Best Universities for Aerospace Engineering in Africa

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 1.04M citations received by 84.9K academic papers made by 200 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 Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in South Africa

#387 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in South Africa

#436 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in South Africa

#489 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in South Africa

#491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Egypt

#508 in the World

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

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in South Africa

#557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Egypt

#648 in the World

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

8. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Egypt

#660 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

9. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Egypt

#737 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

10. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Egypt

#795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

11. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Egypt

#836 in the World

Founded: 1957

12. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Egypt

#874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

13. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Tunisia

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

14. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in Egypt

#1021 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

15. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Egypt

#1033 in the World

Founded: 1972

16. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Egypt

#1034 in the World

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

17. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Tunisia

#1056 in the World

18. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Algeria

#1062 in the World

19. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in South Africa

#1094 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

20. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Nigeria

#1106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

21. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in South Africa

#1128 in the World

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

22. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Egypt

#1193 in the World

Founded: 1961

23. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Tunisia

#1219 in the World

24. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Tunisia

#1241 in the World

25. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Morocco

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

26. University of Science and Technology of Oran

Algeria | Oran

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Algeria

#1324 in the World

27. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Algeria

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

28. South Valley University - Qena

Egypt | Qena

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Egypt

#1389 in the World

Founded: 1995

29. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Egypt

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

30. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Nigeria

#1406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

31. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Egypt

#1467 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

32. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in South Africa

#1474 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

33. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in South Africa

#1480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

34. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Algeria

#1484 in the World

35. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Morocco

#1487 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

36. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in South Africa

#1502 in the World

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

37. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in South Africa

#1510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

38. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Nigeria

#1513 in the World

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

39. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in Egypt

#1514 in the World

Founded: 2010

40. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Aerospace Engineering

#16 in Egypt

#1523 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

41. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Morocco

#1568 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

42. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Nigeria

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

43. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Nigeria

#1604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

44. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Nigeria

#1609 in the World

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

45. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in South Africa

#1641 in the World

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

46. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Nigeria

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

47. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in Nigeria

#1701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

48. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Tunisia

#1757 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

49. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in South Africa

#1783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

50. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in South Africa

#1784 in the World

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

51. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Botswana

#1786 in the World

Founded: 1964

52. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Algeria

#1798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

53. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Ghana

#1816 in the World

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

54. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Algeria

#1817 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

55. Aswan University

Egypt | Aswan

For Aerospace Engineering

#17 in Egypt

#1833 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

56. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Morocco

#1848 in the World

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

57. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Aerospace Engineering

#18 in Egypt

#1851 in the World

Founded: 2010

58. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Morocco

#1885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

59. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Nigeria

#1890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

60. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Algeria

#1900 in the World

61. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Tunisia

#1912 in the World

62. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in Algeria

#1967 in the World

63. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Ghana

#1971 in the World

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

64. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Aerospace Engineering

#19 in Egypt

#1978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

65. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Aerospace Engineering

#20 in Egypt

#1981 in the World

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

66. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Algeria

#1988 in the World

67. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Aerospace Engineering

#21 in Egypt

#2037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

68. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Nigeria

#2080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

69. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Algeria

#2081 in the World

70. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Kenya

#2086 in the World

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

71. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Ethiopia

#2104 in the World

Founded: 1950

72. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Nigeria

#2113 in the World

Founded: 1992

73. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Algeria

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

74. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Algeria

#2118 in the World

75. Fayoum University

Egypt | Faiyum

For Aerospace Engineering

#22 in Egypt

#2123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

76. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Cameroon

#2135 in the World

Founded: 1993

77. Suez University

Egypt | Suez

For Aerospace Engineering

#23 in Egypt

#2147 in the World

Founded: 2012

78. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in South Africa

#2193 in the World

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

79. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Algeria

#2217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

80. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Aerospace Engineering

#24 in Egypt

#2231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

81. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Tunisia

#2242 in the World

82. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Nigeria

#2270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

83. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Nigeria

#2308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

84. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Aerospace Engineering

#25 in Egypt

#2320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

85. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Uganda

#2346 in the World

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

86. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Nigeria

#2352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

87. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Aerospace Engineering

#26 in Egypt

#2387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2012

88. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Libya

#2393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

89. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Tanzania

#2395 in the World

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

90. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Aerospace Engineering

#16 in South Africa

#2430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

91. University of Mostaganem

Algeria | Mostaganem

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Algeria

#2451 in the World

92. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in Nigeria

#2519 in the World

Founded: 2000

93. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Zimbabwe

#2522 in the World

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

94. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Sudan

#2531 in the World

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

95. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Morocco

#2543 in the World

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

96. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Aerospace Engineering

#16 in Nigeria

#2569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

97. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Aerospace Engineering

#27 in Egypt

#2570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 9,228
Founded: 2005

98. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Senegal

#2589 in the World

Founded: 1918

99. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Ethiopia

#2610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 57,852
Founded: 2001

100. 20 August 1955 University of Skikda

Algeria | Skikda

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in Algeria

#2613 in the World

Engineering subfields in Africa

Acoustical Engineering179

Agricultural Engineering63

Applied/Engineering Physics28

Architectural Engineering42

Architecture35

Automation and Control engineering72

Automotive Engineering107

Aviation18

Biochemical Engineering26

Biomedical Engineering28

Biotechnology193

Chemical Engineering228

Civil Engineering180

Computer Engineering60

Computer Networking218

Construction Management30

Electrical Engineering267

Electronic Engineering132

Engineering Management25

Environmental Engineering193

Firefighting and Fire Science20

Geotechnical Engineering208

Human-Computer Interaction71

Industrial Engineering20

Landscape Architecture28

Marine Engineering21

Materials Science302

Mechanical Engineering260

Metallurgical Engineering264

Mining Engineering76

Nanotechnology201

Nuclear Engineering35

Operations Research57

Optical Engineering264

Petroleum Engineering49

Polymer science and Plastics engineering19

Product and Industrial Design10

Reliability and Quality Engineering80

Remote Sensing99

Renewable Energy Engineering138

Robotics35

Structural Engineering169

Systems Engineering131

Technical Drawing15

Telecommunications240

Transportation Engineering50