Best Universities for Horticulture 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 Horticulture. A graph of 2.05M citations received by 142K academic papers made by 263 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

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South Africa | Durban

For Horticulture

#1 in South Africa

#82 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

2. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Horticulture

#2 in South Africa

#103 in the World

Founded: 1918

3. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Horticulture

#3 in South Africa

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. Cairo University

For Horticulture

#1 in Egypt

#172 in the World

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

5. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Horticulture

#244 in the World

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

6. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Horticulture

#2 in Egypt

#261 in the World

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

7. Assiut University

For Horticulture

#3 in Egypt

#296 in the World

Founded: 1957

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Horticulture

#4 in Egypt

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Ain Shams University

For Horticulture

#5 in Egypt

#321 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

10. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Horticulture

#6 in Egypt

#361 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

11. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Horticulture

#4 in South Africa

#384 in the World

Founded: 1874

12. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Horticulture

#402 in the World

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

13. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Horticulture

#5 in South Africa

#409 in the World

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

14. Al-Azhar University

For Horticulture

#7 in Egypt

#439 in the World

Founded: 1961

15. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Horticulture

#475 in the World

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

16. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Horticulture

#489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

17. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Horticulture

#501 in the World

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

18. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Horticulture

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

19. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Horticulture

#1 in Kenya

#568 in the World

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

20. University of Sfax

For Horticulture

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

21. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Horticulture

#6 in South Africa

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

22. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Horticulture

#633 in the World

Founded: 1950

23. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Horticulture

#1 in Uganda

#634 in the World

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

24. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Horticulture

#656 in the World

25. Tanta University

For Horticulture

#8 in Egypt

#667 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Horticulture

#673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

27. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Horticulture

#681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

28. University of Ghana

For Horticulture

#1 in Ghana

#686 in the World

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

29. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Horticulture

#7 in South Africa

#692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

30. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Horticulture

#9 in Egypt

#707 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

31. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Horticulture

#10 in Egypt

#737 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

32. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Horticulture

#11 in Egypt

#765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

33. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Horticulture

#772 in the World

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

34. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Horticulture

#2 in Ghana

#773 in the World

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

35. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Horticulture

#778 in the World

36. Benha University

For Horticulture

#12 in Egypt

#781 in the World

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

37. Fayoum University

For Horticulture

#13 in Egypt

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

38. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Horticulture

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

39. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Horticulture

#835 in the World

40. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Horticulture

#10 in Nigeria

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

41. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Horticulture

#846 in the World

42. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Horticulture

#858 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

43. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Horticulture

#8 in South Africa

#866 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

44. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Horticulture

#1 in Sudan

#875 in the World

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

45. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Horticulture

#881 in the World

Founded: 1993

46. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Horticulture

#9 in South Africa

#882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

47. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Horticulture

#10 in South Africa

#889 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

48. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Horticulture

#1 in Burkina Faso

#893 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

49. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Horticulture

#11 in Nigeria

#897 in the World

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

50. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Horticulture

#12 in Nigeria

#899 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

51. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Horticulture

#2 in Kenya

#905 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

52. Minia University

For Horticulture

#14 in Egypt

#931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

53. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Horticulture

#957 in the World

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

54. South Valley University - Qena

For Horticulture

#15 in Egypt

#963 in the World

Founded: 1995

55. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Horticulture

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

56. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Horticulture

#3 in Kenya

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

57. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Horticulture

#982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

58. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Horticulture

#995 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

59. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Horticulture

#13 in Nigeria

#996 in the World

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

60. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Horticulture

#11 in South Africa

#1006 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

61. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Horticulture

#1050 in the World

Founded: 1918

62. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Horticulture

#1061 in the World

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

63. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Horticulture

#14 in Nigeria

#1074 in the World

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

64. Egerton University

For Horticulture

#4 in Kenya

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

65. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Horticulture

#1106 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

66. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Horticulture

#15 in Nigeria

#1109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

67. Nangui Abrogoua University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Horticulture

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1118 in the World

Founded: 1995

68. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Horticulture

#2 in Ivory Coast

#1125 in the World

Founded: 1964

69. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Horticulture

#16 in Egypt

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

70. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Horticulture

#16 in Nigeria

#1177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

71. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Horticulture

#17 in Nigeria

#1186 in the World

Founded: 1988

72. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Horticulture

#1191 in the World

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

73. University of Uyo

For Horticulture

#18 in Nigeria

#1194 in the World

Founded: 1991

74. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Horticulture

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

75. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Horticulture

#17 in Egypt

#1219 in the World

Founded: 2010

76. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Horticulture

#1231 in the World

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

77. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Horticulture

#12 in South Africa

#1260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

78. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Horticulture

#18 in Egypt

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

79. Helwan University

For Horticulture

#19 in Egypt

#1270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

80. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Horticulture

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

81. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Horticulture

#19 in Nigeria

#1289 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

82. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Horticulture

#1 in Benin

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

83. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Horticulture

#20 in Nigeria

#1300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

84. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Horticulture

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

85. University of Lome

For Horticulture

#1 in Togo

#1316 in the World

Founded: 1970

86. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Horticulture

#13 in South Africa

#1322 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

87. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Horticulture

#21 in Nigeria

#1329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

88. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Horticulture

#1381 in the World

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

89. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Horticulture

#1 in Mauritius

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

90. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Horticulture

#1429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

91. University of Jos

For Horticulture

#22 in Nigeria

#1435 in the World

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

92. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Horticulture

#23 in Nigeria

#1454 in the World

Founded: 1992

93. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Horticulture

#14 in South Africa

#1455 in the World

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

94. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Horticulture

#1464 in the World

95. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Horticulture

#24 in Nigeria

#1480 in the World

Founded: 1975

96. Bayero University Kano

For Horticulture

#25 in Nigeria

#1488 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

97. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Horticulture

#26 in Nigeria

#1493 in the World

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

98. University for Development Studies

For Horticulture

#3 in Ghana

#1506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

99. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Horticulture

#1517 in the World

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

100. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Horticulture

#20 in Egypt

#1556 in the World

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