Best Universities for Immunology 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 Immunology. A graph of 3.5M citations received by 230K academic papers made by 279 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

#217 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Immunology

#2 in South Africa

#298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Cairo University

For Immunology

#1 in Egypt

#333 in the World

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

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Immunology

#3 in South Africa

#394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Ain Shams University

For Immunology

#2 in Egypt

#440 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#4 in South Africa

#445 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Immunology

#5 in South Africa

#446 in the World

Founded: 1918

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Immunology

#3 in Egypt

#470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Immunology

#1 in Uganda

#502 in the World

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

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Immunology

#4 in Egypt

#564 in the World

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

11. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Immunology

#5 in Egypt

#594 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Immunology

#605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#1 in Kenya

#643 in the World

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

14. Assiut University

For Immunology

#6 in Egypt

#687 in the World

Founded: 1957

15. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Immunology

#7 in Egypt

#694 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

16. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Immunology

#714 in the World

Founded: 1950

17. Al-Azhar University

For Immunology

#8 in Egypt

#730 in the World

Founded: 1961

18. University of Ghana

For Immunology

#1 in Ghana

#736 in the World

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

19. Tanta University

For Immunology

#9 in Egypt

#766 in the World

Founded: 1972

20. University of Malawi

For Immunology

#1 in Malawi

#788 in the World

Founded: 1964

21. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Immunology

#1 in Sudan

#796 in the World

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

22. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Immunology

#845 in the World

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

23. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Immunology

#862 in the World

24. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Immunology

#10 in Egypt

#912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

25. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Immunology

#11 in Egypt

#917 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

26. Benha University

For Immunology

#12 in Egypt

#920 in the World

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

27. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Immunology

#928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

28. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Immunology

#938 in the World

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

29. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Immunology

#959 in the World

Founded: 1918

30. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Immunology

#1 in Zambia

#961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

31. Minia University

For Immunology

#13 in Egypt

#965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

32. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Immunology

#1 in Mali

#975 in the World

Founded: 2011

33. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Immunology

#984 in the World

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

34. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Immunology

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

35. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Immunology

#1014 in the World

36. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Immunology

#6 in South Africa

#1026 in the World

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

37. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Immunology

#1028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

38. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Immunology

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

39. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Immunology

#1034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

40. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Immunology

#2 in Ghana

#1063 in the World

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

41. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Immunology

#7 in South Africa

#1076 in the World

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

42. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Immunology

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

43. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Immunology

#8 in South Africa

#1116 in the World

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

44. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Immunology

#9 in South Africa

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

45. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Immunology

#1149 in the World

46. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Immunology

#1207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

47. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Immunology

#1223 in the World

Founded: 1992

48. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Immunology

#10 in South Africa

#1268 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

49. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Immunology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1274 in the World

Founded: 1954

50. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Immunology

#1291 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

51. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Immunology

#14 in Egypt

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

52. University of Sfax

For Immunology

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

53. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Immunology

#1309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

54. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Immunology

#2 in Uganda

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

55. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Immunology

#1350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

56. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Immunology

#1380 in the World

Founded: 1962

57. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Immunology

#15 in Egypt

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

58. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Immunology

#1398 in the World

Founded: 1975

59. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Immunology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1439 in the World

Founded: 1964

60. Helwan University

For Immunology

#16 in Egypt

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

61. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Immunology

#1491 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

62. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Immunology

#10 in Nigeria

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

63. South Valley University - Qena

For Immunology

#17 in Egypt

#1546 in the World

Founded: 1995

64. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Immunology

#11 in South Africa

#1566 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

65. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#2 in Kenya

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

66. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Immunology

#1592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

67. University of Jos

For Immunology

#11 in Nigeria

#1602 in the World

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

68. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Immunology

#3 in Kenya

#1612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

69. University of Sadat City

For Immunology

#18 in Egypt

#1620 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

70. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#12 in South Africa

#1632 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

71. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#13 in South Africa

#1633 in the World

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

72. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Immunology

#1634 in the World

Founded: 1964

73. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Immunology

#3 in Ghana

#1663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

74. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Immunology

#14 in South Africa

#1681 in the World

Founded: 1916

75. Bayero University Kano

For Immunology

#12 in Nigeria

#1689 in the World

Founded: 1975

76. Fayoum University

For Immunology

#19 in Egypt

#1706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

77. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Immunology

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

78. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Immunology

#1716 in the World

Founded: 1993

79. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Immunology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1725 in the World

Founded: 1974

80. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Immunology

#4 in Kenya

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

81. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Immunology

#1739 in the World

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

82. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Immunology

#1745 in the World

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

83. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Immunology

#13 in Nigeria

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

84. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Immunology

#1760 in the World

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

85. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Immunology

#1773 in the World

86. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Immunology

#1779 in the World

87. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Immunology

#20 in Egypt

#1797 in the World

Founded: 2010

88. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Immunology

#1 in Mozambique

#1799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

89. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Immunology

#14 in Nigeria

#1809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

90. University of Lome

For Immunology

#1 in Togo

#1828 in the World

Founded: 1970

91. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Immunology

#1833 in the World

Founded: 1977

92. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Immunology

#15 in Nigeria

#1844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

93. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Immunology

#16 in Nigeria

#1882 in the World

Founded: 2000

94. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Immunology

#1 in Libya

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

95. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Immunology

#1906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

96. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Immunology

#1 in Benin

#1915 in the World

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

97. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Immunology

#4 in Ghana

#1927 in the World

Founded: 2011

98. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Immunology

#17 in Nigeria

#1961 in the World

Founded: 1975

99. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Immunology

#15 in South Africa

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

100. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Immunology

#21 in Egypt

#1982 in the World

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