Best Universities for Microbiology 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 Microbiology. A graph of 1.55M citations received by 97.9K academic papers made by 229 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 Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#1 in South Africa

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. Cairo University

For Microbiology

#1 in Egypt

#209 in the World

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

3. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Microbiology

#2 in South Africa

#210 in the World

Founded: 1874

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Microbiology

#3 in South Africa

#233 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Microbiology

#4 in South Africa

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Microbiology

#5 in South Africa

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Microbiology

#2 in Egypt

#343 in the World

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

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Microbiology

#3 in Egypt

#386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Microbiology

#4 in Egypt

#407 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

10. Ain Shams University

For Microbiology

#5 in Egypt

#414 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

11. Al-Azhar University

For Microbiology

#6 in Egypt

#423 in the World

Founded: 1961

12. Assiut University

For Microbiology

#7 in Egypt

#447 in the World

Founded: 1957

13. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Microbiology

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

14. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Microbiology

#1 in Uganda

#543 in the World

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

15. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Microbiology

#592 in the World

Founded: 1950

16. Tanta University

For Microbiology

#8 in Egypt

#626 in the World

Founded: 1972

17. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Microbiology

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

18. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#1 in Kenya

#695 in the World

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

19. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Microbiology

#9 in Egypt

#700 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

20. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Microbiology

#6 in South Africa

#708 in the World

Founded: 1916

21. University of Sfax

For Microbiology

#721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

22. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Microbiology

#7 in South Africa

#731 in the World

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

23. Benha University

For Microbiology

#10 in Egypt

#738 in the World

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

24. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Microbiology

#772 in the World

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Microbiology

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

26. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#812 in the World

27. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Microbiology

#8 in South Africa

#827 in the World

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

28. University of Ghana

For Microbiology

#1 in Ghana

#830 in the World

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

29. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#832 in the World

30. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Microbiology

#852 in the World

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

31. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Microbiology

#11 in Egypt

#865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

32. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Microbiology

#898 in the World

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

33. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Microbiology

#1 in Sudan

#900 in the World

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

34. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Microbiology

#2 in Ghana

#909 in the World

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

35. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Microbiology

#911 in the World

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

36. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Microbiology

#916 in the World

Founded: 1993

37. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Microbiology

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

38. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Microbiology

#968 in the World

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

39. Minia University

For Microbiology

#12 in Egypt

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

40. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#9 in South Africa

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

41. University of Malawi

For Microbiology

#1 in Malawi

#1063 in the World

Founded: 1964

42. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Microbiology

#10 in South Africa

#1091 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

43. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Microbiology

#13 in Egypt

#1094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

44. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Microbiology

#14 in Egypt

#1097 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

45. Helwan University

For Microbiology

#15 in Egypt

#1122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

46. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Microbiology

#11 in South Africa

#1140 in the World

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

47. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Microbiology

#1 in Benin

#1160 in the World

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

48. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Microbiology

#1161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

49. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Microbiology

#1168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

50. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Microbiology

#12 in South Africa

#1171 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

51. South Valley University - Qena

For Microbiology

#16 in Egypt

#1196 in the World

Founded: 1995

52. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Microbiology

#1220 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

53. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Microbiology

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

54. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Microbiology

#1 in Zambia

#1234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

55. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Microbiology

#17 in Egypt

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

56. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Microbiology

#1263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

57. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Microbiology

#1 in Botswana

#1277 in the World

Founded: 1964

58. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Microbiology

#1321 in the World

Founded: 1992

59. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Microbiology

#1373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

60. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Microbiology

#1376 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

61. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Microbiology

#1380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

62. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Microbiology

#1388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

63. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Microbiology

#10 in Nigeria

#1389 in the World

Founded: 1975

64. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Microbiology

#1 in Senegal

#1393 in the World

Founded: 1918

65. University of Sadat City

For Microbiology

#18 in Egypt

#1399 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

66. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Microbiology

#11 in Nigeria

#1408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

67. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Microbiology

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

68. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Microbiology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1448 in the World

Founded: 1974

69. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Microbiology

#12 in Nigeria

#1451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

70. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Microbiology

#1460 in the World

71. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Microbiology

#13 in Nigeria

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

72. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Microbiology

#1 in Libya

#1467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

73. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Microbiology

#14 in Nigeria

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

74. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Microbiology

#13 in South Africa

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

75. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Microbiology

#14 in South Africa

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

76. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#2 in Kenya

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

77. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Microbiology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1510 in the World

Founded: 1964

78. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Microbiology

#1515 in the World

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

79. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#15 in South Africa

#1525 in the World

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

80. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Microbiology

#1542 in the World

81. University of Uyo

For Microbiology

#15 in Nigeria

#1567 in the World

Founded: 1991

82. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Microbiology

#1569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

83. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Microbiology

#19 in Egypt

#1588 in the World

Founded: 2010

84. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Microbiology

#1597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

85. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Microbiology

#16 in Nigeria

#1628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

86. Lagos State University

For Microbiology

#17 in Nigeria

#1642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

87. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Microbiology

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

88. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Microbiology

#1672 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

89. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Microbiology

#1689 in the World

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

90. Fayoum University

For Microbiology

#20 in Egypt

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

91. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Microbiology

#2 in Uganda

#1758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

92. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Microbiology

#16 in South Africa

#1768 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

93. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Microbiology

#21 in Egypt

#1782 in the World

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

94. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Microbiology

#3 in Kenya

#1786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

95. Bayero University Kano

For Microbiology

#18 in Nigeria

#1789 in the World

Founded: 1975

96. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Microbiology

#1805 in the World

97. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Microbiology

#1815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

98. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Microbiology

#1 in Mauritius

#1845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

99. University of Jos

For Microbiology

#19 in Nigeria

#1871 in the World

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

100. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Microbiology

#1 in Mali

#1877 in the World

Founded: 2011