Best Universities for Horticulture 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 Horticulture. A graph of 1.35M citations received by 110K academic papers made by 235 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 Horticulture

#1 in South Africa

#82 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

2. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Horticulture

#2 in South Africa

#109 in the World

Founded: 1918

3. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Horticulture

#3 in South Africa

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. Cairo University

For Horticulture

#1 in Egypt

#194 in the World

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

5. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Horticulture

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

6. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Horticulture

#2 in Egypt

#270 in the World

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

7. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Horticulture

#4 in South Africa

#332 in the World

Founded: 1874

8. Assiut University

For Horticulture

#3 in Egypt

#337 in the World

Founded: 1957

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Horticulture

#4 in Egypt

#346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Ain Shams University

For Horticulture

#5 in Egypt

#373 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

11. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Horticulture

#5 in South Africa

#398 in the World

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

12. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Horticulture

#6 in Egypt

#423 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

13. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Horticulture

#471 in the World

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

14. Al-Azhar University

For Horticulture

#7 in Egypt

#508 in the World

Founded: 1961

15. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Horticulture

#528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

16. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Horticulture

#559 in the World

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

17. University of Sfax

For Horticulture

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Horticulture

#581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Horticulture

#6 in South Africa

#583 in the World

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

20. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Horticulture

#7 in South Africa

#613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

21. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Horticulture

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

22. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Horticulture

#616 in the World

23. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Horticulture

#1 in Kenya

#674 in the World

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

24. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Horticulture

#1 in Uganda

#704 in the World

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

25. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Horticulture

#709 in the World

Founded: 1950

26. University of Ghana

For Horticulture

#1 in Ghana

#713 in the World

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

27. Tanta University

For Horticulture

#8 in Egypt

#717 in the World

Founded: 1972

28. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Horticulture

#9 in Egypt

#731 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

29. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Horticulture

#10 in Egypt

#746 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

30. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Horticulture

#754 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

31. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Horticulture

#789 in the World

32. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Horticulture

#8 in South Africa

#812 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

33. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Horticulture

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

34. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Horticulture

#850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

35. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Horticulture

#858 in the World

36. Fayoum University

For Horticulture

#11 in Egypt

#862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

37. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Horticulture

#9 in South Africa

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

38. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Horticulture

#12 in Egypt

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

39. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Horticulture

#1 in Sudan

#883 in the World

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

40. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Horticulture

#10 in South Africa

#890 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

41. Benha University

For Horticulture

#13 in Egypt

#906 in the World

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

42. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Horticulture

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

43. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Horticulture

#922 in the World

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

44. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Horticulture

#924 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

45. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Horticulture

#2 in Ghana

#937 in the World

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

46. Minia University

For Horticulture

#14 in Egypt

#938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

47. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Horticulture

#2 in Kenya

#974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

48. South Valley University - Qena

For Horticulture

#15 in Egypt

#985 in the World

Founded: 1995

49. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Horticulture

#991 in the World

Founded: 1993

50. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Horticulture

#994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

51. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Horticulture

#10 in Nigeria

#998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

52. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Horticulture

#3 in Kenya

#1010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

53. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Horticulture

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

54. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Horticulture

#1031 in the World

55. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Horticulture

#11 in South Africa

#1043 in the World

Founded: 1916

56. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Horticulture

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1059 in the World

Founded: 1974

57. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Horticulture

#1 in Benin

#1074 in the World

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

58. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Horticulture

#11 in Nigeria

#1105 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

59. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Horticulture

#12 in Nigeria

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

60. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Horticulture

#13 in Nigeria

#1127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

61. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Horticulture

#16 in Egypt

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

62. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Horticulture

#1150 in the World

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

63. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Horticulture

#1187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

64. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Horticulture

#14 in Nigeria

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

65. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Horticulture

#1226 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

66. Egerton University

For Horticulture

#4 in Kenya

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

67. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Horticulture

#1263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

68. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Horticulture

#17 in Egypt

#1266 in the World

Founded: 2010

69. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Horticulture

#1272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

70. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Horticulture

#1275 in the World

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

71. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Horticulture

#15 in Nigeria

#1278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

72. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Horticulture

#1315 in the World

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

73. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Horticulture

#16 in Nigeria

#1325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

74. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Horticulture

#18 in Egypt

#1329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

75. Helwan University

For Horticulture

#19 in Egypt

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

76. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Horticulture

#1 in Mauritius

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

77. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Horticulture

#1357 in the World

Founded: 1918

78. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Horticulture

#12 in South Africa

#1365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

79. Nangui Abrogoua University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Horticulture

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1378 in the World

Founded: 1995

80. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Horticulture

#17 in Nigeria

#1386 in the World

Founded: 1975

81. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Horticulture

#13 in South Africa

#1390 in the World

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

82. University of Uyo

For Horticulture

#18 in Nigeria

#1394 in the World

Founded: 1991

83. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Horticulture

#19 in Nigeria

#1398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

84. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Horticulture

#20 in Nigeria

#1402 in the World

Founded: 1988

85. University of Lome

For Horticulture

#1 in Togo

#1422 in the World

Founded: 1970

86. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Horticulture

#2 in Ivory Coast

#1433 in the World

Founded: 1964

87. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Horticulture

#14 in South Africa

#1443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

88. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Horticulture

#1450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

89. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Horticulture

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

90. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Horticulture

#1505 in the World

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

91. University of Jos

For Horticulture

#21 in Nigeria

#1508 in the World

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

92. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Horticulture

#15 in South Africa

#1517 in the World

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

93. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Horticulture

#20 in Egypt

#1526 in the World

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

94. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Horticulture

#22 in Nigeria

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

95. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Horticulture

#16 in South Africa

#1559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

96. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Horticulture

#1596 in the World

Founded: 1964

97. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Horticulture

#1668 in the World

98. Aswan University

For Horticulture

#21 in Egypt

#1689 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

99. University of Sadat City

For Horticulture

#22 in Egypt

#1729 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

100. University for Development Studies

For Horticulture

#3 in Ghana

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992