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 187K citations received by 25K academic papers made by 85 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

#303 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

#353 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Library and Information science

#3 in South Africa

#388 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Library and Information science

#4 in South Africa

#446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#5 in South Africa

#448 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#6 in South Africa

#597 in the World

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

7. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Library and Information science

#1 in Botswana

#615 in the World

Founded: 1964

8. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Library and Information science

#1 in Egypt

#648 in the World

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

9. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Library and Information science

#7 in South Africa

#697 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

10. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Library and Information science

#1 in Nigeria

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

11. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Library and Information science

#8 in South Africa

#745 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

12. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Library and Information science

#1 in Ghana

#821 in the World

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

13. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Library and Information science

#2 in Egypt

#1027 in the World

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

14. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#3 in Egypt

#1028 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

15. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Library and Information science

#9 in South Africa

#1036 in the World

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

16. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Library and Information science

#1 in Uganda

#1093 in the World

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

17. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Library and Information science

#10 in South Africa

#1095 in the World

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

18. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Library and Information science

#11 in South Africa

#1135 in the World

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

19. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Library and Information science

#4 in Egypt

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

20. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Library and Information science

#1 in Sudan

#1195 in the World

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

21. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Library and Information science

#1 in Ethiopia

#1211 in the World

Founded: 1950

22. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Library and Information science

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1216 in the World

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

23. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Library and Information science

#1 in Kenya

#1224 in the World

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

24. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Library and Information science

#12 in South Africa

#1234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Library and Information science

#2 in Nigeria

#1249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

26. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Library and Information science

#5 in Egypt

#1320 in the World

Founded: 1957

27. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Library and Information science

#1 in Zambia

#1342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

28. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Library and Information science

#3 in Nigeria

#1391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

29. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Library and Information science

#4 in Nigeria

#1392 in the World

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

30. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Library and Information science

#5 in Nigeria

#1416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

31. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Library and Information science

#13 in South Africa

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

32. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Library and Information science

#6 in Egypt

#1499 in the World

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

33. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Library and Information science

#6 in Nigeria

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

34. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Library and Information science

#1 in Tanzania

#1690 in the World

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

35. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Library and Information science

#7 in Nigeria

#1693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

36. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Library and Information science

#14 in South Africa

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

37. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Library and Information science

#1 in Malawi

#1763 in the World

Founded: 1964

38. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Library and Information science

#8 in Nigeria

#1782 in the World

Founded: 1992

39. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Library and Information science

#15 in South Africa

#1803 in the World

Founded: 1916

40. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Library and Information science

#9 in Nigeria

#1847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

41. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#7 in Egypt

#1881 in the World

Founded: 1961

42. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Library and Information science

#16 in South Africa

#1918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

43. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Library and Information science

#1 in Tunisia

#1963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

44. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Library and Information science

#2 in Kenya

#1977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

45. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Library and Information science

#1 in Mozambique

#1985 in the World

Founded: 1985

46. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Library and Information science

#1 in Morocco

#2005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

47. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Library and Information science

#2 in Ghana

#2009 in the World

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

48. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#2 in Tunisia

#2011 in the World

49. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Nigeria | Ikeji-Arakeji

For Library and Information science

#10 in Nigeria

#2048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2006

50. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Library and Information science

#11 in Nigeria

#2072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

51. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Library and Information science

#12 in Nigeria

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

52. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Library and Information science

#17 in South Africa

#2079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

53. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Library and Information science

#1 in Namibia

#2122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

54. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Library and Information science

#8 in Egypt

#2144 in the World

Founded: 1972

55. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Library and Information science

#13 in Nigeria

#2145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

56. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Library and Information science

#14 in Nigeria

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

57. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Library and Information science

#15 in Nigeria

#2174 in the World

Founded: 1975

58. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Library and Information science

#16 in Nigeria

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

59. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Library and Information science

#3 in Ghana

#2199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

60. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Library and Information science

#17 in Nigeria

#2203 in the World

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

61. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Library and Information science

#2 in Morocco

#2209 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

62. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Library and Information science

#9 in Egypt

#2298 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

63. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Library and Information science

#10 in Egypt

#2319 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

64. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Library and Information science

#1 in Algeria

#2359 in the World

65. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Library and Information science

#11 in Egypt

#2377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

66. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Library and Information science

#18 in South Africa

#2429 in the World

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

67. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Library and Information science

#1 in Senegal

#2456 in the World

Founded: 1918

68. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Library and Information science

#12 in Egypt

#2488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

69. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Library and Information science

#18 in Nigeria

#2516 in the World

Founded: 1975

70. National University of Lesotho

Lesotho | Maseru

For Library and Information science

#1 in Lesotho

#2556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1945

71. University of Jos

Nigeria | Jos

For Library and Information science

#19 in Nigeria

#2560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,169
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1975

72. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Library and Information science

#13 in Egypt

#2563 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

73. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Library and Information science

#3 in Morocco

#2600 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

74. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Library and Information science

#4 in Morocco

#2614 in the World

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

75. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Library and Information science

#5 in Morocco

#2629 in the World

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

76. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Library and Information science

#20 in Nigeria

#2631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

77. University of Swaziland

Eswatini | Kwaluseni

For Library and Information science

#1 in Eswatini

#2653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1976

78. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Library and Information science

#3 in Tunisia

#2656 in the World

79. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Library and Information science

#19 in South Africa

#2682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

80. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Library and Information science

#3 in Kenya

#2689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

81. Federal University of Petroleum Resources

Nigeria | Effurun

For Library and Information science

#21 in Nigeria

#2711 in the World

Founded: 2007

82. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Library and Information science

#4 in Ghana

#2712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

83. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Library and Information science

#22 in Nigeria

#2762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

84. University of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone | Freetown

For Library and Information science

#1 in Sierra Leone

#2771 in the World

Founded: 2005

85. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Library and Information science

#2 in Zimbabwe

#2777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991

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