Best Universities for Chemical 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 Chemical Engineering. A graph of 2.39M citations received by 141K academic papers made by 228 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

Egypt | Giza

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Egypt

#393 in the World

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

2. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Egypt

#537 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

3. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in South Africa

#581 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

4. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Egypt

#606 in the World

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

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in South Africa

#677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Tunisia

#702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

7. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in South Africa

#725 in the World

Founded: 1918

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Egypt

#747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Chemical Engineering

#5 in Egypt

#755 in the World

Founded: 1957

10. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in South Africa

#798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

11. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Chemical Engineering

#5 in South Africa

#800 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

12. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Chemical Engineering

#6 in Egypt

#820 in the World

Founded: 1961

13. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Chemical Engineering

#6 in South Africa

#857 in the World

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

14. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Chemical Engineering

#7 in South Africa

#858 in the World

Founded: 1874

15. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Chemical Engineering

#7 in Egypt

#863 in the World

Founded: 1972

16. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Chemical Engineering

#8 in Egypt

#985 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

17. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Chemical Engineering

#8 in South Africa

#1017 in the World

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

18. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Tunisia

#1059 in the World

19. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Chemical Engineering

#9 in South Africa

#1087 in the World

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

20. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Chemical Engineering

#9 in Egypt

#1121 in the World

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

21. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Algeria

#1128 in the World

22. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Chemical Engineering

#10 in Egypt

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

23. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Tunisia

#1192 in the World

24. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Chemical Engineering

#11 in Egypt

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

25. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Chemical Engineering

#10 in South Africa

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

26. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Morocco

#1224 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

27. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Morocco

#1246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

28. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Chemical Engineering

#12 in Egypt

#1278 in the World

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

29. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Tunisia

#1283 in the World

30. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Chemical Engineering

#13 in Egypt

#1304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

31. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Chemical Engineering

#11 in South Africa

#1353 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

32. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Chemical Engineering

#12 in South Africa

#1357 in the World

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

33. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Chemical Engineering

#14 in Egypt

#1381 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

34. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Chemical Engineering

#15 in Egypt

#1405 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

35. South Valley University - Qena

Egypt | Qena

For Chemical Engineering

#16 in Egypt

#1455 in the World

Founded: 1995

36. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Morocco

#1519 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

37. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Algeria

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

38. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Nigeria

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

39. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Algeria

#1604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

40. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Chemical Engineering

#5 in Tunisia

#1630 in the World

41. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Chemical Engineering

#17 in Egypt

#1631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

42. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Nigeria

#1666 in the World

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

43. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Chemical Engineering

#18 in Egypt

#1677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

44. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Nigeria

#1679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

45. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Chemical Engineering

#6 in Tunisia

#1681 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

46. University of Oran 1

Algeria | Oran

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Algeria

#1686 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

47. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Chemical Engineering

#5 in Algeria

#1692 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

48. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Chemical Engineering

#13 in South Africa

#1724 in the World

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

49. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Nigeria

#1725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

50. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Chemical Engineering

#6 in Algeria

#1727 in the World

51. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Chemical Engineering

#7 in Algeria

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

52. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Chemical Engineering

#5 in Nigeria

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

53. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Morocco

#1775 in the World

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

54. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Chemical Engineering

#6 in Nigeria

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

55. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Chemical Engineering

#14 in South Africa

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

56. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Chemical Engineering

#19 in Egypt

#1880 in the World

Founded: 2010

57. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Chemical Engineering

#7 in Nigeria

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

58. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Chemical Engineering

#8 in Algeria

#1904 in the World

59. Fayoum University

Egypt | Faiyum

For Chemical Engineering

#20 in Egypt

#1929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

60. Suez University

Egypt | Suez

For Chemical Engineering

#21 in Egypt

#1934 in the World

Founded: 2012

61. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Chemical Engineering

#5 in Morocco

#1951 in the World

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

62. University of Science and Technology of Oran

Algeria | Oran

For Chemical Engineering

#9 in Algeria

#1966 in the World

63. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Ethiopia

#1974 in the World

Founded: 1950

64. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Chemical Engineering

#8 in Nigeria

#1979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

65. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Chemical Engineering

#15 in South Africa

#1981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

66. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Chemical Engineering

#16 in South Africa

#2004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

67. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Chemical Engineering

#22 in Egypt

#2042 in the World

Founded: 2010

68. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Chemical Engineering

#17 in South Africa

#2065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

69. Aswan University

Egypt | Aswan

For Chemical Engineering

#23 in Egypt

#2079 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

70. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Chemical Engineering

#10 in Algeria

#2081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

71. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Chemical Engineering

#9 in Nigeria

#2083 in the World

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

72. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Chemical Engineering

#24 in Egypt

#2127 in the World

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

73. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Chemical Engineering

#11 in Algeria

#2138 in the World

74. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Chemical Engineering

#18 in South Africa

#2186 in the World

Founded: 1916

75. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Chemical Engineering

#25 in Egypt

#2195 in the World

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

76. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Chemical Engineering

#12 in Algeria

#2196 in the World

77. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Chemical Engineering

#10 in Nigeria

#2207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

78. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Chemical Engineering

#11 in Nigeria

#2221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

79. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Chemical Engineering

#12 in Nigeria

#2238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

80. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Chemical Engineering

#13 in Nigeria

#2280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

81. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Chemical Engineering

#14 in Nigeria

#2286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

82. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Ghana

#2304 in the World

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

83. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Tanzania

#2321 in the World

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

84. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Chemical Engineering

#13 in Algeria

#2332 in the World

85. Adama Science and Technology University

Ethiopia | Adama

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Ethiopia

#2400 in the World

Founded: 1993

86. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Ethiopia

#2408 in the World

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

87. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Chemical Engineering

#7 in Tunisia

#2417 in the World

88. 20 August 1955 University of Skikda

Algeria | Skikda

For Chemical Engineering

#14 in Algeria

#2425 in the World

89. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Chemical Engineering

#6 in Morocco

#2458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

90. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Chemical Engineering

#15 in Algeria

#2467 in the World

91. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Chemical Engineering

#26 in Egypt

#2485 in the World

Founded: 2010

92. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Chemical Engineering

#15 in Nigeria

#2506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

93. Future University in Egypt

Egypt | New Cairo

For Chemical Engineering

#27 in Egypt

#2530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 9,085
Founded: 2006

94. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Sudan

#2531 in the World

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

95. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Kenya

#2534 in the World

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

96. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Ghana

#2555 in the World

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

97. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Chemical Engineering

#16 in Nigeria

#2564 in the World

Founded: 1991

98. University of Mostaganem

Algeria | Mostaganem

For Chemical Engineering

#16 in Algeria

#2574 in the World

99. National University of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe | Bulawayo

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Zimbabwe

#2580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1991

100. Botswana International University of Science and Technology

Botswana | Palapye

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Botswana

#2585 in the World

Enrollment: 1,966
Founded: 2005

Engineering subfields in Africa

Acoustical Engineering179

Aerospace Engineering200

Agricultural Engineering63

Applied/Engineering Physics28

Architectural Engineering42

Architecture35

Automation and Control engineering72

Automotive Engineering107

Aviation18

Biochemical Engineering26

Biomedical Engineering28

Biotechnology193

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