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 291K citations received by 30.8K academic papers made by 112 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

#324 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

#343 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Library and Information science

#3 in South Africa

#372 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#4 in South Africa

#451 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

#484 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

#532 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

7. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Library and Information science

#7 in South Africa

#634 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

8. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Library and Information science

#8 in South Africa

#682 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

9. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Library and Information science

#1 in Egypt

#685 in the World

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

10. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Library and Information science

#1 in Botswana

#689 in the World

Founded: 1964

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Library and Information science

#1 in Nigeria

#768 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

#907 in the World

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

13. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Library and Information science

#9 in South Africa

#1005 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

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

15. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#2 in Egypt

#1079 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

16. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Library and Information science

#1 in Uganda

#1090 in the World

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

17. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Library and Information science

#11 in South Africa

#1151 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

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

19. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Library and Information science

#2 in Nigeria

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

20. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Library and Information science

#3 in Egypt

#1234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

21. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Library and Information science

#1 in Ethiopia

#1295 in the World

Founded: 1950

22. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Library and Information science

#4 in Egypt

#1303 in the World

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

23. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Library and Information science

#5 in Egypt

#1334 in the World

Founded: 1957

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Library and Information science

#3 in Nigeria

#1372 in the World

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

25. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Library and Information science

#1 in Sudan

#1382 in the World

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

26. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Library and Information science

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1389 in the World

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

27. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Library and Information science

#1 in Kenya

#1396 in the World

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

28. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Library and Information science

#4 in Nigeria

#1404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

29. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Library and Information science

#5 in Nigeria

#1409 in the World

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

30. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Library and Information science

#1 in Zambia

#1444 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

#1513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

32. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Library and Information science

#1 in Mozambique

#1529 in the World

Founded: 1985

33. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Library and Information science

#6 in Egypt

#1565 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

#1631 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

#1681 in the World

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

36. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Library and Information science

#7 in Nigeria

#1709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

37. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Library and Information science

#8 in Nigeria

#1751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

38. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#14 in South Africa

#1752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

39. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Library and Information science

#1 in Morocco

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

40. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Library and Information science

#1 in Libya

#1890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

41. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Library and Information science

#1 in Tunisia

#1916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

42. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Library and Information science

#9 in Nigeria

#1933 in the World

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

43. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Library and Information science

#15 in South Africa

#1938 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

44. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#7 in Egypt

#1947 in the World

Founded: 1961

45. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Library and Information science

#10 in Nigeria

#1951 in the World

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

46. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Library and Information science

#2 in Ghana

#1958 in the World

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

47. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Library and Information science

#11 in Nigeria

#1973 in the World

Founded: 1992

48. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Library and Information science

#16 in South Africa

#2046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

49. 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

50. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#2 in Tunisia

#2114 in the World

51. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Library and Information science

#8 in Egypt

#2116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

52. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Library and Information science

#2 in Kenya

#2124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

53. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Library and Information science

#1 in Mauritius

#2131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

54. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Library and Information science

#1 in Malawi

#2139 in the World

Founded: 1964

55. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Library and Information science

#3 in Ghana

#2147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

56. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Library and Information science

#18 in South Africa

#2172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

57. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Library and Information science

#12 in Nigeria

#2176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

58. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Library and Information science

#1 in Namibia

#2179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

59. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Library and Information science

#13 in Nigeria

#2180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

60. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Library and Information science

#14 in Nigeria

#2193 in the World

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

61. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Library and Information science

#15 in Nigeria

#2217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

62. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Library and Information science

#9 in Egypt

#2248 in the World

Founded: 1972

63. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Nigeria | Ikeji-Arakeji

For Library and Information science

#16 in Nigeria

#2252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2006

64. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Library and Information science

#2 in Morocco

#2268 in the World

65. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Library and Information science

#17 in Nigeria

#2269 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

66. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Library and Information science

#10 in Egypt

#2286 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

67. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Library and Information science

#18 in Nigeria

#2373 in the World

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

68. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Library and Information science

#11 in Egypt

#2417 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

69. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#12 in Egypt

#2461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

70. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Library and Information science

#13 in Egypt

#2470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

71. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Library and Information science

#14 in Egypt

#2484 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

72. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#3 in Tunisia

#2495 in the World

73. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Library and Information science

#2 in Libya

#2496 in the World

Founded: 1955

74. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Library and Information science

#19 in Nigeria

#2524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 130,000
Founded: 1999

75. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Library and Information science

#1 in Algeria

#2554 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

76. South Valley University - Qena

Egypt | Qena

For Library and Information science

#15 in Egypt

#2595 in the World

Founded: 1995

77. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Library and Information science

#1 in Senegal

#2607 in the World

Founded: 1918

78. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#4 in Tunisia

#2627 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

79. Aswan University

Egypt | Aswan

For Library and Information science

#16 in Egypt

#2629 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

80. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Library and Information science

#20 in Nigeria

#2666 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

81. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Library and Information science

#5 in Tunisia

#2687 in the World

82. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Library and Information science

#3 in Morocco

#2707 in the World

83. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Library and Information science

#3 in Kenya

#2730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

84. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Library and Information science

#4 in Morocco

#2735 in the World

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

85. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Library and Information science

#2 in Algeria

#2740 in the World

86. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Library and Information science

#4 in Ghana

#2752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

87. University of Jos

Nigeria | Jos

For Library and Information science

#21 in Nigeria

#2794 in the World

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

88. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Library and Information science

#17 in Egypt

#2814 in the World

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

89. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Library and Information science

#22 in Nigeria

#2818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

90. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Library and Information science

#6 in Tunisia

#2832 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

91. National University of Lesotho

Lesotho | Maseru

For Library and Information science

#1 in Lesotho

#2839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1945

92. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Library and Information science

#23 in Nigeria

#2851 in the World

Founded: 1991

93. University of Swaziland

Eswatini | Kwaluseni

For Library and Information science

#1 in Eswatini

#2855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1976

94. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Library and Information science

#24 in Nigeria

#2880 in the World

Founded: 1988

95. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Library and Information science

#5 in Morocco

#2884 in the World

96. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Library and Information science

#25 in Nigeria

#2887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

97. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Library and Information science

#19 in South Africa

#2894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

98. Federal University of Petroleum Resources

Nigeria | Effurun

For Library and Information science

#26 in Nigeria

#2919 in the World

Founded: 2007

99. Lead City University

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Library and Information science

#27 in Nigeria

#2921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2005

100. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Library and Information science

#6 in Morocco

#2967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

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