Africa's best Library and Information science universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Library and Information science. A graph of 329K citations received by 31.3K academic papers made by 114 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 the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Library and Information science

#1 in South Africa

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Library and Information science

#2 in South Africa

#344 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Library and Information science

#3 in South Africa

#370 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#4 in South Africa

#456 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Library and Information science

#5 in South Africa

#473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#6 in South Africa

#522 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

7. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Library and Information science

#7 in South Africa

#640 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

8. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Library and Information science

#8 in South Africa

#648 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

9. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Library and Information science

#1 in Botswana

#693 in the World

Founded: 1964

10. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Library and Information science

#1 in Egypt

#695 in the World

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

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Library and Information science

#1 in Nigeria

#772 in the World

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

12. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Library and Information science

#1 in Ghana

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

13. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Library and Information science

#9 in South Africa

#1003 in the World

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

14. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Library and Information science

#10 in South Africa

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

15. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Library and Information science

#1 in Uganda

#1088 in the World

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

16. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#2 in Egypt

#1091 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

17. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Library and Information science

#11 in South Africa

#1138 in the World

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

18. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Library and Information science

#12 in South Africa

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

19. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Library and Information science

#3 in Egypt

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

20. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Library and Information science

#2 in Nigeria

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

21. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Library and Information science

#1 in Ethiopia

#1305 in the World

Founded: 1950

22. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Library and Information science

#4 in Egypt

#1322 in the World

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

23. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Library and Information science

#3 in Nigeria

#1371 in the World

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

24. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Library and Information science

#1 in Sudan

#1381 in the World

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

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Library and Information science

#4 in Nigeria

#1385 in the World

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

26. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Library and Information science

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1402 in the World

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

27. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Library and Information science

#5 in Egypt

#1412 in the World

Founded: 1957

28. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Library and Information science

#5 in Nigeria

#1420 in the World

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

29. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Library and Information science

#1 in Kenya

#1422 in the World

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

30. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Library and Information science

#1 in Zambia

#1456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

31. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Library and Information science

#13 in South Africa

#1506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

32. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Library and Information science

#1 in Mozambique

#1538 in the World

Founded: 1985

33. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Library and Information science

#6 in Egypt

#1562 in the World

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

34. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Library and Information science

#6 in Nigeria

#1645 in the World

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

35. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Library and Information science

#1 in Tanzania

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

36. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#14 in South Africa

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

37. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Library and Information science

#7 in Nigeria

#1743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

38. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Library and Information science

#8 in Nigeria

#1820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

39. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Library and Information science

#1 in Libya

#1902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

40. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Library and Information science

#1 in Tunisia

#1914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

41. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Library and Information science

#15 in South Africa

#1916 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

42. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Library and Information science

#9 in Nigeria

#1924 in the World

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

43. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Library and Information science

#2 in Ghana

#1939 in the World

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

44. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Library and Information science

#10 in Nigeria

#1952 in the World

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

45. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#7 in Egypt

#1976 in the World

Founded: 1961

46. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Library and Information science

#11 in Nigeria

#1977 in the World

Founded: 1992

47. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Library and Information science

#1 in Morocco

#1981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

48. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Library and Information science

#16 in South Africa

#2003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

49. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Library and Information science

#2 in Kenya

#2054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

50. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Library and Information science

#3 in Ghana

#2095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

51. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Library and Information science

#17 in South Africa

#2113 in the World

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

52. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Library and Information science

#1 in Mauritius

#2120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

53. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#2 in Tunisia

#2132 in the World

54. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Library and Information science

#1 in Namibia

#2144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

55. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Library and Information science

#12 in Nigeria

#2156 in the World

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

56. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Library and Information science

#13 in Nigeria

#2182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

57. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Library and Information science

#8 in Egypt

#2190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

58. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Library and Information science

#14 in Nigeria

#2191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

59. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Library and Information science

#1 in Malawi

#2212 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

60. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Library and Information science

#15 in Nigeria

#2244 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

61. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Nigeria | Ikeji-Arakeji

For Library and Information science

#16 in Nigeria

#2265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2006

62. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Library and Information science

#2 in Morocco

#2266 in the World

63. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Library and Information science

#17 in Nigeria

#2267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

64. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Library and Information science

#18 in South Africa

#2272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

65. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Library and Information science

#9 in Egypt

#2277 in the World

Founded: 1972

66. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Library and Information science

#10 in Egypt

#2340 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

67. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Library and Information science

#18 in Nigeria

#2376 in the World

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

68. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#11 in Egypt

#2450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

69. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Library and Information science

#12 in Egypt

#2458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

70. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Library and Information science

#13 in Egypt

#2461 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

71. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Library and Information science

#14 in Egypt

#2487 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

72. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#3 in Tunisia

#2516 in the World

73. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Library and Information science

#2 in Libya

#2525 in the World

Founded: 1955

74. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#4 in Tunisia

#2527 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

75. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Library and Information science

#19 in Nigeria

#2530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

76. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Library and Information science

#1 in Algeria

#2540 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

77. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Library and Information science

#1 in Senegal

#2625 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

78. South Valley University - Qena

Egypt | Qena

For Library and Information science

#15 in Egypt

#2636 in the World

Founded: 1995

79. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Library and Information science

#3 in Morocco

#2676 in the World

80. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Library and Information science

#5 in Tunisia

#2678 in the World

81. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Library and Information science

#20 in Nigeria

#2681 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

82. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Library and Information science

#4 in Morocco

#2689 in the World

83. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Library and Information science

#2 in Algeria

#2708 in the World

84. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Library and Information science

#21 in Nigeria

#2727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

85. Aswan University

Egypt | Aswan

For Library and Information science

#16 in Egypt

#2728 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

86. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Library and Information science

#3 in Kenya

#2757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

87. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Library and Information science

#4 in Ghana

#2789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

88. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Library and Information science

#6 in Tunisia

#2794 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

89. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Library and Information science

#5 in Morocco

#2828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

90. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Library and Information science

#22 in Nigeria

#2837 in the World

Founded: 1991

91. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Library and Information science

#17 in Egypt

#2847 in the World

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

92. University of Jos

Nigeria | Jos

For Library and Information science

#23 in Nigeria

#2848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

93. University of Swaziland

Eswatini | Kwaluseni

For Library and Information science

#1 in Eswatini

#2849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1976

94. National University of Lesotho

Lesotho | Maseru

For Library and Information science

#1 in Lesotho

#2864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1945

95. University of Oran 1

Algeria | Oran

For Library and Information science

#3 in Algeria

#2880 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

96. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Library and Information science

#6 in Morocco

#2895 in the World

97. Lead City University

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Library and Information science

#24 in Nigeria

#2903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2005

98. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Library and Information science

#25 in Nigeria

#2908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

99. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Library and Information science

#19 in South Africa

#2914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

100. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Library and Information science

#26 in Nigeria

#2922 in the World

Founded: 1988

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