Best Universities for Advertising 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 Advertising. A graph of 211K citations received by 23.8K academic papers made by 111 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 Advertising

#1 in South Africa

#266 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Advertising

#2 in South Africa

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Advertising

#3 in South Africa

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Advertising

#4 in South Africa

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

5. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Advertising

#5 in South Africa

#458 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

6. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Advertising

#6 in South Africa

#473 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

7. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Advertising

#7 in South Africa

#543 in the World

Founded: 1918

8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Advertising

#8 in South Africa

#619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

9. Cairo University

For Advertising

#1 in Egypt

#727 in the World

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

10. University of Ghana

For Advertising

#1 in Ghana

#921 in the World

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

11. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Advertising

#9 in South Africa

#967 in the World

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

12. Helwan University

For Advertising

#2 in Egypt

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

13. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Advertising

#10 in South Africa

#1034 in the World

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

14. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Advertising

#3 in Egypt

#1052 in the World

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

15. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Advertising

#1066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

16. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Advertising

#11 in South Africa

#1074 in the World

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

17. Ain Shams University

For Advertising

#4 in Egypt

#1079 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

18. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Advertising

#1097 in the World

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

19. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Advertising

#5 in Egypt

#1243 in the World

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

20. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Advertising

#12 in South Africa

#1285 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

21. Covenant University

For Advertising

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

22. Tanta University

For Advertising

#6 in Egypt

#1353 in the World

Founded: 1972

23. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Advertising

#1362 in the World

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

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Advertising

#1370 in the World

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

25. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Advertising

#7 in Egypt

#1392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

26. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Advertising

#13 in South Africa

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

27. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Advertising

#2 in Ghana

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

28. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Advertising

#14 in South Africa

#1511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

29. Vaal University of Technology

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South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Advertising

#15 in South Africa

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

30. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Advertising

#8 in Egypt

#1569 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

31. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Advertising

#1 in Botswana

#1621 in the World

Founded: 1964

32. Assiut University

For Advertising

#9 in Egypt

#1625 in the World

Founded: 1957

33. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Advertising

#16 in South Africa

#1631 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

34. University of Sfax

For Advertising

#1632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

35. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Advertising

#17 in South Africa

#1653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

36. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Advertising

#1672 in the World

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

37. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Advertising

#1 in Uganda

#1675 in the World

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

38. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Advertising

#10 in Egypt

#1705 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

39. Benha University

For Advertising

#11 in Egypt

#1721 in the World

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

40. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Advertising

#1729 in the World

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

41. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Advertising

#1767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

42. Fayoum University

For Advertising

#12 in Egypt

#1813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

43. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Advertising

#1 in Kenya

#1843 in the World

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

44. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Advertising

#3 in Ghana

#1849 in the World

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

45. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Advertising

#1887 in the World

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

46. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Advertising

#1890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

47. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Advertising

#1 in Mauritius

#1928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

48. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Advertising

#1963 in the World

49. Minia University

For Advertising

#13 in Egypt

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

50. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Advertising

#2007 in the World

51. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Advertising

#14 in Egypt

#2021 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

52. Al-Azhar University

For Advertising

#15 in Egypt

#2022 in the World

Founded: 1961

53. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Advertising

#2062 in the World

Founded: 1992

54. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Advertising

#10 in Nigeria

#2111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

55. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Advertising

#4 in Ghana

#2112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

56. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Advertising

#2 in Kenya

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

57. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Advertising

#11 in Nigeria

#2161 in the World

Founded: 2002

58. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Advertising

#2166 in the World

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

59. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Advertising

#2195 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

60. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Advertising

#2198 in the World

Founded: 1950

61. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Advertising

#5 in Ghana

#2236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

62. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Advertising

#2239 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

63. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Advertising

#12 in Nigeria

#2247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 2000

64. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Advertising

#13 in Nigeria

#2248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

65. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Advertising

#14 in Nigeria

#2255 in the World

Founded: 2000

66. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Advertising

#16 in Egypt

#2313 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

67. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Advertising

#3 in Kenya

#2333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

68. University of Uyo

For Advertising

#15 in Nigeria

#2337 in the World

Founded: 1991

69. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Advertising

#4 in Kenya

#2380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

70. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Advertising

#16 in Nigeria

#2382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

71. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Advertising

#1 in Zambia

#2402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

72. University of Sadat City

For Advertising

#17 in Egypt

#2403 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

73. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Advertising

#17 in Nigeria

#2434 in the World

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

74. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Advertising

#2447 in the World

75. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Advertising

#1 in Tanzania

#2456 in the World

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

76. University of Zululand

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South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Advertising

#18 in South Africa

#2509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

77. Lagos State University

For Advertising

#18 in Nigeria

#2511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

78. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Advertising

#19 in South Africa

#2534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

79. Bayero University Kano

For Advertising

#19 in Nigeria

#2554 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

80. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Advertising

#2565 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

81. Modern Sciences and Arts University

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Advertising

#18 in Egypt

#2566 in the World

Founded: 1996

82. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Advertising

#20 in Nigeria

#2576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

83. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Advertising

#21 in Nigeria

#2579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

84. Midlands State University

Zimbabwe | Gweru

For Advertising

#2589 in the World

Enrollment: 22,000
Founded: 2000

85. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Advertising

#22 in Nigeria

#2599 in the World

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

86. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Advertising

#19 in Egypt

#2613 in the World

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

87. Walter Sisulu University

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South Africa | Mthatha

For Advertising

#20 in South Africa

#2629 in the World

Founded: 2005

88. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Advertising

#23 in Nigeria

#2635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 130,000
Founded: 1999

89. University for Development Studies

For Advertising

#6 in Ghana

#2656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

90. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Advertising

#1 in Sudan

#2664 in the World

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

91. University of Venda

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South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Advertising

#21 in South Africa

#2666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

92. Imo State University

Nigeria | Owerri

For Advertising

#24 in Nigeria

#2673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

93. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Advertising

#25 in Nigeria

#2710 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

94. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Advertising

#26 in Nigeria

#2711 in the World

Founded: 1981

95. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Advertising

#27 in Nigeria

#2714 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

96. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Advertising

#2758 in the World

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

97. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Advertising

#20 in Egypt

#2809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

98. Central University of Technology

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Advertising

#22 in South Africa

#2818 in the World

Founded: 1981

99. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Advertising

#28 in Nigeria

#2833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

100. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Advertising

#2873 in the World