Best Universities for Neuroscience 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 Neuroscience. A graph of 1.8M citations received by 135K academic papers made by 260 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

#402 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Neuroscience

#1 in Egypt

#468 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

#524 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

#544 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. Ain Shams University

For Neuroscience

#2 in Egypt

#627 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

#662 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

#771 in the World

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

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Neuroscience

#4 in Egypt

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Assiut University

For Neuroscience

#5 in Egypt

#814 in the World

Founded: 1957

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Neuroscience

#916 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

#920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

13. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Neuroscience

#6 in Egypt

#965 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

#1112 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

15. Tanta University

For Neuroscience

#7 in Egypt

#1123 in the World

Founded: 1972

16. University of Sfax

For Neuroscience

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

17. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Neuroscience

#8 in South Africa

#1172 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

18. Al-Azhar University

For Neuroscience

#8 in Egypt

#1175 in the World

Founded: 1961

19. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Neuroscience

#1208 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

#1314 in the World

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

22. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Neuroscience

#1337 in the World

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

23. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Neuroscience

#1384 in the World

Founded: 1950

24. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Neuroscience

#10 in Egypt

#1423 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

25. Minia University

For Neuroscience

#11 in Egypt

#1436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

26. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Neuroscience

#9 in South Africa

#1441 in the World

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

27. University of Ghana

For Neuroscience

#1 in Ghana

#1462 in the World

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

28. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Neuroscience

#1471 in the World

29. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Neuroscience

#10 in South Africa

#1479 in the World

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

30. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Neuroscience

#1491 in the World

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

31. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Neuroscience

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

32. Benha University

For Neuroscience

#12 in Egypt

#1524 in the World

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

33. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Neuroscience

#1595 in the World

34. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Neuroscience

#13 in Egypt

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

35. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Neuroscience

#11 in South Africa

#1627 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

36. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Neuroscience

#1 in Kenya

#1672 in the World

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

37. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Neuroscience

#1708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

38. Helwan University

For Neuroscience

#14 in Egypt

#1724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

39. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Neuroscience

#15 in Egypt

#1740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

40. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Neuroscience

#1763 in the World

41. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Neuroscience

#1784 in the World

42. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Neuroscience

#1801 in the World

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

43. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Neuroscience

#2 in Ghana

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

44. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Neuroscience

#3 in Ghana

#1860 in the World

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

45. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Neuroscience

#1863 in the World

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

46. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Neuroscience

#1869 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

47. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Neuroscience

#12 in South Africa

#1886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

48. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Neuroscience

#1889 in the World

49. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Neuroscience

#1 in Sudan

#2075 in the World

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

50. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Neuroscience

#2105 in the World

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

51. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Neuroscience

#13 in South Africa

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

52. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Neuroscience

#4 in Ghana

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

53. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Neuroscience

#2161 in the World

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

54. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Neuroscience

#2172 in the World

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

55. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Neuroscience

#2174 in the World

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

56. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Neuroscience

#1 in Zambia

#2212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

57. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Neuroscience

#10 in Nigeria

#2223 in the World

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

58. South Valley University - Qena

For Neuroscience

#16 in Egypt

#2230 in the World

Founded: 1995

59. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Neuroscience

#2246 in the World

Founded: 1964

60. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Neuroscience

#2249 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

61. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Neuroscience

#2261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

62. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Neuroscience

#2273 in the World

63. University of Malawi

For Neuroscience

#1 in Malawi

#2276 in the World

Founded: 1964

64. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Neuroscience

#14 in South Africa

#2290 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

65. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Neuroscience

#11 in Nigeria

#2308 in the World

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

66. Fayoum University

For Neuroscience

#17 in Egypt

#2313 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

#2401 in the World

Founded: 1985

69. University of Antananarivo

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Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Neuroscience

#1 in Madagascar

#2488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

70. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Neuroscience

#15 in South Africa

#2555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

71. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Neuroscience

#5 in Ghana

#2623 in the World

Founded: 2011

72. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Neuroscience

#16 in South Africa

#2646 in the World

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

73. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Neuroscience

#18 in Egypt

#2668 in the World

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

74. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Neuroscience

#2688 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

75. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Neuroscience

#13 in Nigeria

#2707 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

76. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Neuroscience

#19 in Egypt

#2711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

77. University of Zululand

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South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Neuroscience

#17 in South Africa

#2723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

78. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Neuroscience

#18 in South Africa

#2753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

79. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Neuroscience

#14 in Nigeria

#2759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

80. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Neuroscience

#20 in Egypt

#2771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

81. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Neuroscience

#1 in the DR Congo

#2781 in the World

Founded: 1954

82. Lagos State University

For Neuroscience

#15 in Nigeria

#2811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

83. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Neuroscience

#2847 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

84. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Neuroscience

#19 in South Africa

#2865 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

85. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Neuroscience

#16 in Nigeria

#2902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

86. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Neuroscience

#2912 in the World

Founded: 1918

87. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Neuroscience

#2925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

88. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Neuroscience

#2932 in the World

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

89. Covenant University

For Neuroscience

#17 in Nigeria

#2968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

90. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Neuroscience

#21 in Egypt

#3003 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

91. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Neuroscience

#3006 in the World

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

92. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Neuroscience

#18 in Nigeria

#3007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

93. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Neuroscience

#22 in Egypt

#3008 in the World

Founded: 2010

94. University of Uyo

For Neuroscience

#19 in Nigeria

#3015 in the World

Founded: 1991

95. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Neuroscience

#3034 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

96. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Neuroscience

#20 in Nigeria

#3047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

97. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Neuroscience

#3058 in the World

Founded: 1993

98. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Neuroscience

#2 in Kenya

#3063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

99. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Neuroscience

#3 in Kenya

#3079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

100. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Neuroscience

#3105 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916