Best Universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 1.3M citations received by 90.6K academic papers made by 250 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

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#1 in South Africa

#355 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Cyber Security

#2 in South Africa

#403 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cyber Security

#3 in South Africa

#518 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Cyber Security

#4 in South Africa

#539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Cairo University

For Cyber Security

#1 in Egypt

#548 in the World

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

6. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Cyber Security

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

7. University of Sfax

For Cyber Security

#606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

8. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Cyber Security

#2 in Egypt

#622 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

9. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Cyber Security

#5 in South Africa

#631 in the World

Founded: 1918

10. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cyber Security

#6 in South Africa

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

11. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#7 in South Africa

#639 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Cyber Security

#3 in Egypt

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Ain Shams University

For Cyber Security

#4 in Egypt

#769 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

14. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Cyber Security

#891 in the World

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

15. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Cyber Security

#898 in the World

16. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cyber Security

#5 in Egypt

#902 in the World

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

17. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Cyber Security

#8 in South Africa

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

18. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Cyber Security

#9 in South Africa

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

19. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Cyber Security

#1022 in the World

20. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Cyber Security

#1035 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

21. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1088 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

22. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Cyber Security

#6 in Egypt

#1117 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

23. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1164 in the World

24. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1175 in the World

25. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#1182 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

26. Helwan University

For Cyber Security

#7 in Egypt

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

27. University of Ghana

For Cyber Security

#1 in Ghana

#1230 in the World

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

28. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Cyber Security

#1246 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

29. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#2 in Ghana

#1282 in the World

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

30. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Cyber Security

#1291 in the World

31. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Cyber Security

#1307 in the World

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

32. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Cyber Security

#1344 in the World

33. Nile University

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

For Cyber Security

#8 in Egypt

#1379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 500
Founded: 2006

34. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cyber Security

#9 in Egypt

#1384 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

35. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Cyber Security

#1388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

36. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Cyber Security

#1 in Uganda

#1398 in the World

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

37. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Cyber Security

#1413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

38. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Cyber Security

#10 in South Africa

#1422 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

39. Covenant University

For Cyber Security

#1434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

40. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Cyber Security

#11 in South Africa

#1440 in the World

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

41. Assiut University

For Cyber Security

#10 in Egypt

#1441 in the World

Founded: 1957

42. Benha University

For Cyber Security

#11 in Egypt

#1451 in the World

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

43. Al-Azhar University

For Cyber Security

#12 in Egypt

#1475 in the World

Founded: 1961

44. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Cyber Security

#1 in Mauritius

#1482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Cyber Security

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

46. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#12 in South Africa

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

47. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Cyber Security

#13 in South Africa

#1531 in the World

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

48. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Cyber Security

#1619 in the World

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

49. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Cyber Security

#1678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

50. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Cyber Security

#1692 in the World

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

51. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cyber Security

#13 in Egypt

#1704 in the World

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

52. Tanta University

For Cyber Security

#14 in Egypt

#1711 in the World

Founded: 1972

53. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Cyber Security

#1777 in the World

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

54. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Cyber Security

#1 in Kenya

#1785 in the World

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

55. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cyber Security

#15 in Egypt

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

56. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Cyber Security

#1806 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

57. Minia University

For Cyber Security

#16 in Egypt

#1850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

58. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Cyber Security

#1855 in the World

59. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Cyber Security

#17 in Egypt

#1861 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

60. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Cyber Security

#1872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

61. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Cyber Security

#1876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

62. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Cyber Security

#1890 in the World

Founded: 1964

63. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Cyber Security

#1899 in the World

Founded: 1950

64. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Cyber Security

#1951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991

65. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Cyber Security

#1952 in the World

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

66. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Cyber Security

#1953 in the World

67. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Cyber Security

#10 in Nigeria

#1980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

68. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Cyber Security

#1986 in the World

69. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Cyber Security

#2030 in the World

70. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Cyber Security

#2 in Kenya

#2044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

71. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Cyber Security

#14 in South Africa

#2101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

72. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Cyber Security

#11 in Nigeria

#2107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,645
Founded: 1975

73. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Cyber Security

#12 in Nigeria

#2112 in the World

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

74. Sudan University of Science and Technology

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cyber Security

#1 in Sudan

#2128 in the World

Founded: 1990

75. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cyber Security

#2 in Sudan

#2141 in the World

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

76. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Cyber Security

#15 in South Africa

#2148 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

77. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#2153 in the World

78. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Cyber Security

#13 in Nigeria

#2171 in the World

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

79. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Cyber Security

#16 in South Africa

#2214 in the World

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

80. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Cyber Security

#18 in Egypt

#2232 in the World

Founded: 2010

81. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Cyber Security

#2240 in the World

Enrollment: 31,588

82. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#10 in Algeria

#2245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 1,400

83. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Cyber Security

#14 in Nigeria

#2247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

84. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Cyber Security

#19 in Egypt

#2315 in the World

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

85. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Cyber Security

#3 in Ghana

#2332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

86. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Cyber Security

#2344 in the World

Founded: 1993

87. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Cyber Security

#2374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

88. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Cyber Security

#20 in Egypt

#2376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

89. University of Zululand

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South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Cyber Security

#17 in South Africa

#2416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

90. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Cyber Security

#11 in Algeria

#2430 in the World

Enrollment: 18,484

91. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Cyber Security

#15 in Nigeria

#2449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1990

92. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Cyber Security

#2454 in the World

Founded: 1918

93. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Cyber Security

#18 in South Africa

#2462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

94. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Cyber Security

#16 in Nigeria

#2471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

95. South Valley University - Qena

For Cyber Security

#21 in Egypt

#2479 in the World

Founded: 1995

96. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Cyber Security

#2513 in the World

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

97. University of Laghouat

Algeria | Laghouat

For Cyber Security

#12 in Algeria

#2521 in the World

98. University of Malawi

For Cyber Security

#1 in Malawi

#2542 in the World

Founded: 1964

99. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Cyber Security

#1 in Zambia

#2545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

100. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Cyber Security

#2556 in the World

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