Best Universities for Microbiology 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 Microbiology. A graph of 2.27M citations received by 124K academic papers made by 251 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. Cairo University

For Microbiology

#1 in Egypt

#182 in the World

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

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#1 in South Africa

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Microbiology

#2 in South Africa

#203 in the World

Founded: 1874

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Microbiology

#3 in South Africa

#225 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Microbiology

#4 in South Africa

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Durban

For Microbiology

#5 in South Africa

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Microbiology

#2 in Egypt

#312 in the World

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

8. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Microbiology

#3 in Egypt

#355 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Microbiology

#4 in Egypt

#360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Ain Shams University

For Microbiology

#5 in Egypt

#378 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

11. Al-Azhar University

For Microbiology

#6 in Egypt

#389 in the World

Founded: 1961

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Microbiology

#416 in the World

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

13. Assiut University

For Microbiology

#7 in Egypt

#441 in the World

Founded: 1957

14. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Microbiology

#1 in Uganda

#511 in the World

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

15. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Microbiology

#521 in the World

Founded: 1950

16. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Microbiology

#578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

17. Tanta University

For Microbiology

#8 in Egypt

#601 in the World

Founded: 1972

18. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Microbiology

#9 in Egypt

#660 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

19. Benha University

For Microbiology

#10 in Egypt

#675 in the World

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

20. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#1 in Kenya

#681 in the World

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

21. University of Fort Hare

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Alice

For Microbiology

#6 in South Africa

#696 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

22. University of Sfax

For Microbiology

#737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

23. University of Ghana

For Microbiology

#1 in Ghana

#744 in the World

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

24. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Microbiology

#748 in the World

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

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Microbiology

#749 in the World

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

26. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Microbiology

#751 in the World

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

27. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Microbiology

#7 in South Africa

#761 in the World

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

28. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Microbiology

#11 in Egypt

#791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

29. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Microbiology

#793 in the World

30. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#803 in the World

31. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Microbiology

#813 in the World

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

32. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#814 in the World

33. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Microbiology

#8 in South Africa

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

34. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Microbiology

#818 in the World

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

35. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Microbiology

#854 in the World

Founded: 1993

36. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Microbiology

#2 in Ghana

#860 in the World

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

37. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Microbiology

#861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

38. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Microbiology

#1 in Sudan

#867 in the World

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

39. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Microbiology

#938 in the World

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

40. Minia University

For Microbiology

#12 in Egypt

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

41. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Microbiology

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

42. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Microbiology

#13 in Egypt

#1023 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

43. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Microbiology

#14 in Egypt

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

44. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#9 in South Africa

#1095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

45. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Microbiology

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

46. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Microbiology

#1115 in the World

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

47. Helwan University

For Microbiology

#15 in Egypt

#1124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

48. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Microbiology

#10 in South Africa

#1125 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

49. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Microbiology

#1154 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

50. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Microbiology

#11 in South Africa

#1158 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

51. South Valley University - Qena

For Microbiology

#16 in Egypt

#1166 in the World

Founded: 1995

52. University of Malawi

For Microbiology

#1 in Malawi

#1184 in the World

Founded: 1964

53. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Microbiology

#1201 in the World

54. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Microbiology

#1 in Zambia

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

55. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Microbiology

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

56. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Microbiology

#12 in South Africa

#1213 in the World

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

57. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Microbiology

#1217 in the World

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

58. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Microbiology

#10 in Nigeria

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

59. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Microbiology

#17 in Egypt

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

60. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Microbiology

#11 in Nigeria

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

61. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Microbiology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1234 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

62. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Microbiology

#12 in Nigeria

#1237 in the World

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

63. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Microbiology

#1263 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Microbiology

#1293 in the World

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

65. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Microbiology

#13 in Nigeria

#1300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

66. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#2 in Kenya

#1307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

67. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Microbiology

#14 in Nigeria

#1313 in the World

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

68. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Microbiology

#1 in Senegal

#1335 in the World

Founded: 1918

69. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Microbiology

#1344 in the World

Founded: 1964

70. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Microbiology

#1 in Libya

#1372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

71. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#1381 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

72. Bayero University Kano

For Microbiology

#15 in Nigeria

#1388 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

73. University of Sadat City

For Microbiology

#18 in Egypt

#1391 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

74. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Microbiology

#1 in Benin

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

75. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Microbiology

#1400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

76. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Microbiology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1431 in the World

Founded: 1964

77. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Microbiology

#13 in South Africa

#1453 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

78. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#14 in South Africa

#1454 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

79. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Microbiology

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

80. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Microbiology

#15 in South Africa

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

81. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Microbiology

#1472 in the World

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

82. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Microbiology

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

83. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Microbiology

#1512 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

84. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Microbiology

#19 in Egypt

#1528 in the World

Founded: 2010

85. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Microbiology

#1535 in the World

86. University of Uyo

For Microbiology

#16 in Nigeria

#1536 in the World

Founded: 1991

87. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Microbiology

#17 in Nigeria

#1573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

88. Lagos State University

For Microbiology

#18 in Nigeria

#1638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

89. Fayoum University

For Microbiology

#20 in Egypt

#1644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

90. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Microbiology

#19 in Nigeria

#1646 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

91. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#3 in Kenya

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

92. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Microbiology

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

93. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Microbiology

#1660 in the World

94. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Microbiology

#20 in Nigeria

#1684 in the World

Founded: 1975

95. University of Jos

For Microbiology

#21 in Nigeria

#1702 in the World

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

96. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Microbiology

#2 in Uganda

#1728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

97. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Microbiology

#21 in Egypt

#1733 in the World

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

98. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Microbiology

#1 in Mali

#1749 in the World

Founded: 2011

99. University of Venda

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South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Microbiology

#16 in South Africa

#1753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

100. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Microbiology

#1755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%