Best Universities for Immunology 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 Immunology. A graph of 5.38M citations received by 297K academic papers made by 299 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 Immunology

#1 in South Africa

#221 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Immunology

#2 in South Africa

#294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Cairo University

For Immunology

#1 in Egypt

#303 in the World

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

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Immunology

#3 in South Africa

#388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Ain Shams University

For Immunology

#2 in Egypt

#406 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#4 in South Africa

#435 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. University of Stellenbosch

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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. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Immunology

#4 in Egypt

#541 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

11. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Immunology

#5 in Egypt

#542 in the World

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

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Immunology

#588 in the World

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

13. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#1 in Kenya

#655 in the World

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

14. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Immunology

#663 in the World

Founded: 1950

15. Assiut University

For Immunology

#6 in Egypt

#681 in the World

Founded: 1957

16. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Immunology

#7 in Egypt

#684 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

17. University of Ghana

For Immunology

#1 in Ghana

#689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

18. Al-Azhar University

For Immunology

#8 in Egypt

#698 in the World

Founded: 1961

19. Tanta University

For Immunology

#9 in Egypt

#726 in the World

Founded: 1972

20. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Immunology

#1 in Sudan

#781 in the World

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

21. University of Malawi

For Immunology

#1 in Malawi

#804 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Immunology

#815 in the World

23. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Immunology

#832 in the World

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

24. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Immunology

#835 in the World

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

25. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Immunology

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

26. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Immunology

#10 in Egypt

#888 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

27. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Immunology

#11 in Egypt

#895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

28. Benha University

For Immunology

#12 in Egypt

#900 in the World

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

29. Minia University

For Immunology

#13 in Egypt

#924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

30. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Immunology

#948 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

#950 in the World

Founded: 2011

32. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Immunology

#958 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

33. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Immunology

#971 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

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

36. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Immunology

#2 in Ghana

#984 in the World

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

37. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Immunology

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

38. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Immunology

#1006 in the World

39. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Immunology

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

40. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Immunology

#6 in South Africa

#1037 in the World

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

41. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Immunology

#1039 in the World

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

42. University of the Western Cape

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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

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Immunology

#8 in South Africa

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

44. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Immunology

#1120 in the World

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

45. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Immunology

#9 in South Africa

#1125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

46. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Immunology

#1144 in the World

47. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Immunology

#1151 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1992

48. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Immunology

#1178 in the World

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

49. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Immunology

#1202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

50. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Immunology

#1207 in the World

51. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Immunology

#14 in Egypt

#1218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

52. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Immunology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1235 in the World

Founded: 1954

53. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Immunology

#10 in South Africa

#1240 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

54. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Immunology

#1259 in the World

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

55. University of Sfax

For Immunology

#1289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

56. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Immunology

#2 in Uganda

#1304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

57. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Immunology

#10 in Nigeria

#1329 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

58. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Immunology

#15 in Egypt

#1361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

59. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Immunology

#1381 in the World

60. Helwan University

For Immunology

#16 in Egypt

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

61. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Immunology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1440 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

62. University of Jos

For Immunology

#11 in Nigeria

#1455 in the World

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

63. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Immunology

#1460 in the World

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

64. South Valley University - Qena

For Immunology

#17 in Egypt

#1474 in the World

Founded: 1995

65. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Immunology

#1512 in the World

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

66. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Immunology

#2 in Kenya

#1522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

67. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#3 in Kenya

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

68. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Immunology

#3 in Ghana

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

69. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Immunology

#1545 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

#1566 in the World

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

71. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#11 in South Africa

#1570 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

72. Bayero University Kano

For Immunology

#13 in Nigeria

#1581 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

73. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Immunology

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

74. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Immunology

#1597 in the World

Founded: 1962

75. University of Sadat City

For Immunology

#18 in Egypt

#1598 in the World

Founded: 2013

76. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#12 in South Africa

#1603 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

77. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#4 in Kenya

#1611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

78. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Immunology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1612 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

79. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Immunology

#14 in Nigeria

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

80. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Immunology

#1641 in the World

Founded: 1993

81. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Immunology

#1646 in the World

Founded: 1964

82. Fayoum University

For Immunology

#19 in Egypt

#1650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

83. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Immunology

#13 in South Africa

#1653 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

84. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Immunology

#1691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

85. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Immunology

#15 in Nigeria

#1703 in the World

Founded: 2000

86. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Immunology

#14 in South Africa

#1706 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

87. University of Lome

For Immunology

#1 in Togo

#1715 in the World

Founded: 1970

88. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Immunology

#20 in Egypt

#1724 in the World

Founded: 2010

89. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Immunology

#1725 in the World

Founded: 1977

90. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Immunology

#16 in Nigeria

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

91. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Immunology

#17 in Nigeria

#1741 in the World

Founded: 1975

92. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Immunology

#1764 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

93. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Immunology

#4 in Ghana

#1771 in the World

Founded: 2011

94. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Immunology

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

95. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Immunology

#1833 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

96. Lagos State University

For Immunology

#18 in Nigeria

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

97. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Immunology

#19 in Nigeria

#1847 in the World

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

98. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Immunology

#1 in Libya

#1850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

99. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Immunology

#1864 in the World

100. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Immunology

#21 in Egypt

#1875 in the World

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