Best Universities for Nutrition and Food Science in Africa

Below is the list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Nutrition and Food Science. A graph of 287K citations received by 16.3K academic papers made by 96 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 Stellenbosch

For Nutrition and Food Science

#65 in the World
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
1918

2. University of Ibadan

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Nigeria
#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1948

3. University of Pretoria

For Nutrition and Food Science

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
56,483
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1908

4. Cairo University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Egypt
#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

5. Alexandria University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Egypt
#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Enrollment
150,642
Founded
1942

6. Zagazig University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Egypt
#260 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

7. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Nigeria
#276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

8. University of Sfax

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Tunisia
#306 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Enrollment
42,500

9. Ain Shams University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Egypt
#330 in the World
Enrollment
17,500
Founded
1950

10. University of the Free State

For Nutrition and Food Science

#362 in the World
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

11. University of Nigeria

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Nigeria
#370 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
1960

12. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Nigeria
#402 in the World
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
1962

13. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Nutrition and Food Science

#420 in the World
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
2004

14. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Nigeria
#493 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1988

15. Assiut University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Egypt
#508 in the World
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1957

16. University of Ghana

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Ghana
#511 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1948

17. Mansoura University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#6 in Egypt
#513 in the World
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1972

18. University of the Witwatersrand

For Nutrition and Food Science

#518 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,500
Founded
1922

19. University of Port Harcourt

For Nutrition and Food Science

#6 in Nigeria
#541 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Enrollment
37,500
Founded
1975

20. University of Fort Hare

For Nutrition and Food Science

#569 in the World
Enrollment
9,500
Founded
1916

21. University of Khartoum

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Sudan
#593 in the World
Enrollment
41,030
Founded
1956

22. University of Ilorin

For Nutrition and Food Science

#7 in Nigeria
#601 in the World
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1975

23. Addis Ababa University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Ethiopia
#666 in the World
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1950

24. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

For Nutrition and Food Science

#8 in Nigeria
#689 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,500
Founded
1982

25. Al-Azhar University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#7 in Egypt
#692 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1961

26. University of Benin

For Nutrition and Food Science

#9 in Nigeria
#698 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
1970

27. University of Zimbabwe

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Zimbabwe
#708 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
18,040
Founded
1955

28. Tanta University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#8 in Egypt
#716 in the World
Founded
1972

29. Ahmadu Bello University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#10 in Nigeria
#718 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

30. University of Uyo

For Nutrition and Food Science

#11 in Nigeria
#721 in the World
Founded
1991

31. Rivers State University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#12 in Nigeria
#731 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1980

32. Tshwane University of Technology

For Nutrition and Food Science

#754 in the World
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
2003

33. University of Monastir

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Tunisia
#756 in the World
Enrollment
27,500

34. Suez Canal University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#9 in Egypt
#767 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

35. University of Cape Town

For Nutrition and Food Science

#771 in the World
Enrollment
22,500
Founded
1874

36. University of Lagos

For Nutrition and Food Science

#13 in Nigeria
#782 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1962

37. Benha University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#10 in Egypt
#800 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

38. University of Nairobi

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Kenya
#805 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1970

39. Makerere University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Uganda
#825 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

40. Fayoum University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#11 in Egypt
#831 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
2005

41. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Nutrition and Food Science

#14 in Nigeria
#838 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
22,500
Founded
1990

42. Durban University of Technology

For Nutrition and Food Science

#844 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
22,500
Founded
2002

43. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Nutrition and Food Science

#845 in the World
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
2005

44. Kafrelsheikh University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#12 in Egypt
#849 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
2006

45. Minia University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#13 in Egypt
#850 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1976

46. North-West University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#857 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
2004

47. University of Abomey-Calavi

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Benin
#867 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
86,694
Male:Female
73:27
Founded
1970

48. University of Bejaia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Algeria
#894 in the World
Enrollment
45,000

49. University of Carthage

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Tunisia
#909 in the World
Enrollment
50,314

50. University of Mauritius

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Mauritius
#910 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1965

51. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#15 in Nigeria
#913 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1991

52. University of Ngaoundere

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Cameroon
#916 in the World
Enrollment
17,000
Founded
1982

53. University of Calabar

For Nutrition and Food Science

#16 in Nigeria
#951 in the World
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
1975

54. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Ghana
#955 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
1951

55. Tunis University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Tunisia
#959 in the World
Enrollment
27,500

56. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#17 in Nigeria
#1018 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1982

57. University of Johannesburg

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1022 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

58. Menoufia University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#14 in Egypt
#1028 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

59. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Kenya
#1032 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Enrollment
22,500
Founded
1994

60. University of Venda

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1041 in the World
Enrollment
9,500
Founded
1982

61. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

For Nutrition and Food Science

#18 in Nigeria
#1067 in the World
Founded
1988

62. South Valley University - Qena

For Nutrition and Food Science

#15 in Egypt
#1076 in the World
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
1995

63. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Nutrition and Food Science

#19 in Nigeria
#1077 in the World
Founded
1980

64. Egerton University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Kenya
#1089 in the World
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1987

65. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Nutrition and Food Science

#20 in Nigeria
#1100 in the World
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1992

66. Beni-Suef University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#16 in Egypt
#1146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
2005

67. Sokoine University of Agriculture

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Tanzania
#1197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
5,500
Founded
1984

68. University of Maiduguri

For Nutrition and Food Science

#21 in Nigeria
#1227 in the World
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
1975

69. Nangui Abrogoua University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Ivory Coast
#1237 in the World
Enrollment
4,500
Founded
1995

70. Helwan University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#17 in Egypt
#1267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1975

71. Damanhour University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#18 in Egypt
#1269 in the World
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
2010

72. University of Dschang

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Cameroon
#1300 in the World
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1993

73. University of Dar es Salaam

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Tanzania
#1311 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

74. Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Nutrition and Food Science

#22 in Nigeria
#1315 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
17,500
Founded
1982

75. Lagos State University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#23 in Nigeria
#1324 in the World
Enrollment
17,500
Founded
1983

76. University of Jos

For Nutrition and Food Science

#24 in Nigeria
#1341 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Enrollment
24,169
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1975

77. Pedagogical University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Mozambique
#1362 in the World
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
1985

78. Haramaya University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Ethiopia
#1367 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1954

79. Cadi Ayyad University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Morocco
#1371 in the World
Enrollment
32,500

80. Sudan University of Science and Technology

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Sudan
#1385 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
17,500
Founded
1990

81. Ebonyi State University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#25 in Nigeria
#1395 in the World
Founded
2000

82. University of South Africa

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1410 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

83. University for Development Studies

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Ghana
#1415 in the World
Founded
1992

84. Kwara State University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#26 in Nigeria
#1422 in the World
Enrollment
9,500
Founded
2009

85. University of Sadat City

For Nutrition and Food Science

#19 in Egypt
#1427 in the World
Enrollment
29,702
Founded
2013

86. University of Education, Winneba

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Ghana
#1429 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1992

87. Covenant University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#27 in Nigeria
#1430 in the World
Acceptance Rate
98%
Enrollment
6,500
Founded
2002

88. Gabes University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Tunisia
#1431 in the World
Enrollment
22,500

89. Abia State University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#28 in Nigeria
#1435 in the World
Enrollment
22,500
Founded
1981

90. University of Gezira

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Sudan
#1447 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Enrollment
22,500
Founded
1975

91. Sohag university

For Nutrition and Food Science

#20 in Egypt
#1451 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
42,500
Founded
2006

92. Hawassa University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Ethiopia
#1453 in the World
Enrollment
30,646
Founded
1976

93. Landmark University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#29 in Nigeria
#1462 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
2011

94. Damietta University

For Nutrition and Food Science

#21 in Egypt
#1486 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
27,500
Founded
2012

95. University of Maroua

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Cameroon
#1501 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
2008

96. Bayero University Kano

For Nutrition and Food Science

#30 in Nigeria
#1502 in the World
Enrollment
7,500
Founded
1975