22 Best universities for Machine Learning in Ghana

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ghana ranked based on their research performance in Machine Learning. A graph of 203K citations received by 11.7K academic papers made by 22 universities in Ghana 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 Ghana

For Machine Learning

#26 in Africa

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#41 in Africa

#1382 in the World

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

3. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Machine Learning

#52 in Africa

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

4. University for Development Studies

For Machine Learning

#86 in Africa

#2275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 13,132
Founded: 1992

5. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Machine Learning

#124 in Africa

#2770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

6. University of Energy and Natural Resources

Ghana | Sunyani

For Machine Learning

#138 in Africa

#2977 in the World

Founded: 2011

7. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Machine Learning

#142 in Africa

#3039 in the World

Founded: 2011

8. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Machine Learning

#160 in Africa

#3248 in the World

Founded: 1961

9. University of Mines and Technology

For Machine Learning

#161 in Africa

#3251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 15,570
Founded: 2004

10. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Machine Learning

#181 in Africa

#3573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 26,703
Founded: 1965

11. Ho Technical University

For Machine Learning

#204 in Africa

#3894 in the World

Founded: 1968

12. Kumasi Technical University

For Machine Learning

#215 in Africa

#4057 in the World

Founded: 1954

13. Central University

For Machine Learning

#240 in Africa

#4415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1997

14. Ghana Technology University College

For Machine Learning

#243 in Africa

#4442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 2006

15. Methodist University College

For Machine Learning

#265 in Africa

#4863 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 2000

16. Accra Technical University

For Machine Learning

#267 in Africa

#4874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1949

17. Cape Coast Technical University

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Machine Learning

#268 in Africa

#4877 in the World

Founded: 1986

18. Islamic University College, Ghana

For Machine Learning

#275 in Africa

#5036 in the World

Founded: 1988

19. Presbyterian University College

Ghana | Abetifi

For Machine Learning

#278 in Africa

#5060 in the World

Founded: 2003

20. Garden City University College

For Machine Learning

#282 in Africa

#5120 in the World

Founded: 2001

21. Catholic University College of Ghana

Ghana | Sunyani

For Machine Learning

#284 in Africa

#5143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2003

22. Pentecost University College

For Machine Learning

#299 in Africa

#5312 in the World

Founded: 2003

The best cities to study Machine Learning in Ghana based on the number of universities and their ranks are Legon, Kumasi, Cape Coast, and Tamale.

Computer Science subfields in Ghana

Artificial Intelligence (AI)19

Bioinformatics and Computational biology5

Blockchain and Cryptography2

Cognitive Science7

Computational Linguistics4

Computer Networking12

Computer Vision8

Cyber Security13

Human-Computer Interaction4

Information Technology3

Library and Information science4

Management Information Systems11

Software Engineering2

Telecommunications12