Best Universities for Neuroscience 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 Neuroscience. A graph of 2.01M citations received by 142K academic papers made by 265 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 Neuroscience

#1 in South Africa

#408 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Neuroscience

#1 in Egypt

#458 in the World

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

3. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Neuroscience

#2 in South Africa

#525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

4. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Neuroscience

#3 in South Africa

#542 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. Ain Shams University

For Neuroscience

#2 in Egypt

#621 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Neuroscience

#4 in South Africa

#669 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Neuroscience

#5 in South Africa

#717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

8. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Neuroscience

#3 in Egypt

#757 in the World

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

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Neuroscience

#4 in Egypt

#798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Assiut University

For Neuroscience

#5 in Egypt

#817 in the World

Founded: 1957

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Neuroscience

#915 in the World

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

12. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Neuroscience

#6 in South Africa

#922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

13. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Neuroscience

#6 in Egypt

#951 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

14. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Neuroscience

#7 in South Africa

#1098 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

15. Tanta University

For Neuroscience

#7 in Egypt

#1119 in the World

Founded: 1972

16. University of Sfax

For Neuroscience

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

17. Al-Azhar University

For Neuroscience

#8 in Egypt

#1162 in the World

Founded: 1961

18. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Neuroscience

#8 in South Africa

#1163 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

19. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Neuroscience

#1198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

20. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Neuroscience

#9 in Egypt

#1298 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

21. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Neuroscience

#1 in Uganda

#1312 in the World

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

22. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Neuroscience

#1358 in the World

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

23. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Neuroscience

#1375 in the World

Founded: 1950

24. Minia University

For Neuroscience

#10 in Egypt

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

25. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Neuroscience

#11 in Egypt

#1421 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

26. University of Ghana

For Neuroscience

#1 in Ghana

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

27. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Neuroscience

#9 in South Africa

#1443 in the World

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

28. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Neuroscience

#1450 in the World

29. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Neuroscience

#10 in South Africa

#1475 in the World

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

30. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Neuroscience

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

31. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Neuroscience

#1508 in the World

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

32. Benha University

For Neuroscience

#12 in Egypt

#1521 in the World

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

33. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Neuroscience

#1591 in the World

34. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Neuroscience

#13 in Egypt

#1615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

35. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Neuroscience

#11 in South Africa

#1654 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

36. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Neuroscience

#1 in Kenya

#1687 in the World

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

37. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Neuroscience

#1698 in the World

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

38. Helwan University

For Neuroscience

#14 in Egypt

#1717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

39. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Neuroscience

#15 in Egypt

#1748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

40. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Neuroscience

#1764 in the World

41. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Neuroscience

#1773 in the World

42. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Neuroscience

#2 in Ghana

#1811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

43. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Neuroscience

#1814 in the World

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

44. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Neuroscience

#3 in Ghana

#1825 in the World

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

45. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Neuroscience

#1874 in the World

46. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Neuroscience

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

47. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Neuroscience

#1901 in the World

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

48. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Neuroscience

#12 in South Africa

#1927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

49. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Neuroscience

#1986 in the World

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

50. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Neuroscience

#1 in Sudan

#2050 in the World

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

51. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Neuroscience

#13 in South Africa

#2140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

52. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Neuroscience

#2143 in the World

53. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Neuroscience

#2158 in the World

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

54. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Neuroscience

#4 in Ghana

#2174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

55. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Neuroscience

#2181 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

56. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Neuroscience

#2204 in the World

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

57. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Neuroscience

#2221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

58. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Neuroscience

#2222 in the World

59. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Neuroscience

#1 in Zambia

#2225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

60. South Valley University - Qena

For Neuroscience

#16 in Egypt

#2228 in the World

Founded: 1995

61. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Neuroscience

#10 in Nigeria

#2231 in the World

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

62. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Neuroscience

#11 in Nigeria

#2237 in the World

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

63. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Neuroscience

#2268 in the World

Founded: 1964

64. University of Malawi

For Neuroscience

#1 in Malawi

#2294 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

65. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Neuroscience

#14 in South Africa

#2295 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

66. Fayoum University

For Neuroscience

#17 in Egypt

#2302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

67. Bayero University Kano

For Neuroscience

#12 in Nigeria

#2319 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

68. Pedagogical University

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Mozambique | Maputo

For Neuroscience

#1 in Mozambique

#2446 in the World

Founded: 1985

69. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Neuroscience

#15 in South Africa

#2490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

70. University of Antananarivo

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Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Neuroscience

#1 in Madagascar

#2554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

71. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Neuroscience

#18 in Egypt

#2629 in the World

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

72. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Neuroscience

#5 in Ghana

#2640 in the World

Founded: 2011

73. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Neuroscience

#16 in South Africa

#2644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 35,047
Founded: 2005

74. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Neuroscience

#19 in Egypt

#2646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

75. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Neuroscience

#2661 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

76. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Neuroscience

#20 in Egypt

#2714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

77. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Neuroscience

#17 in South Africa

#2736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

78. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Neuroscience

#13 in Nigeria

#2739 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

79. University of Zululand

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South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Neuroscience

#18 in South Africa

#2755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

80. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Neuroscience

#14 in Nigeria

#2775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

81. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Neuroscience

#19 in South Africa

#2809 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

82. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Neuroscience

#2822 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

83. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Neuroscience

#1 in the DR Congo

#2824 in the World

Founded: 1954

84. Lagos State University

For Neuroscience

#15 in Nigeria

#2828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

85. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Neuroscience

#21 in Egypt

#2880 in the World

Founded: 2010

86. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Neuroscience

#16 in Nigeria

#2903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

87. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Neuroscience

#2941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

88. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Neuroscience

#2944 in the World

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

89. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Neuroscience

#2948 in the World

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

90. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Neuroscience

#22 in Egypt

#2955 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

91. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Neuroscience

#17 in Nigeria

#2957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

92. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Neuroscience

#2975 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

93. Covenant University

For Neuroscience

#18 in Nigeria

#2986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

94. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Neuroscience

#3004 in the World

Founded: 1993

95. University of Uyo

For Neuroscience

#19 in Nigeria

#3014 in the World

Founded: 1991

96. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Neuroscience

#2 in Kenya

#3035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

97. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Neuroscience

#20 in Nigeria

#3046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

98. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Neuroscience

#3051 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

99. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Neuroscience

#21 in Nigeria

#3057 in the World

Founded: 1992

100. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Neuroscience

#2 in Uganda

#3086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989