Best Universities for Zoology 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 Zoology. A graph of 1.12M citations received by 74K academic papers made by 178 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 Zoology

#1 in South Africa

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Zoology

#2 in South Africa

#91 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Zoology

#3 in South Africa

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Zoology

#4 in South Africa

#145 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Zoology

#5 in South Africa

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Zoology

#6 in South Africa

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

7. Cairo University

For Zoology

#1 in Egypt

#273 in the World

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

8. Ain Shams University

For Zoology

#2 in Egypt

#379 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Zoology

#3 in Egypt

#447 in the World

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

10. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Zoology

#479 in the World

Founded: 1950

11. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Zoology

#7 in South Africa

#482 in the World

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

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Zoology

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Zoology

#8 in South Africa

#555 in the World

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

14. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Zoology

#9 in South Africa

#560 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

15. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Zoology

#10 in South Africa

#602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

16. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Zoology

#4 in Egypt

#617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

17. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Zoology

#1 in Kenya

#638 in the World

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

18. University of Ghana

For Zoology

#1 in Ghana

#647 in the World

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

19. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Zoology

#1 in Uganda

#675 in the World

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

20. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Zoology

#5 in Egypt

#724 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

21. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Zoology

#1 in Sudan

#735 in the World

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

22. Al-Azhar University

For Zoology

#6 in Egypt

#741 in the World

Founded: 1961

23. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Zoology

#755 in the World

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

24. Assiut University

For Zoology

#7 in Egypt

#770 in the World

Founded: 1957

25. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Zoology

#8 in Egypt

#865 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

26. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Zoology

#884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

27. Tanta University

For Zoology

#9 in Egypt

#889 in the World

Founded: 1972

28. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Zoology

#11 in South Africa

#903 in the World

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

29. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Zoology

#1 in Madagascar

#912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

30. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Zoology

#914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

31. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Zoology

#955 in the World

Founded: 1918

32. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Zoology

#965 in the World

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

33. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Zoology

#1 in Zambia

#972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

34. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Zoology

#987 in the World

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

35. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Zoology

#1032 in the World

Founded: 1992

36. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Zoology

#1037 in the World

37. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Zoology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1080 in the World

Founded: 1964

38. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Zoology

#1088 in the World

39. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Zoology

#12 in South Africa

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

40. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Zoology

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

41. University of Sfax

For Zoology

#1124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

42. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Zoology

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

43. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Zoology

#1131 in the World

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

44. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Zoology

#10 in Egypt

#1159 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

45. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Zoology

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

46. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Zoology

#2 in Ghana

#1258 in the World

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

47. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Zoology

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

48. Benha University

For Zoology

#11 in Egypt

#1277 in the World

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

49. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Zoology

#13 in South Africa

#1295 in the World

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

50. South Valley University - Qena

For Zoology

#12 in Egypt

#1312 in the World

Founded: 1995

51. Minia University

For Zoology

#13 in Egypt

#1314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

52. University of Malawi

For Zoology

#1 in Malawi

#1356 in the World

Founded: 1964

53. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Zoology

#14 in Egypt

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

54. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Zoology

#1379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

55. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Zoology

#1 in Mali

#1380 in the World

Founded: 2011

56. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Zoology

#1407 in the World

57. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Zoology

#1 in Benin

#1429 in the World

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

58. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Zoology

#1449 in the World

Founded: 1993

59. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Zoology

#1452 in the World

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

60. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Zoology

#1463 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

61. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Zoology

#2 in Kenya

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

62. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Zoology

#1494 in the World

63. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Zoology

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

64. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Zoology

#1536 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

65. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Zoology

#14 in South Africa

#1539 in the World

Founded: 1916

66. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Zoology

#3 in Kenya

#1541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

67. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Zoology

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

68. University of Jos

For Zoology

#1583 in the World

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

69. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Zoology

#1608 in the World

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

70. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Zoology

#10 in Nigeria

#1630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

71. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Zoology

#1631 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

72. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Zoology

#15 in Egypt

#1671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

73. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Zoology

#16 in Egypt

#1704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

74. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Zoology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1714 in the World

Founded: 1954

75. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Zoology

#15 in South Africa

#1716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

76. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Zoology

#11 in Nigeria

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

77. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Zoology

#12 in Nigeria

#1743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

78. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Zoology

#1761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

79. University of Lome

For Zoology

#1 in Togo

#1785 in the World

Founded: 1970

80. Helwan University

For Zoology

#17 in Egypt

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

81. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Zoology

#13 in Nigeria

#1800 in the World

Founded: 1975

82. Nangui Abrogoua University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Zoology

#2 in Ivory Coast

#1811 in the World

Founded: 1995

83. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Zoology

#16 in South Africa

#1813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

84. Fayoum University

For Zoology

#18 in Egypt

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

85. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Zoology

#1829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

86. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Zoology

#1849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

87. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Zoology

#1 in Mozambique

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

88. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Zoology

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

89. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Zoology

#1937 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

90. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Zoology

#1 in Libya

#1993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

91. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Zoology

#1996 in the World

Founded: 1964

92. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Zoology

#19 in Egypt

#2018 in the World

Founded: 2010

93. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Zoology

#20 in Egypt

#2024 in the World

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

94. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Zoology

#14 in Nigeria

#2036 in the World

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

95. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Zoology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#2040 in the World

Founded: 1974

96. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Zoology

#2041 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

97. University of Gezira

Sudan | Wad Medani

For Zoology

#2 in Sudan

#2044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1975

98. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Zoology

#1 in Mauritius

#2060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

99. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Zoology

#3 in Ghana

#2064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

100. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Zoology

#17 in South Africa

#2071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960