Best Universities for Cyber Security in Africa

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 1.44M citations received by 94.8K academic papers made by 255 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

#359 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

#402 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cyber Security

#3 in South Africa

#485 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

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Cairo University

For Cyber Security

#1 in Egypt

#550 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

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

8. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cyber Security

#5 in South Africa

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

9. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Cyber Security

#6 in South Africa

#620 in the World

Founded: 1918

10. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Cyber Security

#2 in Egypt

#621 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

11. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#7 in South Africa

#642 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Cyber Security

#3 in Egypt

#729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Ain Shams University

For Cyber Security

#4 in Egypt

#773 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

14. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Cyber Security

#825 in the World

15. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Cyber Security

#875 in the World

16. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cyber Security

#5 in Egypt

#907 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

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

18. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Cyber Security

#988 in the World

19. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Cyber Security

#9 in South Africa

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

20. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Cyber Security

#1049 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

21. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1061 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

22. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Cyber Security

#6 in Egypt

#1080 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

23. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1144 in the World

24. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cyber Security

#1176 in the World

25. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#1206 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

#1222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

28. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Cyber Security

#1229 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

29. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#2 in Ghana

#1263 in the World

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

30. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Cyber Security

#1283 in the World

31. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Cyber Security

#1301 in the World

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

32. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Cyber Security

#1305 in the World

33. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cyber Security

#8 in Egypt

#1363 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

34. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Cyber Security

#1369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

35. Nile University

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

For Cyber Security

#9 in Egypt

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 500
Founded: 2006

36. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Cyber Security

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

37. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Cyber Security

#1 in Uganda

#1396 in the World

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

38. Benha University

For Cyber Security

#10 in Egypt

#1422 in the World

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

39. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Cyber Security

#10 in South Africa

#1430 in the World

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

40. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Cyber Security

#11 in South Africa

#1438 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

41. Assiut University

For Cyber Security

#11 in Egypt

#1444 in the World

Founded: 1957

42. Covenant University

For Cyber Security

#1446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

43. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Cyber Security

#12 in South Africa

#1472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

44. Al-Azhar University

For Cyber Security

#12 in Egypt

#1473 in the World

Founded: 1961

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Cyber Security

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

46. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Cyber Security

#13 in South Africa

#1487 in the World

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

47. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Cyber Security

#1 in Mauritius

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

48. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Cyber Security

#1614 in the World

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

49. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Cyber Security

#1684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

50. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Cyber Security

#1691 in the World

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

51. Tanta University

For Cyber Security

#13 in Egypt

#1703 in the World

Founded: 1972

52. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cyber Security

#14 in Egypt

#1704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

53. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cyber Security

#15 in Egypt

#1718 in the World

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

54. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Cyber Security

#1758 in the World

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

55. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Cyber Security

#1759 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

56. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Cyber Security

#1 in Kenya

#1776 in the World

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

57. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Cyber Security

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

58. Minia University

For Cyber Security

#16 in Egypt

#1836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

59. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Cyber Security

#1849 in the World

Founded: 1950

60. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Cyber Security

#1857 in the World

61. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Cyber Security

#17 in Egypt

#1866 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

62. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Cyber Security

#1889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

63. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Cyber Security

#1901 in the World

Founded: 1964

64. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Cyber Security

#1944 in the World

65. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Cyber Security

#1946 in the World

66. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Cyber Security

#1949 in the World

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

67. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Cyber Security

#1988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991

68. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Cyber Security

#2000 in the World

Enrollment: 15,263

69. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Cyber Security

#10 in Nigeria

#2002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

70. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Cyber Security

#14 in South Africa

#2045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

71. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Cyber Security

#2 in Kenya

#2048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

72. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Cyber Security

#15 in South Africa

#2118 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

73. Sudan University of Science and Technology

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cyber Security

#1 in Sudan

#2139 in the World

Founded: 1990

74. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Cyber Security

#11 in Nigeria

#2144 in the World

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

75. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Cyber Security

#12 in Nigeria

#2159 in the World

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

76. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Cyber Security

#13 in Nigeria

#2169 in the World

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

77. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Cyber Security

#16 in South Africa

#2172 in the World

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

78. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Cyber Security

#2189 in the World

Enrollment: 31,588

79. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#2190 in the World

80. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Cyber Security

#18 in Egypt

#2198 in the World

Enrollment: 3,741
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 2010

81. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cyber Security

#2 in Sudan

#2206 in the World

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

82. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Cyber Security

#19 in Egypt

#2209 in the World

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

83. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Cyber Security

#10 in Algeria

#2237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 1,400

84. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Cyber Security

#14 in Nigeria

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

85. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Cyber Security

#3 in Ghana

#2254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

86. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Cyber Security

#20 in Egypt

#2272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

87. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Cyber Security

#2332 in the World

Founded: 1993

88. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Cyber Security

#2358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

89. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Cyber Security

#2385 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

90. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Cyber Security

#15 in Nigeria

#2413 in the World

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

91. University of Zululand

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South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Cyber Security

#17 in South Africa

#2424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

92. South Valley University - Qena

For Cyber Security

#21 in Egypt

#2426 in the World

Founded: 1995

93. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Cyber Security

#16 in Nigeria

#2435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

94. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Cyber Security

#11 in Algeria

#2444 in the World

Enrollment: 18,484

95. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Cyber Security

#18 in South Africa

#2459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

96. University of Laghouat

Algeria | Laghouat

For Cyber Security

#12 in Algeria

#2497 in the World

97. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Cyber Security

#2547 in the World

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

98. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Cyber Security

#1 in Zambia

#2548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

99. University of Oran 1

For Cyber Security

#13 in Algeria

#2564 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

100. University of Malawi

For Cyber Security

#1 in Malawi

#2567 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964