Best Universities for 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 Engineering. A graph of 11.8M citations received by 957K academic papers made by 348 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. Cairo University

For Engineering

#1 in Egypt

#440 in the World

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

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Engineering

#1 in South Africa

#457 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Engineering

#2 in South Africa

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Engineering

#3 in South Africa

#545 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Engineering

#4 in South Africa

#560 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. Ain Shams University

For Engineering

#2 in Egypt

#575 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Engineering

#5 in South Africa

#583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

8. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Engineering

#3 in Egypt

#657 in the World

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

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Engineering

#4 in Egypt

#689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. University of Sfax

For Engineering

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

11. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Engineering

#6 in South Africa

#778 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

12. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Engineering

#5 in Egypt

#885 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

13. Assiut University

For Engineering

#6 in Egypt

#912 in the World

Founded: 1957

14. Tanta University

For Engineering

#7 in Egypt

#962 in the World

Founded: 1972

15. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Engineering

#7 in South Africa

#1046 in the World

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

16. Al-Azhar University

For Engineering

#8 in Egypt

#1047 in the World

Founded: 1961

17. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Engineering

#9 in Egypt

#1069 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

18. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Engineering

#1086 in the World

19. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Engineering

#1123 in the World

20. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Engineering

#8 in South Africa

#1170 in the World

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

21. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Engineering

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

22. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Engineering

#1194 in the World

23. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Engineering

#1196 in the World

24. Benha University

For Engineering

#10 in Egypt

#1211 in the World

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

25. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Engineering

#9 in South Africa

#1215 in the World

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

26. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Engineering

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

27. Helwan University

For Engineering

#11 in Egypt

#1313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

28. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Engineering

#10 in South Africa

#1360 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

29. Minia University

For Engineering

#12 in Egypt

#1376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

30. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Engineering

#1407 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

31. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Engineering

#11 in South Africa

#1425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

32. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Engineering

#13 in Egypt

#1492 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

33. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Engineering

#1499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

34. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Engineering

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

35. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Engineering

#1578 in the World

Founded: 1950

36. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Engineering

#1588 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

37. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Engineering

#12 in South Africa

#1598 in the World

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

38. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Engineering

#14 in Egypt

#1616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

39. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Engineering

#1620 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

40. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Engineering

#1634 in the World

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

41. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Engineering

#1694 in the World

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

42. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Engineering

#1 in Uganda

#1698 in the World

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

43. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Engineering

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

44. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Engineering

#15 in Egypt

#1747 in the World

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

45. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Engineering

#1767 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

46. South Valley University - Qena

For Engineering

#16 in Egypt

#1785 in the World

Founded: 1995

47. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Engineering

#1793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

48. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Engineering

#1 in Kenya

#1800 in the World

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

49. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#1 in Ghana

#1823 in the World

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

50. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Engineering

#1824 in the World

51. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Engineering

#1825 in the World

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

52. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Engineering

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

53. Covenant University

For Engineering

#1827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

54. University of Ghana

For Engineering

#2 in Ghana

#1860 in the World

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

55. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Engineering

#17 in Egypt

#1862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

56. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Engineering

#13 in South Africa

#1902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

57. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Engineering

#18 in Egypt

#1907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

58. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Engineering

#1951 in the World

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

59. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Engineering

#1991 in the World

60. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Engineering

#19 in Egypt

#1998 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

61. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Engineering

#2027 in the World

62. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Engineering

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

63. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Engineering

#14 in South Africa

#2029 in the World

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

64. Aswan University

For Engineering

#20 in Egypt

#2037 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

65. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Engineering

#2046 in the World

66. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Engineering

#2063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

67. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Engineering

#2064 in the World

68. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Engineering

#2070 in the World

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

69. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Engineering

#2072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

70. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Engineering

#2077 in the World

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

71. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Engineering

#15 in South Africa

#2119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

72. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Engineering

#2129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

73. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Engineering

#2137 in the World

Founded: 1964

74. Fayoum University

For Engineering

#21 in Egypt

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

75. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Engineering

#22 in Egypt

#2156 in the World

Founded: 2010

76. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Engineering

#23 in Egypt

#2190 in the World

Founded: 2010

77. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Engineering

#2224 in the World

78. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Engineering

#10 in Algeria

#2281 in the World

79. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Engineering

#11 in Algeria

#2292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

80. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Engineering

#12 in Algeria

#2297 in the World

81. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Engineering

#10 in Nigeria

#2339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

82. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Engineering

#11 in Nigeria

#2340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

83. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Engineering

#12 in Nigeria

#2341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

84. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Engineering

#1 in Mauritius

#2346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

85. Suez University

For Engineering

#24 in Egypt

#2347 in the World

Founded: 2012

86. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Engineering

#2371 in the World

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

87. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Engineering

#16 in South Africa

#2372 in the World

Founded: 1916

88. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Engineering

#13 in Nigeria

#2388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

89. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Engineering

#1 in Sudan

#2398 in the World

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

90. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Engineering

#14 in Nigeria

#2408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

91. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Engineering

#15 in Nigeria

#2423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

92. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Engineering

#25 in Egypt

#2425 in the World

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

93. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Engineering

#2450 in the World

Founded: 1918

94. University of Oran 1

For Engineering

#13 in Algeria

#2465 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

95. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Engineering

#2482 in the World

Founded: 1993

96. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Engineering

#14 in Algeria

#2499 in the World

97. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Engineering

#2565 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

98. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Engineering

#16 in Nigeria

#2582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

99. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Engineering

#26 in Egypt

#2611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

100. University of Uyo

For Engineering

#17 in Nigeria

#2644 in the World

Founded: 1991

Engineering subfields in Africa

Acoustical Engineering179

Aerospace Engineering200

Agricultural Engineering63

Applied/Engineering Physics28

Architectural Engineering42

Automation and Control engineering72

Automotive Engineering107

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

Structural Engineering169

Systems Engineering131

Technical Drawing15

Telecommunications240

Transportation Engineering50