Best Universities for Virology 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 Virology. A graph of 1.93M citations received by 117K academic papers made by 236 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

South Africa | Cape Town

For Virology

#1 in South Africa

#86 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Virology

#2 in South Africa

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Virology

#3 in South Africa

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Virology

#4 in South Africa

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Virology

#1 in Uganda

#232 in the World

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

6. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Virology

#5 in South Africa

#239 in the World

Founded: 1918

7. Cairo University

For Virology

#1 in Egypt

#278 in the World

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

8. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Virology

#1 in Kenya

#328 in the World

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

9. Ain Shams University

For Virology

#2 in Egypt

#371 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

10. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Virology

#403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

11. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Virology

#475 in the World

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

12. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Virology

#483 in the World

Founded: 1950

13. University of Ghana

For Virology

#1 in Ghana

#507 in the World

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

14. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Virology

#3 in Egypt

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

15. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Virology

#4 in Egypt

#539 in the World

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

16. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Virology

#5 in Egypt

#560 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

17. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Virology

#1 in Zambia

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

18. University of Malawi

For Virology

#1 in Malawi

#572 in the World

Founded: 1964

19. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Virology

#634 in the World

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

20. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Virology

#639 in the World

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

21. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Virology

#6 in South Africa

#642 in the World

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

22. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Virology

#7 in South Africa

#643 in the World

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

23. Assiut University

For Virology

#6 in Egypt

#647 in the World

Founded: 1957

24. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Virology

#1 in Sudan

#671 in the World

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

25. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Virology

#8 in South Africa

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

26. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Virology

#688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

27. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Virology

#702 in the World

Founded: 1918

28. Al-Azhar University

For Virology

#7 in Egypt

#755 in the World

Founded: 1961

29. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Virology

#8 in Egypt

#786 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

30. Benha University

For Virology

#9 in Egypt

#807 in the World

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

31. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Virology

#10 in Egypt

#827 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

32. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Virology

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

33. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Virology

#2 in Ghana

#862 in the World

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

34. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Virology

#867 in the World

35. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Virology

#871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

36. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Virology

#9 in South Africa

#879 in the World

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

37. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Virology

#880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

38. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Virology

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

39. Tanta University

For Virology

#11 in Egypt

#891 in the World

Founded: 1972

40. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Virology

#1 in the DR Congo

#892 in the World

Founded: 1954

41. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Virology

#12 in Egypt

#909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

42. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Virology

#10 in South Africa

#914 in the World

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

43. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Virology

#927 in the World

44. Minia University

For Virology

#13 in Egypt

#932 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

45. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Virology

#2 in Uganda

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

46. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Virology

#953 in the World

Founded: 1975

47. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Virology

#1 in Mali

#964 in the World

Founded: 2011

48. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Virology

#991 in the World

Founded: 1964

49. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Virology

#1000 in the World

Founded: 1962

50. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Virology

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

51. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Virology

#11 in South Africa

#1029 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

52. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Virology

#1049 in the World

53. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Nigeria | Ikeji-Arakeji

For Virology

#1050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2006

54. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Virology

#12 in South Africa

#1070 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

55. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Virology

#14 in Egypt

#1076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

56. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Virology

#1084 in the World

Founded: 1992

57. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Virology

#1093 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

58. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Virology

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

59. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Virology

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

60. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Virology

#13 in South Africa

#1143 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

61. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Virology

#1192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

62. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Virology

#2 in Kenya

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

63. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Virology

#14 in South Africa

#1222 in the World

Founded: 1916

64. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Virology

#3 in Kenya

#1224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

65. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Virology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1246 in the World

Founded: 1974

66. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Virology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1261 in the World

Founded: 1964

67. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Virology

#1270 in the World

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

68. University of Jos

For Virology

#10 in Nigeria

#1272 in the World

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

69. University of Sadat City

For Virology

#15 in Egypt

#1279 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

70. Bayero University Kano

For Virology

#11 in Nigeria

#1322 in the World

Founded: 1975

71. University of Sfax

For Virology

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

72. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Virology

#1 in Libya

#1344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

73. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Virology

#1353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

74. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Virology

#1 in Mozambique

#1373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

75. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Virology

#12 in Nigeria

#1376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

76. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Virology

#13 in Nigeria

#1385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

77. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Virology

#1387 in the World

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

78. Helwan University

For Virology

#16 in Egypt

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

79. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Virology

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

80. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Virology

#17 in Egypt

#1436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

81. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Virology

#15 in South Africa

#1455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

82. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Virology

#1457 in the World

Founded: 1993

83. South Valley University - Qena

For Virology

#18 in Egypt

#1460 in the World

Founded: 1995

84. University of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone | Freetown

For Virology

#1 in Sierra Leone

#1463 in the World

Founded: 2005

85. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Virology

#1468 in the World

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

86. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Virology

#4 in Kenya

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

87. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Virology

#14 in Nigeria

#1475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

88. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Virology

#3 in Ghana

#1477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

89. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Virology

#1505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

90. Fayoum University

For Virology

#19 in Egypt

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

91. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Virology

#1525 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

92. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Virology

#1531 in the World

Founded: 1977

93. Lagos State University

For Virology

#15 in Nigeria

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

94. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Virology

#16 in Nigeria

#1594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

95. University of Lome

For Virology

#1 in Togo

#1606 in the World

Founded: 1970

96. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Virology

#20 in Egypt

#1692 in the World

Founded: 2010

97. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Virology

#1707 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

98. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Virology

#1 in Madagascar

#1709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

99. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Virology

#16 in South Africa

#1731 in the World

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

100. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Virology

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991