Best Universities for Environmental Engineering in Africa

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Environmental Engineering. A graph of 619K citations received by 46.3K academic papers made by 193 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.

2. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Environmental Engineering

#278 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

3. Alexandria University

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Egypt
#305 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

4. University of Pretoria

For Environmental Engineering

#329 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

5. University of Johannesburg

For Environmental Engineering

#355 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

6. Cairo University

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Egypt
#367 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

7. University of the Witwatersrand

For Environmental Engineering

#369 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

9. University of Sfax

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Tunisia
#453 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%

10. Tanta University

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Egypt
#553 in the World
Founded
1972

11. University of South Africa

For Environmental Engineering

#597 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

12. Durban University of Technology

For Environmental Engineering

#606 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
10,213
Founded
2002

13. Cadi Ayyad University

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Morocco
#629 in the World
Enrollment
29,703

14. University of Ibadan

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Nigeria
#650 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

15. Ain Shams University

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Egypt
#668 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

16. Tshwane University of Technology

For Environmental Engineering

#680 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

17. Assiut University

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Egypt
#684 in the World
Founded
1957

18. University of Nigeria

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Nigeria
#685 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

20. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Ghana
#704 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

21. University of Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Tanzania
#705 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

22. University of Zimbabwe

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Zimbabwe
#715 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
18,040
Founded
1955

23. Makerere University

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Uganda
#723 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Nigeria
#743 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

25. Mansoura University

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Egypt
#748 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

26. University of Port Harcourt

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Nigeria
#768 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

28. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Nigeria
#813 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1990

29. North-West University

For Environmental Engineering

#849 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
26,439
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
2004

31. Rhodes University

For Environmental Engineering

#878 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

32. Minia University

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Egypt
#930 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1976

33. University of Lagos

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Nigeria
#944 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

34. Zagazig University

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Egypt
#979 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

35. Menoufia University

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Egypt
#1029 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

36. University of Ghana

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Ghana
#1040 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
67,914
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1948

37. University of the Western Cape

For Environmental Engineering

#1043 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

38. Jimma University

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Ethiopia
#1045 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1983

39. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Algeria
#1046 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%

40. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Nigeria
#1048 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

42. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Environmental Engineering

#1063 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Founded
2005

43. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Nigeria
#1086 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Founded
1988

44. Al-Azhar University

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Egypt
#1095 in the World
Founded
1961

47. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Nigeria
#1101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

48. Covenant University

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Nigeria
#1117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

49. University of Carthage

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Tunisia
#1118 in the World
Enrollment
50,314

51. University of the Free State

For Environmental Engineering

#1153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

52. University of Ilorin

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in Nigeria
#1175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

53. Suez Canal University

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in Egypt
#1176 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

54. Bahir Dar University

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Ethiopia
#1182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
57,852
Founded
2001

55. Ibn Tofail University

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Morocco
#1185 in the World
Enrollment
22,270
Male:Female
52:48

56. Ahmadu Bello University

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in Nigeria
#1191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

57. University of Benin

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in Nigeria
#1206 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

58. Benha University

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in Egypt
#1209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

59. University of Nairobi

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Kenya
#1211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

60. Mohammed V University

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Morocco
#1214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
67,415

62. Kafrelsheikh University

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in Egypt
#1236 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
2006

63. University of Blida 1

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Algeria
#1248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%

65. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Morocco
#1310 in the World
Enrollment
98,720
Male:Female
54:46

66. University of Mauritius

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Mauritius
#1314 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1965

67. Moi University

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Kenya
#1326 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

68. University of Annaba

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Algeria
#1358 in the World
Enrollment
8,443

69. University of Gondar

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Ethiopia
#1362 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
49,103
Male:Female
58:42
Founded
1954

70. Suez University

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in Egypt
#1383 in the World
Founded
2012

71. Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in Nigeria
#1386 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1982

72. Beni-Suef University

For Environmental Engineering

#16 in Egypt
#1388 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
2005

73. Rivers State University

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in Nigeria
#1423 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

74. University of Malawi

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Malawi
#1424 in the World
Founded
1964

75. American University in Cairo

For Environmental Engineering

#17 in Egypt
#1428 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

76. University of Cape Coast

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Ghana
#1439 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

77. University of Botswana

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Botswana
#1463 in the World
Founded
1964

78. University of Venda

For Environmental Engineering

#1492 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

79. Helwan University

For Environmental Engineering

#18 in Egypt
#1507 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

82. University of Bejaia

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Algeria
#1599 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%

83. Port Said University

For Environmental Engineering

#19 in Egypt
#1631 in the World
Founded
2010

84. Adekunle Ajasin University

For Environmental Engineering

#16 in Nigeria
#1645 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1982

85. Mekelle University

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Ethiopia
#1664 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Founded
1991

86. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Kenya
#1666 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

88. University for Development Studies

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Ghana
#1692 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1992

89. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Environmental Engineering

#17 in Nigeria
#1702 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1980

91. University of Uyo

For Environmental Engineering

#18 in Nigeria
#1723 in the World
Founded
1991

92. Delta State University, Abraka

For Environmental Engineering

#19 in Nigeria
#1748 in the World
Founded
1992

93. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Algeria
#1783 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%

94. Vaal University of Technology

For Environmental Engineering

#1806 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1966

95. Bayero University Kano

For Environmental Engineering

#20 in Nigeria
#1821 in the World
Founded
1975

96. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Environmental Engineering

#21 in Nigeria
#1824 in the World
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

97. Sohag university

For Environmental Engineering

#20 in Egypt
#1856 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2006

98. University of Dschang

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Cameroon
#1866 in the World
Founded
1993

99. Fayoum University

For Environmental Engineering

#21 in Egypt
#1867 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Founded
2005

100. University of Zambia

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Zambia
#1884 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965