Best Universities for Microbiology 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 Microbiology. A graph of 2.53M citations received by 131K academic papers made by 255 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

#173 in the World

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

2. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#1 in South Africa

#181 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

#201 in the World

Founded: 1874

4. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Microbiology

#3 in South Africa

#222 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Microbiology

#4 in South Africa

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Microbiology

#5 in South Africa

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Microbiology

#2 in Egypt

#308 in the World

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

8. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Microbiology

#3 in Egypt

#342 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Microbiology

#4 in Egypt

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Ain Shams University

For Microbiology

#5 in Egypt

#368 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

11. Al-Azhar University

For Microbiology

#6 in Egypt

#375 in the World

Founded: 1961

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Microbiology

#423 in the World

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

13. Assiut University

For Microbiology

#7 in Egypt

#439 in the World

Founded: 1957

14. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Microbiology

#1 in Uganda

#505 in the World

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

15. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Microbiology

#513 in the World

Founded: 1950

16. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Microbiology

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

17. Tanta University

For Microbiology

#8 in Egypt

#595 in the World

Founded: 1972

18. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Microbiology

#9 in Egypt

#649 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

19. Benha University

For Microbiology

#10 in Egypt

#666 in the World

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

20. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#1 in Kenya

#686 in the World

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

21. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Microbiology

#6 in South Africa

#687 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

22. University of Ghana

For Microbiology

#1 in Ghana

#718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

23. University of Sfax

For Microbiology

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

24. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Microbiology

#737 in the World

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

25. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Microbiology

#751 in the World

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

26. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Microbiology

#11 in Egypt

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

27. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Microbiology

#770 in the World

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

28. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Microbiology

#7 in South Africa

#771 in the World

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

29. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Microbiology

#789 in the World

30. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Microbiology

#796 in the World

31. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#798 in the World

32. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Microbiology

#8 in South Africa

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

33. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#811 in the World

34. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Microbiology

#827 in the World

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

35. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Microbiology

#838 in the World

Founded: 1993

36. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Microbiology

#2 in Ghana

#850 in the World

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

37. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Microbiology

#871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

38. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Microbiology

#1 in Sudan

#873 in the World

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

39. Minia University

For Microbiology

#12 in Egypt

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

40. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Microbiology

#958 in the World

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

41. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Microbiology

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

42. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Microbiology

#13 in Egypt

#1001 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

43. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Microbiology

#14 in Egypt

#1028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

44. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Microbiology

#1059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

45. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Microbiology

#1080 in the World

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

46. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Microbiology

#9 in South Africa

#1090 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

47. Helwan University

For Microbiology

#15 in Egypt

#1109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

48. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#10 in South Africa

#1118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

49. South Valley University - Qena

For Microbiology

#16 in Egypt

#1150 in the World

Founded: 1995

50. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Microbiology

#1161 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

51. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Microbiology

#11 in South Africa

#1178 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

52. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Microbiology

#1194 in the World

53. University of Malawi

For Microbiology

#1 in Malawi

#1199 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

54. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Microbiology

#17 in Egypt

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

55. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Microbiology

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

56. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Microbiology

#1 in Zambia

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

57. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Microbiology

#1223 in the World

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

58. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Microbiology

#12 in South Africa

#1224 in the World

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

59. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Microbiology

#10 in Nigeria

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

60. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Microbiology

#11 in Nigeria

#1237 in the World

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

61. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Microbiology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1246 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

62. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Microbiology

#12 in Nigeria

#1258 in the World

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

63. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Microbiology

#1263 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1992

64. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Microbiology

#1270 in the World

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

65. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#2 in Kenya

#1296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

66. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Microbiology

#13 in Nigeria

#1317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

67. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Microbiology

#14 in Nigeria

#1332 in the World

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

68. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Microbiology

#1359 in the World

Founded: 1964

69. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Microbiology

#1 in Senegal

#1362 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

70. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#1367 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

71. University of Sadat City

For Microbiology

#18 in Egypt

#1372 in the World

Founded: 2013

72. Bayero University Kano

For Microbiology

#15 in Nigeria

#1378 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

73. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Microbiology

#1 in Libya

#1383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

74. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Microbiology

#1400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

75. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#13 in South Africa

#1402 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

76. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Microbiology

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

77. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Microbiology

#1 in Benin

#1441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

78. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Microbiology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1464 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

79. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Microbiology

#14 in South Africa

#1465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

80. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Microbiology

#1467 in the World

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

81. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Microbiology

#15 in South Africa

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

82. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Microbiology

#1477 in the World

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

83. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Microbiology

#19 in Egypt

#1497 in the World

Founded: 2010

84. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Microbiology

#1530 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

85. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Microbiology

#1546 in the World

86. University of Uyo

For Microbiology

#16 in Nigeria

#1559 in the World

Founded: 1991

87. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Microbiology

#17 in Nigeria

#1592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

88. Fayoum University

For Microbiology

#20 in Egypt

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

89. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Microbiology

#1629 in the World

90. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Microbiology

#1653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

91. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Microbiology

#18 in Nigeria

#1667 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

92. Lagos State University

For Microbiology

#19 in Nigeria

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

93. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#3 in Kenya

#1675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

94. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Microbiology

#20 in Nigeria

#1686 in the World

Founded: 1975

95. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Microbiology

#2 in Uganda

#1689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

96. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Microbiology

#21 in Egypt

#1709 in the World

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

97. University of Jos

For Microbiology

#21 in Nigeria

#1721 in the World

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

98. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Microbiology

#1722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

99. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Microbiology

#22 in Nigeria

#1754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

100. University of Venda

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South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Microbiology

#16 in South Africa

#1760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982