Africa's best Management Information Systems (MIS) universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Management Information Systems. A graph of 228K citations received by 30.1K academic papers made by 121 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 South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management Information Systems

#1 in South Africa

#175 in the World

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

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management Information Systems

#2 in South Africa

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Management Information Systems

#3 in South Africa

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

4. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Management Information Systems

#4 in South Africa

#302 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Management Information Systems

#5 in South Africa

#463 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Management Information Systems

#6 in South Africa

#532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Management Information Systems

#7 in South Africa

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

8. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Management Information Systems

#8 in South Africa

#615 in the World

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

9. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Ghana

#794 in the World

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

10. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Botswana

#800 in the World

Founded: 1964

11. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Uganda

#828 in the World

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

12. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Morocco

#857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

13. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Management Information Systems

#9 in South Africa

#870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

14. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Egypt

#888 in the World

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

15. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Egypt

#901 in the World

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

16. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Namibia

#934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

17. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Management Information Systems

#10 in South Africa

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

18. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Tunisia

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

19. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management Information Systems

#11 in South Africa

#996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

20. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Management Information Systems

#12 in South Africa

#1089 in the World

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

21. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Egypt

#1150 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

22. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Management Information Systems

#13 in South Africa

#1162 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

23. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Kenya

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

24. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Ghana

#1195 in the World

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

25. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Kenya

#1198 in the World

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

26. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Nigeria

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

27. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Nigeria

#1224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

28. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Management Information Systems

#14 in South Africa

#1314 in the World

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

29. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Management Information Systems

#4 in Egypt

#1329 in the World

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

30. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Tunisia

#1347 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

31. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Nigeria

#1388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

32. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Tanzania

#1399 in the World

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

33. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Morocco

#1406 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

34. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Tunisia

#1409 in the World

35. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Management Information Systems

#15 in South Africa

#1419 in the World

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

36. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Management Information Systems

#5 in Egypt

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

37. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Management Information Systems

#4 in Nigeria

#1433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

38. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Ethiopia

#1445 in the World

Founded: 1950

39. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Morocco

#1467 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

40. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Management Information Systems

#6 in Egypt

#1484 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

41. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Management Information Systems

#7 in Egypt

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

42. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Management Information Systems

#5 in Nigeria

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

43. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Management Information Systems

#4 in Tunisia

#1511 in the World

44. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Management Information Systems

#8 in Egypt

#1512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

45. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Mauritius

#1527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

46. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Kenya

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

47. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Management Information Systems

#9 in Egypt

#1615 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

48. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Management Information Systems

#6 in Nigeria

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

49. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Management Information Systems

#4 in Morocco

#1652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

50. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management Information Systems

#5 in Tunisia

#1705 in the World

51. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Management Information Systems

#16 in South Africa

#1724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

52. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Ghana

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

53. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management Information Systems

#4 in Kenya

#1782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

54. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Management Information Systems

#17 in South Africa

#1789 in the World

Founded: 1916

55. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Management Information Systems

#7 in Nigeria

#1825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

56. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Management Information Systems

#8 in Nigeria

#1845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

57. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Zambia

#1871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

58. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Management Information Systems

#9 in Nigeria

#1904 in the World

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

59. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Management Information Systems

#5 in Morocco

#1956 in the World

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

60. Al Akhawayn University

Morocco | Ifrane

For Management Information Systems

#6 in Morocco

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

61. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

Ghana | Accra

For Management Information Systems

#4 in Ghana

#2000 in the World

Founded: 1961

62. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Management Information Systems

#18 in South Africa

#2001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

63. Central University of Technology

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Management Information Systems

#19 in South Africa

#2014 in the World

Founded: 1981

64. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Algeria

#2030 in the World

65. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Management Information Systems

#10 in Nigeria

#2060 in the World

Founded: 1992

66. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Management Information Systems

#7 in Morocco

#2114 in the World

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

67. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Zimbabwe

#2116 in the World

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

68. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Management Information Systems

#11 in Nigeria

#2122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

69. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Management Information Systems

#10 in Egypt

#2174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 9,228
Founded: 2005

70. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Management Information Systems

#11 in Egypt

#2195 in the World

Founded: 1972

71. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Namibia

#2209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

72. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Management Information Systems

#12 in Nigeria

#2225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

73. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Algeria

#2268 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

74. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Management Information Systems

#12 in Egypt

#2269 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

75. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Management Information Systems

#13 in Nigeria

#2301 in the World

Founded: 2002

76. University of Sadat City

Egypt | Sadat

For Management Information Systems

#13 in Egypt

#2329 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

77. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management Information Systems

#6 in Tunisia

#2367 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

78. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Algeria

#2440 in the World

79. University of Oran 1

Algeria | Oran

For Management Information Systems

#4 in Algeria

#2452 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

80. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Management Information Systems

#20 in South Africa

#2463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

81. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Management Information Systems

#14 in Nigeria

#2510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

82. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Management Information Systems

#15 in Nigeria

#2551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

83. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Tanzania

#2554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

84. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Malawi

#2557 in the World

Founded: 1964

85. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Management Information Systems

#5 in Ghana

#2590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

86. University of Professional Studies, Accra

Ghana | Accra

For Management Information Systems

#6 in Ghana

#2591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

87. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Mozambique

#2603 in the World

Founded: 1985

88. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Management Information Systems

#21 in South Africa

#2620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

89. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Sudan

#2649 in the World

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

90. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Management Information Systems

#16 in Nigeria

#2653 in the World

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

91. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Management Information Systems

#17 in Nigeria

#2659 in the World

Founded: 1991

92. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Management Information Systems

#14 in Egypt

#2688 in the World

Founded: 1957

93. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Management Information Systems

#18 in Nigeria

#2693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

94. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Zimbabwe

#2696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991

95. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Management Information Systems

#19 in Nigeria

#2698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

96. Mzumbe University

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Management Information Systems

#3 in Tanzania

#2720 in the World

Founded: 2003

97. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Management Information Systems

#2 in Ethiopia

#2731 in the World

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

98. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Management Information Systems

#1 in Senegal

#2736 in the World

Founded: 1918

99. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Management Information Systems

#20 in Nigeria

#2737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

100. American University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Yola

For Management Information Systems

#21 in Nigeria

#2760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2004

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