22 Best universities for Machine Learning in Ghana

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 175K citations received by 11.3K 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

#25 in Africa

#1142 in the World

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

2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#42 in Africa

#1404 in the World

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

3. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Machine Learning

#54 in Africa

#1673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

4. University for Development Studies

For Machine Learning

#88 in Africa

#2339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

5. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Machine Learning

#124 in Africa

#2761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

6. University of Energy and Natural Resources

Ghana | Sunyani

For Machine Learning

#145 in Africa

#3071 in the World

Founded: 2011

7. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Machine Learning

#150 in Africa

#3133 in the World

Founded: 2011

8. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Machine Learning

#159 in Africa

#3253 in the World

Founded: 1961

9. University of Mines and Technology

For Machine Learning

#166 in Africa

#3369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 2004

10. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Machine Learning

#186 in Africa

#3630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

11. Ho Technical University

For Machine Learning

#210 in Africa

#3990 in the World

Founded: 1968

12. Kumasi Technical University

For Machine Learning

#213 in Africa

#4076 in the World

Founded: 1954

13. Central University

For Machine Learning

#240 in Africa

#4449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1997

14. Ghana Technology University College

For Machine Learning

#243 in Africa

#4479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 2006

15. Methodist University College

For Machine Learning

#264 in Africa

#4842 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 2000

16. Accra Technical University

For Machine Learning

#267 in Africa

#4876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1949

17. Islamic University College, Ghana

For Machine Learning

#271 in Africa

#4993 in the World

Founded: 1988

18. Presbyterian University College

Ghana | Abetifi

For Machine Learning

#276 in Africa

#5061 in the World

Founded: 2003

19. Cape Coast Technical University

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Machine Learning

#278 in Africa

#5081 in the World

Founded: 1986

20. Garden City University College

For Machine Learning

#280 in Africa

#5125 in the World

Founded: 2001

21. Catholic University College of Ghana

Ghana | Sunyani

For Machine Learning

#287 in Africa

#5171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2003

22. Pentecost University College

For Machine Learning

#298 in Africa

#5327 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 Systems10

Software Engineering2

Telecommunications12