Africa's best Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation. A graph of 946K citations received by 63.7K academic papers made by 175 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 Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in South Africa

#115 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in South Africa

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

3. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in South Africa

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#4 in South Africa

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#5 in South Africa

#349 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Egypt

#382 in the World

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

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Egypt

#427 in the World

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

8. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#6 in South Africa

#478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

9. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Egypt

#544 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

10. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#7 in South Africa

#640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Nigeria

#656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

12. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#4 in Egypt

#657 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

13. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#5 in Egypt

#676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

14. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#6 in Egypt

#686 in the World

Founded: 1957

15. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#7 in Egypt

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

16. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#8 in Egypt

#723 in the World

Founded: 1961

17. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Tanzania

#754 in the World

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

18. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#8 in South Africa

#800 in the World

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

19. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#9 in Egypt

#801 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

20. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Tunisia

#802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

21. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#9 in South Africa

#805 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

22. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Uganda

#842 in the World

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

23. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#10 in Egypt

#903 in the World

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

24. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Kenya

#908 in the World

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

25. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Zimbabwe

#920 in the World

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

26. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Nigeria

#923 in the World

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

27. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Ethiopia

#953 in the World

Founded: 1950

28. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#10 in South Africa

#955 in the World

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

29. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Ghana

#1023 in the World

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

30. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#11 in South Africa

#1030 in the World

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

31. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#11 in Egypt

#1054 in the World

Founded: 1972

32. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Nigeria

#1078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

33. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#4 in Nigeria

#1082 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

34. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Tunisia

#1094 in the World

35. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Tunisia

#1121 in the World

36. South Valley University - Qena

Egypt | Qena

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#12 in Egypt

#1171 in the World

Founded: 1995

37. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#5 in Nigeria

#1207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

38. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#6 in Nigeria

#1218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

39. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Tanzania

#1220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

40. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#7 in Nigeria

#1229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

41. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#4 in Tunisia

#1235 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

42. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Algeria

#1247 in the World

43. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#8 in Nigeria

#1250 in the World

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

44. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Senegal

#1257 in the World

Founded: 1918

45. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#9 in Nigeria

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

46. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#10 in Nigeria

#1270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

47. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Ghana

#1272 in the World

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

48. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#13 in Egypt

#1278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

49. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#11 in Nigeria

#1320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

50. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Kenya

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

51. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#14 in Egypt

#1344 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

52. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#12 in South Africa

#1356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

53. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#12 in Nigeria

#1369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

54. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#13 in South Africa

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

55. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Morocco

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

56. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Mauritius

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

57. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Madagascar

#1450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

58. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Ghana

#1490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

59. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Sudan

#1494 in the World

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

60. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#15 in Egypt

#1509 in the World

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

61. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#16 in Egypt

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

62. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Botswana

#1542 in the World

Founded: 1964

63. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#5 in Tunisia

#1557 in the World

64. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Morocco

#1570 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

65. Egerton University

Kenya | Njoro

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Kenya

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

66. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Mozambique

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

67. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#13 in Nigeria

#1621 in the World

Founded: 1991

68. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Morocco

#1625 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

69. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#14 in South Africa

#1642 in the World

Founded: 1916

70. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#15 in South Africa

#1645 in the World

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

71. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#17 in Egypt

#1671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

72. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#4 in Kenya

#1690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

73. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#14 in Nigeria

#1698 in the World

Founded: 1988

74. University of Jos

Nigeria | Jos

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#15 in Nigeria

#1712 in the World

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

75. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#16 in Nigeria

#1722 in the World

Founded: 1975

76. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#17 in Nigeria

#1725 in the World

Founded: 1992

77. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1732 in the World

Founded: 1964

78. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Algeria

#1745 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

79. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#16 in South Africa

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

80. Aswan University

Egypt | Aswan

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#18 in Egypt

#1797 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

81. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Namibia

#1811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

82. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#17 in South Africa

#1829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

83. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Zambia

#1833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

84. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Cameroon

#1847 in the World

Founded: 1993

85. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Ethiopia

#1903 in the World

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

86. Fayoum University

Egypt | Faiyum

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#19 in Egypt

#1910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

87. Nangui Abrogoua University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Ivory Coast

#1916 in the World

Founded: 1995

88. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#4 in Morocco

#1928 in the World

Enrollment: 22,270
Male:Female: 52:48

89. Suez University

Egypt | Suez

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#20 in Egypt

#1939 in the World

Founded: 2012

90. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#21 in Egypt

#1950 in the World

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

91. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Ethiopia

#1969 in the World

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

92. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#22 in Egypt

#1982 in the World

Founded: 2010

93. University for Development Studies

Ghana | Tamale

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#4 in Ghana

#1990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

94. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#23 in Egypt

#2018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

95. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#1 in Malawi

#2027 in the World

Founded: 1964

96. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#18 in Nigeria

#2033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

97. University of Oran 1

Algeria | Oran

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#3 in Algeria

#2043 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

98. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#18 in South Africa

#2053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

99. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#2 in Cameroon

#2054 in the World

Founded: 1977

100. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#19 in Nigeria

#2055 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

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