics

#4 in Egypt

#608 in the World

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

10. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Genetics

#5 in Egypt

#679 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

11. Assiut University

For Genetics

#6 in Egypt

#760 in the World

Founded: 1957

12. Al-Azhar University

For Genetics

#7 in Egypt

#773 in the World

Founded: 1961

13. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Genetics

#842 in the World

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

14. Tanta University

For Genetics

#8 in Egypt

#855 in the World

Founded: 1972

15. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Genetics

#9 in Egypt

#941 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

16. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Genetics

#1 in Uganda

#991 in the World

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

17. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Genetics

#10 in Egypt

#1025 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

18. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Genetics

#1041 in the World

19. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Genetics

#1056 in the World

Founded: 1950

20. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Genetics

#6 in South Africa

#1057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

21. University of Sfax

For Genetics

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

22. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Genetics

#7 in South Africa

#1080 in the World

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

23. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Genetics

#1 in Kenya

#1104 in the World

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

24. Benha University

For Genetics

#11 in Egypt

#1121 in the World

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

25. University of Ghana

For Genetics

#1 in Ghana

#1122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

26. Minia University

For Genetics

#12 in Egypt

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

27. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Genetics

#13 in Egypt

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

28. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Genetics

#8 in South Africa

#1158 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

29. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Genetics

#1175 in the World

30. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Genetics

#1188 in the World

31. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Genetics

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

32. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Genetics

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

33. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Genetics

#9 in South Africa

#1239 in the World

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

34. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Genetics

#1 in Sudan

#1302 in the World

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

35. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Genetics

#1310 in the World

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

36. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Genetics

#1323 in the World

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

37. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Genetics

#1355 in the World

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

38. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Genetics

#1360 in the World

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

39. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Genetics

#10 in South Africa

#1399 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

40. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Genetics

#1409 in the World

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

41. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Genetics

#14 in Egypt

#1419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

42. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Genetics

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

43. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Genetics

#15 in Egypt

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

44. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Genetics

#1539 in the World

45. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Genetics

#2 in Ghana

#1559 in the World

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

46. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Genetics

#1575 in the World

47. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Genetics

#11 in South Africa

#1589 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

48. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Genetics

#1591 in the World

49. Helwan University

For Genetics

#16 in Egypt

#1607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

50. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Genetics

#12 in South Africa

#1631 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

51. South Valley University - Qena

For Genetics

#17 in Egypt

#1680 in the World

Founded: 1995

52. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Genetics

#1697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

53. University of Malawi

For Genetics

#1 in Malawi

#1724 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

54. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Genetics

#1742 in the World

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

55. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Genetics

#1744 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

56. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Genetics

#1746 in the World

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

57. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Genetics

#1776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

58. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Genetics

#10 in Nigeria

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

59. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Genetics

#11 in Nigeria

#1807 in the World

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

60. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Genetics

#13 in South Africa

#1833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

61. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Genetics

#1871 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

62. Fayoum University

For Genetics

#18 in Egypt

#1872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

63. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Genetics

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

64. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Genetics

#1897 in the World

Founded: 1993

65. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Genetics

#1 in Zambia

#1901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

66. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Genetics

#1913 in the World

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

67. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Genetics

#19 in Egypt

#1943 in the World

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

68. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Genetics

#12 in Nigeria

#1963 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

69. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Genetics

#13 in Nigeria

#1968 in the World

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

70. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Genetics

#14 in Nigeria

#1981 in the World

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

71. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Genetics

#14 in South Africa

#2009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

72. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Genetics

#2030 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

73. Bayero University Kano

For Genetics

#15 in Nigeria

#2040 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

74. University of Sadat City

For Genetics

#20 in Egypt

#2045 in the World

Founded: 2013

75. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Genetics

#2119 in the World

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

76. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Genetics

#2140 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1992

77. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Genetics

#21 in Egypt

#2159 in the World

Founded: 2010

78. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Genetics

#2162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

79. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Genetics

#15 in South Africa

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

80. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Genetics

#1 in Burkina Faso

#2181 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

81. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Genetics

#2187 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

82. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Genetics

#1 in the DR Congo

#2192 in the World

Founded: 1954

83. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Genetics

#2197 in the World

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

84. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Genetics

#2206 in the World

Founded: 1964

85. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Genetics

#2212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

86. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Genetics

#3 in Ghana

#2254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

87. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Genetics

#1 in Mali

#2278 in the World

Founded: 2011

88. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Genetics

#2286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

89. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Genetics

#2311 in the World

90. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Genetics

#16 in South Africa

#2323 in the World

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

91. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Genetics

#2 in Kenya

#2343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

92. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Genetics

#2347 in the World

93. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Genetics

#3 in Kenya

#2350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

94. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Genetics

#22 in Egypt

#2369 in the World

Founded: 2010

95. Lagos State University

For Genetics

#16 in Nigeria

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

96. University of Jos

For Genetics

#17 in Nigeria

#2412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

97. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Genetics

#17 in South Africa

#2415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

98. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Genetics

#18 in Nigeria

#2417 in the World

Founded: 1975

99. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Genetics

#2418 in the World

100. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Genetics

#4 in Kenya

#2419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985