Best Universities for Immunology 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 Immunology. A graph of 4.9M citations received by 282K academic papers made by 294 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 Immunology

#1 in South Africa

#223 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Immunology

#2 in South Africa

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Cairo University

For Immunology

#1 in Egypt

#309 in the World

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

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Immunology

#3 in South Africa

#391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Ain Shams University

For Immunology

#2 in Egypt

#402 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#4 in South Africa

#436 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Immunology

#5 in South Africa

#444 in the World

Founded: 1918

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Immunology

#3 in Egypt

#460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Immunology

#1 in Uganda

#483 in the World

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

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Immunology

#4 in Egypt

#544 in the World

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

11. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Immunology

#5 in Egypt

#550 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Immunology

#584 in the World

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

13. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#1 in Kenya

#647 in the World

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

14. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Immunology

#670 in the World

Founded: 1950

15. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Immunology

#6 in Egypt

#680 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

16. Assiut University

For Immunology

#7 in Egypt

#687 in the World

Founded: 1957

17. University of Ghana

For Immunology

#1 in Ghana

#698 in the World

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

18. Al-Azhar University

For Immunology

#8 in Egypt

#706 in the World

Founded: 1961

19. Tanta University

For Immunology

#9 in Egypt

#734 in the World

Founded: 1972

20. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Immunology

#1 in Sudan

#770 in the World

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

21. University of Malawi

For Immunology

#1 in Malawi

#795 in the World

Founded: 1964

22. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Immunology

#824 in the World

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

23. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Immunology

#827 in the World

24. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Immunology

#829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

25. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Immunology

#850 in the World

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

26. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Immunology

#10 in Egypt

#882 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

27. Benha University

For Immunology

#11 in Egypt

#897 in the World

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

28. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Immunology

#12 in Egypt

#898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

29. Minia University

For Immunology

#13 in Egypt

#922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

30. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Immunology

#931 in the World

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

31. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Immunology

#1 in Mali

#933 in the World

Founded: 2011

32. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Immunology

#940 in the World

Founded: 1918

33. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Immunology

#963 in the World

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

34. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Immunology

#1 in Zambia

#974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

35. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Immunology

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

36. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Immunology

#2 in Ghana

#993 in the World

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

37. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Immunology

#1003 in the World

38. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Immunology

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

39. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Immunology

#1010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

40. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Immunology

#1033 in the World

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

41. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Immunology

#6 in South Africa

#1038 in the World

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

42. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Immunology

#7 in South Africa

#1072 in the World

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

43. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Immunology

#8 in South Africa

#1090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

44. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Immunology

#9 in South Africa

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

45. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Immunology

#1097 in the World

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

46. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Immunology

#1140 in the World

47. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Immunology

#1146 in the World

Founded: 1992

48. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Immunology

#1168 in the World

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

49. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Immunology

#1182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

50. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Immunology

#1231 in the World

51. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Immunology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1233 in the World

Founded: 1954

52. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Immunology

#14 in Egypt

#1247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

53. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Immunology

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

54. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Immunology

#10 in South Africa

#1278 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

55. University of Sfax

For Immunology

#1299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

56. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Immunology

#2 in Uganda

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

57. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Immunology

#10 in Nigeria

#1317 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

58. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Immunology

#15 in Egypt

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

59. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Immunology

#1379 in the World

60. University of Jos

For Immunology

#11 in Nigeria

#1429 in the World

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

61. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Immunology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1435 in the World

Founded: 1964

62. Helwan University

For Immunology

#16 in Egypt

#1449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

63. South Valley University - Qena

For Immunology

#17 in Egypt

#1487 in the World

Founded: 1995

64. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Immunology

#2 in Kenya

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

65. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Immunology

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

66. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Immunology

#1520 in the World

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

67. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#3 in Kenya

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

68. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Immunology

#1546 in the World

Founded: 1962

69. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Immunology

#1548 in the World

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

70. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Immunology

#12 in Nigeria

#1562 in the World

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

71. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#11 in South Africa

#1572 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

72. Bayero University Kano

For Immunology

#13 in Nigeria

#1575 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

73. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Immunology

#1580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

74. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Immunology

#3 in Ghana

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

75. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Immunology

#14 in Nigeria

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

76. University of Sadat City

For Immunology

#18 in Egypt

#1605 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

77. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Immunology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1606 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

78. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#12 in South Africa

#1611 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

79. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#4 in Kenya

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

80. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Immunology

#1629 in the World

Founded: 1964

81. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Immunology

#1640 in the World

Founded: 1993

82. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Immunology

#13 in South Africa

#1651 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

83. Fayoum University

For Immunology

#19 in Egypt

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

84. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Immunology

#14 in South Africa

#1677 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

85. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Immunology

#15 in Nigeria

#1680 in the World

Founded: 2000

86. University of Lome

For Immunology

#1 in Togo

#1699 in the World

Founded: 1970

87. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Immunology

#1701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

88. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Immunology

#1725 in the World

Founded: 1977

89. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Immunology

#16 in Nigeria

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

90. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Immunology

#17 in Nigeria

#1727 in the World

Founded: 1975

91. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Immunology

#20 in Egypt

#1757 in the World

Founded: 2010

92. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Immunology

#1771 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

93. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Immunology

#1782 in the World

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

94. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Immunology

#4 in Ghana

#1806 in the World

Founded: 2011

95. Lagos State University

For Immunology

#18 in Nigeria

#1815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

96. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Immunology

#1 in Libya

#1822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

97. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Immunology

#1842 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

98. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Immunology

#19 in Nigeria

#1868 in the World

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

99. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Immunology

#1889 in the World

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

100. University of Uyo

For Immunology

#20 in Nigeria

#1908 in the World

Founded: 1991