Best Universities for Genetics 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 Genetics. A graph of 8.04M citations received by 542K academic papers made by 321 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 Genetics

#1 in South Africa

#344 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Genetics

#1 in Egypt

#388 in the World

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

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Genetics

#2 in South Africa

#438 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Genetics

#3 in South Africa

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Genetics

#4 in South Africa

#507 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Genetics

#5 in South Africa

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Genetics

#2 in Egypt

#563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

8. Ain Shams University

For Genetics

#3 in Egypt

#574 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Genetics

#4 in Egypt

#642 in the World

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

10. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Genetics

#5 in Egypt

#743 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

11. Assiut University

For Genetics

#6 in Egypt

#792 in the World

Founded: 1957

12. Al-Azhar University

For Genetics

#7 in Egypt

#848 in the World

Founded: 1961

13. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Genetics

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

14. Tanta University

For Genetics

#8 in Egypt

#915 in the World

Founded: 1972

15. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Genetics

#9 in Egypt

#967 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

16. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Genetics

#1 in Uganda

#995 in the World

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

17. University of Sfax

For Genetics

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

18. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Genetics

#10 in Egypt

#1052 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

19. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Genetics

#6 in South Africa

#1059 in the World

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

20. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Genetics

#7 in South Africa

#1065 in the World

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

21. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Genetics

#1070 in the World

22. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Genetics

#1 in Kenya

#1123 in the World

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

23. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Genetics

#1162 in the World

24. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Genetics

#1168 in the World

Founded: 1950

25. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Genetics

#1173 in the World

26. Benha University

For Genetics

#11 in Egypt

#1184 in the World

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

27. Minia University

For Genetics

#12 in Egypt

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

28. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Genetics

#8 in South Africa

#1212 in the World

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

29. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Genetics

#13 in Egypt

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

30. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Genetics

#9 in South Africa

#1232 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

31. University of Ghana

For Genetics

#1 in Ghana

#1235 in the World

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

32. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Genetics

#1 in Sudan

#1327 in the World

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

33. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Genetics

#10 in South Africa

#1331 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

34. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Genetics

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

35. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Genetics

#1350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

36. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Genetics

#1385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

37. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Genetics

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

38. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Genetics

#1402 in the World

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

39. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Genetics

#1442 in the World

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

40. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Genetics

#14 in Egypt

#1549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

41. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Genetics

#1550 in the World

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

42. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Genetics

#15 in Egypt

#1576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

43. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Genetics

#1600 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

44. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Genetics

#11 in South Africa

#1637 in the World

Founded: 1916

45. University of Malawi

For Genetics

#1 in Malawi

#1638 in the World

Founded: 1964

46. Helwan University

For Genetics

#16 in Egypt

#1666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

47. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Genetics

#2 in Ghana

#1677 in the World

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

48. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Genetics

#12 in South Africa

#1678 in the World

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

49. South Valley University - Qena

For Genetics

#17 in Egypt

#1723 in the World

Founded: 1995

50. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Genetics

#1724 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

51. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Genetics

#1765 in the World

Founded: 1918

52. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Genetics

#1785 in the World

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

53. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Genetics

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

54. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Genetics

#1842 in the World

55. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Genetics

#13 in South Africa

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

56. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Genetics

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

57. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Genetics

#1888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

58. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Genetics

#1 in Zambia

#1928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

59. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Genetics

#1936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

60. Fayoum University

For Genetics

#18 in Egypt

#1947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

61. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Genetics

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

62. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Genetics

#1966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

63. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Genetics

#19 in Egypt

#1970 in the World

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

64. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Genetics

#10 in Nigeria

#1975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

65. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Genetics

#14 in South Africa

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

66. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Genetics

#2004 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

67. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Genetics

#2007 in the World

Founded: 1993

68. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Genetics

#11 in Nigeria

#2074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

69. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Genetics

#12 in Nigeria

#2081 in the World

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

70. University of Sadat City

For Genetics

#20 in Egypt

#2120 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

71. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Genetics

#2130 in the World

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

72. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Genetics

#13 in Nigeria

#2154 in the World

Founded: 1975

73. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Genetics

#2181 in the World

Founded: 1964

74. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Genetics

#14 in Nigeria

#2184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

75. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Genetics

#15 in South Africa

#2229 in the World

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

76. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Genetics

#2263 in the World

77. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Genetics

#21 in Egypt

#2268 in the World

Founded: 2010

78. Bayero University Kano

For Genetics

#15 in Nigeria

#2274 in the World

Founded: 1975

79. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Genetics

#2286 in the World

Founded: 1992

80. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Genetics

#2287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

81. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Genetics

#2337 in the World

82. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Genetics

#2348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

83. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Genetics

#1 in Mali

#2356 in the World

Founded: 2011

84. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Genetics

#1 in the DR Congo

#2358 in the World

Founded: 1954

85. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Genetics

#2369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

86. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Genetics

#1 in Burkina Faso

#2390 in the World

Founded: 1974

87. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Genetics

#22 in Egypt

#2394 in the World

Founded: 2010

88. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Genetics

#16 in South Africa

#2398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

89. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Genetics

#1 in Mauritius

#2402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

90. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Genetics

#17 in South Africa

#2410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

91. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Genetics

#2 in Kenya

#2434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

92. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Genetics

#2441 in the World

93. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Genetics

#2444 in the World

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

94. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Genetics

#23 in Egypt

#2453 in the World

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

95. Aswan University

For Genetics

#24 in Egypt

#2464 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

96. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Genetics

#2467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

97. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Genetics

#2476 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

98. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Genetics

#25 in Egypt

#2478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

99. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Genetics

#3 in Ghana

#2513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

100. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Genetics

#3 in Kenya

#2524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994