Best Universities for Computer Science in Africa

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Computer Science. A graph of 7.3M citations received by 680K academic papers made by 352 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

South Africa | Cape Town

For Computer Science

#1 in South Africa

#406 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Computer Science

#1 in Egypt

#483 in the World

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

3. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Computer Science

#2 in South Africa

#484 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Computer Science

#3 in South Africa

#541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Computer Science

#4 in South Africa

#543 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Computer Science

#5 in South Africa

#596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Ain Shams University

For Computer Science

#2 in Egypt

#710 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. University of Sfax

For Computer Science

#791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Computer Science

#3 in Egypt

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Computer Science

#4 in Egypt

#857 in the World

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

11. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Computer Science

#6 in South Africa

#871 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

12. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Computer Science

#7 in South Africa

#885 in the World

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

13. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Computer Science

#8 in South Africa

#1011 in the World

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

14. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Computer Science

#1030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

15. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Computer Science

#5 in Egypt

#1074 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

16. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Computer Science

#6 in Egypt

#1103 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

17. Assiut University

For Computer Science

#7 in Egypt

#1162 in the World

Founded: 1957

18. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Computer Science

#1166 in the World

19. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Computer Science

#1229 in the World

20. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Computer Science

#1281 in the World

21. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Computer Science

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

22. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Computer Science

#1 in Uganda

#1302 in the World

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

23. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Computer Science

#9 in South Africa

#1377 in the World

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

24. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Computer Science

#1417 in the World

25. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Computer Science

#10 in South Africa

#1420 in the World

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

26. Tanta University

For Computer Science

#8 in Egypt

#1453 in the World

Founded: 1972

27. University of Ghana

For Computer Science

#1 in Ghana

#1458 in the World

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

28. Helwan University

For Computer Science

#9 in Egypt

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

29. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Computer Science

#1473 in the World

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

30. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Computer Science

#1487 in the World

Founded: 1950

31. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Computer Science

#1542 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

32. Benha University

For Computer Science

#10 in Egypt

#1549 in the World

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

33. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Computer Science

#11 in South Africa

#1557 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

34. Al-Azhar University

For Computer Science

#11 in Egypt

#1579 in the World

Founded: 1961

35. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Computer Science

#1606 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

36. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Computer Science

#1609 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

37. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Computer Science

#1653 in the World

38. Minia University

For Computer Science

#12 in Egypt

#1702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

39. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Computer Science

#1 in Kenya

#1726 in the World

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

40. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Computer Science

#13 in Egypt

#1761 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

41. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Computer Science

#12 in South Africa

#1768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

42. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Computer Science

#1769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

43. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Computer Science

#1776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

44. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Computer Science

#14 in Egypt

#1779 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

45. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Computer Science

#1805 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

46. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Computer Science

#15 in Egypt

#1808 in the World

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

47. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Computer Science

#1866 in the World

Founded: 1964

48. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Computer Science

#1868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 49,103
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1954

49. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Computer Science

#1941 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

50. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Computer Science

#13 in South Africa

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

51. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Computer Science

#1983 in the World

52. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Computer Science

#1984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

53. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Computer Science

#2016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

54. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Computer Science

#2 in Ghana

#2017 in the World

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

55. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Computer Science

#16 in Egypt

#2018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

56. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Computer Science

#2093 in the World

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

57. Covenant University

For Computer Science

#2096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

58. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Computer Science

#2101 in the World

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

59. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Computer Science

#2110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

60. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Computer Science

#2119 in the World

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

61. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Computer Science

#2152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

62. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Computer Science

#2216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

63. Nile University

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

For Computer Science

#17 in Egypt

#2243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 500
Founded: 2006

64. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Computer Science

#18 in Egypt

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

65. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Computer Science

#2257 in the World

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

66. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Computer Science

#2263 in the World

67. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Computer Science

#2283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

68. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Computer Science

#1 in Mauritius

#2295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

69. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Computer Science

#2296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

70. University of Malawi

For Computer Science

#1 in Malawi

#2341 in the World

Founded: 1964

71. Aswan University

For Computer Science

#19 in Egypt

#2366 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

72. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Computer Science

#2391 in the World

73. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Computer Science

#2393 in the World

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

74. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Computer Science

#1 in Sudan

#2398 in the World

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

75. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Computer Science

#2407 in the World

76. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Computer Science

#3 in Ghana

#2454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

77. South Valley University - Qena

For Computer Science

#20 in Egypt

#2461 in the World

Founded: 1995

78. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Computer Science

#2474 in the World

79. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Computer Science

#14 in South Africa

#2522 in the World

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

80. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Computer Science

#21 in Egypt

#2525 in the World

Founded: 2010

81. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Computer Science

#10 in Algeria

#2528 in the World

82. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Computer Science

#2533 in the World

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

83. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Computer Science

#11 in Algeria

#2544 in the World

84. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Computer Science

#12 in Algeria

#2559 in the World

85. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Computer Science

#15 in South Africa

#2569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

86. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Computer Science

#16 in South Africa

#2617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

87. Fayoum University

For Computer Science

#22 in Egypt

#2628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

88. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Computer Science

#23 in Egypt

#2636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

89. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Computer Science

#2672 in the World

Founded: 1993

90. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Computer Science

#1 in Zambia

#2676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

91. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Computer Science

#17 in South Africa

#2701 in the World

Founded: 1916

92. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Computer Science

#2711 in the World

Founded: 1918

93. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Computer Science

#24 in Egypt

#2760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

94. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Computer Science

#2775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

95. University of Jijel

Algeria | Jijel

For Computer Science

#13 in Algeria

#2777 in the World

96. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Computer Science

#14 in Algeria

#2795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

97. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Computer Science

#2 in Kenya

#2821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

98. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Computer Science

#10 in Nigeria

#2842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

99. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Computer Science

#11 in Nigeria

#2883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

100. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Computer Science

#2895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991