Best Universities for Project Management 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 Project Management. A graph of 197K citations received by 19.2K academic papers made by 83 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 Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Project Management

#1 in South Africa

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Project Management

#2 in South Africa

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Project Management

#3 in South Africa

#343 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Project Management

#4 in South Africa

#345 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Project Management

#5 in South Africa

#408 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Project Management

#6 in South Africa

#460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Project Management

#7 in South Africa

#498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

8. Cairo University

For Project Management

#1 in Egypt

#548 in the World

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

9. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Project Management

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

10. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Project Management

#1 in Kenya

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

11. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Project Management

#8 in South Africa

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

12. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Project Management

#9 in South Africa

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

13. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Project Management

#2 in Kenya

#915 in the World

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

14. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Project Management

#921 in the World

15. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Project Management

#1 in Ghana

#941 in the World

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

16. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Project Management

#2 in Egypt

#950 in the World

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

17. Ain Shams University

For Project Management

#3 in Egypt

#956 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

18. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Project Management

#963 in the World

19. Helwan University

For Project Management

#4 in Egypt

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

20. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Project Management

#5 in Egypt

#976 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

21. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Project Management

#10 in South Africa

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

22. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Project Management

#6 in Egypt

#1000 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

23. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Project Management

#11 in South Africa

#1008 in the World

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

24. University of Sfax

For Project Management

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

25. Covenant University

For Project Management

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

26. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Project Management

#1 in Namibia

#1023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

27. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Project Management

#1 in Uganda

#1025 in the World

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

28. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Project Management

#7 in Egypt

#1036 in the World

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

29. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Project Management

#1058 in the World

Founded: 1950

30. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Project Management

#1060 in the World

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

31. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Project Management

#1096 in the World

32. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Project Management

#12 in South Africa

#1101 in the World

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

33. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Project Management

#1 in Mozambique

#1191 in the World

Founded: 1985

34. University of Ghana

For Project Management

#2 in Ghana

#1232 in the World

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

35. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Project Management

#1242 in the World

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

36. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Project Management

#13 in South Africa

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

37. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Project Management

#8 in Egypt

#1323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

38. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Project Management

#14 in South Africa

#1348 in the World

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

39. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Project Management

#1 in Botswana

#1349 in the World

Founded: 1964

40. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Project Management

#1361 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

41. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Project Management

#1424 in the World

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

42. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Project Management

#1456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

43. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Project Management

#3 in Kenya

#1457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

44. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Project Management

#1474 in the World

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

45. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Project Management

#1 in Zambia

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

46. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Project Management

#1 in Mauritius

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

47. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Project Management

#15 in South Africa

#1509 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

48. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Project Management

#1515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

49. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Project Management

#9 in Egypt

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

50. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Project Management

#1613 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

51. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Project Management

#16 in South Africa

#1717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

52. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Project Management

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

53. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Project Management

#3 in Ghana

#1742 in the World

Founded: 1961

54. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Project Management

#10 in Egypt

#1756 in the World

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

55. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Project Management

#1781 in the World

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

56. Benha University

For Project Management

#11 in Egypt

#1807 in the World

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

57. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Project Management

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

58. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Project Management

#1 in Tanzania

#1860 in the World

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

59. Central University of Technology

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Project Management

#17 in South Africa

#1869 in the World

Founded: 1981

60. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Project Management

#1923 in the World

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

61. University of Malawi

For Project Management

#1 in Malawi

#1940 in the World

Founded: 1964

62. Lagos State University

For Project Management

#10 in Nigeria

#1980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

63. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Project Management

#11 in Nigeria

#1998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

64. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Project Management

#12 in Nigeria

#2004 in the World

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

65. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Project Management

#2055 in the World

66. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Project Management

#13 in Nigeria

#2060 in the World

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

67. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Project Management

#2062 in the World

68. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Project Management

#14 in Nigeria

#2068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,181
Founded: 1982

69. Mount Kenya University

For Project Management

#4 in Kenya

#2076 in the World

Founded: 2008

70. University of Uyo

For Project Management

#15 in Nigeria

#2089 in the World

Founded: 1991

71. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Project Management

#2105 in the World

72. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Project Management

#18 in South Africa

#2109 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

73. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Project Management

#2126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991

74. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Project Management

#2129 in the World

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

75. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Project Management

#2132 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

76. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Project Management

#5 in Kenya

#2141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

77. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Project Management

#4 in Ghana

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

78. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Project Management

#2203 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

79. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Project Management

#2210 in the World

80. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Project Management

#16 in Nigeria

#2234 in the World

Founded: 2002

81. Kumasi Technical University

For Project Management

#5 in Ghana

#2237 in the World

Founded: 1954

82. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Project Management

#17 in Nigeria

#2247 in the World

Founded: 1988

83. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Project Management

#2280 in the World

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