Best Universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 685K citations received by 72.7K academic papers made by 220 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 Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#1 in South Africa

#375 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Cyber Security

#2 in South Africa

#419 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Cyber Security

#3 in South Africa

#529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. Cairo University

For Cyber Security

#1 in Egypt

#586 in the World

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

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cyber Security

#4 in South Africa

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cyber Security

#5 in South Africa

#614 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

7. University of Sfax

For Cyber Security

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

8. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Cyber Security

#6 in South Africa

#624 in the World

Founded: 1918

9. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Cyber Security

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

10. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Cyber Security

#2 in Egypt

#663 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

11. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#7 in South Africa

#693 in the World

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

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Cyber Security

#3 in Egypt

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Ain Shams University

For Cyber Security

#4 in Egypt

#818 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

14. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cyber Security

#5 in Egypt

#897 in the World

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

15. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Cyber Security

#991 in the World

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

16. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Cyber Security

#998 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

17. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Cyber Security

#8 in South Africa

#1007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

18. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Cyber Security

#9 in South Africa

#1020 in the World

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

19. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Cyber Security

#1030 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

20. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1048 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

21. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#1056 in the World

22. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Cyber Security

#1095 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

23. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1113 in the World

24. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1126 in the World

25. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Cyber Security

#6 in Egypt

#1164 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

26. University of Ghana

For Cyber Security

#1 in Ghana

#1238 in the World

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

27. Nile University

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

For Cyber Security

#7 in Egypt

#1241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 500
Founded: 2006

28. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Cyber Security

#1264 in the World

29. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Cyber Security

#1306 in the World

30. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Cyber Security

#10 in South Africa

#1343 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

31. Helwan University

For Cyber Security

#8 in Egypt

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

32. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Cyber Security

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

33. Assiut University

For Cyber Security

#9 in Egypt

#1435 in the World

Founded: 1957

34. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Cyber Security

#11 in South Africa

#1458 in the World

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

35. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#12 in South Africa

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

36. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Cyber Security

#1 in Mauritius

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

37. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Cyber Security

#1509 in the World

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

38. Al-Azhar University

For Cyber Security

#10 in Egypt

#1513 in the World

Founded: 1961

39. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Cyber Security

#13 in South Africa

#1523 in the World

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

40. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Cyber Security

#1547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

41. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cyber Security

#11 in Egypt

#1551 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

42. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Cyber Security

#1578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

43. Benha University

For Cyber Security

#12 in Egypt

#1582 in the World

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

44. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#2 in Ghana

#1583 in the World

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

45. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Cyber Security

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

46. Covenant University

For Cyber Security

#1609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

47. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Cyber Security

#1616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

48. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Cyber Security

#1 in Uganda

#1624 in the World

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

49. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Cyber Security

#1687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

50. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cyber Security

#13 in Egypt

#1695 in the World

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

51. Tanta University

For Cyber Security

#14 in Egypt

#1776 in the World

Founded: 1972

52. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Cyber Security

#1792 in the World

53. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Cyber Security

#1816 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

54. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Cyber Security

#1 in Kenya

#1833 in the World

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

55. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Cyber Security

#15 in Egypt

#1849 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

56. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Cyber Security

#1856 in the World

Founded: 1964

57. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Cyber Security

#1862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

58. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Cyber Security

#16 in Egypt

#1869 in the World

Founded: 2010

59. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Cyber Security

#1886 in the World

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

60. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Cyber Security

#1902 in the World

61. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cyber Security

#17 in Egypt

#1921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

62. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Cyber Security

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

63. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#1995 in the World

64. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Cyber Security

#2000 in the World

65. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Cyber Security

#2027 in the World

66. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Cyber Security

#2032 in the World

Founded: 1950

67. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Cyber Security

#2034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

68. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cyber Security

#1 in Sudan

#2047 in the World

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

69. Minia University

For Cyber Security

#18 in Egypt

#2062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

70. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#2064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

71. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Cyber Security

#14 in South Africa

#2127 in the World

Founded: 1916

72. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Cyber Security

#10 in Algeria

#2185 in the World

73. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Cyber Security

#2265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

74. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Cyber Security

#2 in Kenya

#2267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

75. Sudan University of Science and Technology

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cyber Security

#2 in Sudan

#2270 in the World

Founded: 1990

76. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Cyber Security

#15 in South Africa

#2272 in the World

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

77. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Cyber Security

#2282 in the World

Founded: 1993

78. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Cyber Security

#16 in South Africa

#2288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

79. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Cyber Security

#19 in Egypt

#2304 in the World

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

80. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Cyber Security

#10 in Nigeria

#2345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

81. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Cyber Security

#2347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

82. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Cyber Security

#11 in Nigeria

#2349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

83. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Cyber Security

#3 in Ghana

#2373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

84. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Cyber Security

#11 in Algeria

#2381 in the World

85. University of Malawi

For Cyber Security

#1 in Malawi

#2386 in the World

Founded: 1964

86. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Cyber Security

#17 in South Africa

#2405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

87. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Cyber Security

#12 in Nigeria

#2418 in the World

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

88. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Cyber Security

#2426 in the World

Founded: 1918

89. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Cyber Security

#18 in South Africa

#2435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

90. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Cyber Security

#2450 in the World

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

91. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Cyber Security

#13 in Nigeria

#2454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

92. University of Laghouat

Algeria | Laghouat

For Cyber Security

#12 in Algeria

#2470 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000

93. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Cyber Security

#14 in Nigeria

#2497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

94. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Cyber Security

#20 in Egypt

#2523 in the World

Founded: 2010

95. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Cyber Security

#2532 in the World

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

96. University of Oran 1

For Cyber Security

#13 in Algeria

#2551 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

97. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Cyber Security

#21 in Egypt

#2581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

98. South Valley University - Qena

For Cyber Security

#22 in Egypt

#2623 in the World

Founded: 1995

99. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Cyber Security

#15 in Nigeria

#2631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

100. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Cyber Security

#14 in Algeria

#2639 in the World