Africa's 87 best Project Management universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Project Management. A graph of 222K citations received by 20K academic papers made by 87 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

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Project Management

#2 in South Africa

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Project Management

#3 in South Africa

#344 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Project Management

#4 in South Africa

#347 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Project Management

#5 in South Africa

#400 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Project Management

#6 in South Africa

#457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Project Management

#7 in South Africa

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

8. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Project Management

#1 in Egypt

#547 in the World

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

9. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Project Management

#1 in Morocco

#700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

10. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Project Management

#1 in Kenya

#750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

11. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Project Management

#8 in South Africa

#781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

12. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Project Management

#9 in South Africa

#856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

13. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Project Management

#2 in Morocco

#891 in the World

14. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Project Management

#1 in Ghana

#894 in the World

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

15. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Project Management

#2 in Kenya

#923 in the World

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

16. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Project Management

#3 in Morocco

#935 in the World

17. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Project Management

#2 in Egypt

#954 in the World

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

18. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Project Management

#3 in Egypt

#957 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

19. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Project Management

#4 in Egypt

#968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

20. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Project Management

#10 in South Africa

#971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

21. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Project Management

#5 in Egypt

#974 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

22. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Project Management

#4 in Morocco

#984 in the World

23. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Project Management

#6 in Egypt

#1004 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

24. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Project Management

#1 in Namibia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

25. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Project Management

#1 in Nigeria

#1024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

26. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Project Management

#11 in South Africa

#1026 in the World

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

27. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Project Management

#1 in Tunisia

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

28. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Project Management

#1 in Uganda

#1032 in the World

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

29. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Project Management

#5 in Morocco

#1035 in the World

30. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Project Management

#7 in Egypt

#1047 in the World

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

31. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Project Management

#1 in Ethiopia

#1054 in the World

Founded: 1950

32. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Project Management

#12 in South Africa

#1121 in the World

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

33. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Project Management

#2 in Ghana

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

34. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Project Management

#1 in Mozambique

#1223 in the World

Founded: 1985

35. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Project Management

#13 in South Africa

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

36. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Project Management

#2 in Nigeria

#1267 in the World

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

37. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Project Management

#8 in Egypt

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

38. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Project Management

#14 in South Africa

#1357 in the World

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

39. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Project Management

#2 in Tunisia

#1363 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

40. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Project Management

#1 in Botswana

#1381 in the World

Founded: 1964

41. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Project Management

#3 in Nigeria

#1423 in the World

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

42. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Project Management

#3 in Kenya

#1424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

43. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Project Management

#6 in Morocco

#1425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

44. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Project Management

#4 in Nigeria

#1442 in the World

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

45. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Project Management

#5 in Nigeria

#1485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

46. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Project Management

#1 in Zambia

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

47. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Project Management

#1 in Mauritius

#1529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

48. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Project Management

#9 in Egypt

#1533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

49. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Project Management

#15 in South Africa

#1544 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

50. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Project Management

#3 in Tunisia

#1616 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

51. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Project Management

#10 in Egypt

#1641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 12,178
Founded: 2005

52. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Project Management

#16 in South Africa

#1712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

53. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

Ghana | Accra

For Project Management

#3 in Ghana

#1741 in the World

Founded: 1961

54. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Project Management

#6 in Nigeria

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

55. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Project Management

#11 in Egypt

#1782 in the World

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

56. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Project Management

#7 in Nigeria

#1798 in the World

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

57. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Project Management

#1 in Tanzania

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

58. Central University of Technology

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Project Management

#17 in South Africa

#1828 in the World

Founded: 1981

59. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Project Management

#8 in Nigeria

#1839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

60. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Project Management

#9 in Nigeria

#1896 in the World

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

61. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Project Management

#1 in Malawi

#1940 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

62. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Project Management

#10 in Nigeria

#1993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

63. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Project Management

#11 in Nigeria

#2011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

64. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Project Management

#12 in Nigeria

#2049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

65. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Project Management

#1 in Algeria

#2052 in the World

66. Mount Kenya University

Kenya | Thika

For Project Management

#4 in Kenya

#2066 in the World

Founded: 2008

67. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Project Management

#4 in Tunisia

#2076 in the World

68. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Project Management

#13 in Nigeria

#2088 in the World

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

69. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Project Management

#14 in Nigeria

#2090 in the World

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

70. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Project Management

#12 in Egypt

#2099 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

71. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Project Management

#5 in Tunisia

#2121 in the World

72. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Project Management

#15 in Nigeria

#2122 in the World

Founded: 1991

73. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Project Management

#18 in South Africa

#2147 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

74. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Project Management

#4 in Ghana

#2153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

75. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Project Management

#1 in Zimbabwe

#2156 in the World

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

76. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Project Management

#5 in Kenya

#2159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

77. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Project Management

#2 in Zimbabwe

#2162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991

78. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Project Management

#2 in Algeria

#2193 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

79. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Project Management

#6 in Tunisia

#2217 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

80. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Project Management

#19 in South Africa

#2238 in the World

Founded: 2005

81. Kumasi Technical University

Ghana | Kumasi

For Project Management

#5 in Ghana

#2241 in the World

Founded: 1954

82. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Project Management

#16 in Nigeria

#2253 in the World

Founded: 2002

83. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Project Management

#3 in Algeria

#2265 in the World

84. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Project Management

#17 in Nigeria

#2288 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

85. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Project Management

#18 in Nigeria

#2292 in the World

Founded: 1988

86. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Project Management

#2 in Ethiopia

#2315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

87. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Project Management

#3 in Ethiopia

#2317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

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