Best Universities for Mechanical Engineering in Africa

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 2.56M citations received by 192K academic papers made by 282 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.

3. Cairo University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Egypt
#479 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
207,853
Founded
1908

4. University of Pretoria

For Mechanical Engineering

#487 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

5. University of the Witwatersrand

For Mechanical Engineering

#532 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

6. University of Johannesburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#613 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

7. Alexandria University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Egypt
#662 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

8. University of Sfax

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Tunisia
#705 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
33,193

9. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Mechanical Engineering

#718 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

10. Ain Shams University

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Egypt
#726 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

11. Mansoura University

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Egypt
#737 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

12. Zagazig University

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Egypt
#838 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

13. Tanta University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Egypt
#855 in the World
Founded
1972

14. North-West University

For Mechanical Engineering

#930 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2004

15. Assiut University

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Egypt
#960 in the World
Founded
1957

17. Helwan University

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Egypt
#966 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

18. Menoufia University

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Egypt
#1037 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

19. Benha University

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Egypt
#1041 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

20. University of Ibadan

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Nigeria
#1149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
41,269
Founded
1948

21. Mohammed V University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Morocco
#1161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%

22. Tshwane University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#1201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

23. University of South Africa

For Mechanical Engineering

#1212 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Founded
1873

26. Minia University

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Egypt
#1327 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1976

28. Al-Azhar University

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Egypt
#1450 in the World
Founded
1961

29. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Nigeria
#1483 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
23,100
Founded
1981

30. Covenant University

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Nigeria
#1487 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

32. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Ghana
#1519 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

33. University of Nigeria

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Nigeria
#1530 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

34. University of Lagos

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Nigeria
#1580 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
48,680
Founded
1962

35. Suez Canal University

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Egypt
#1590 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

37. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Nigeria
#1619 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Enrollment
32,480
Founded
1962

39. University of Ghana

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Ghana
#1647 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1948

41. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Algeria
#1653 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
1,400

42. University of the Free State

For Mechanical Engineering

#1680 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

43. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Egypt
#1702 in the World
Enrollment
3,741
Male:Female
59:41
Founded
2010

45. University of Port Harcourt

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Nigeria
#1736 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

46. Nelson Mandela University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1741 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

47. University of Annaba

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Algeria
#1752 in the World
Enrollment
39,916

49. University of the Western Cape

For Mechanical Engineering

#1774 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

50. American University in Cairo

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Egypt
#1812 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

51. Rhodes University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1825 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

52. University of Biskra

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Algeria
#1829 in the World
Enrollment
31,588

53. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Morocco
#1857 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%

54. University of Sousse

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Tunisia
#1858 in the World
Enrollment
19,311

55. Ahmadu Bello University

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Nigeria
#1870 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

57. Kafrelsheikh University

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in Egypt
#1900 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
2006

59. Suez University

For Mechanical Engineering

#18 in Egypt
#1927 in the World
Founded
2012

60. South Valley University - Qena

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in Egypt
#1945 in the World
Founded
1995

61. Port Said University

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Egypt
#1970 in the World
Founded
2010

63. Aswan University

For Mechanical Engineering

#21 in Egypt
#1996 in the World
Enrollment
1,898
Founded
2012

64. Gabes University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Tunisia
#2002 in the World
Enrollment
15,263

65. Beni-Suef University

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in Egypt
#2004 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
2005

66. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Nigeria
#2019 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1980

67. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Algeria
#2028 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%

68. Sohag university

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in Egypt
#2029 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2006

70. University of Carthage

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Tunisia
#2056 in the World
Enrollment
50,314

71. University of Ilorin

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Nigeria
#2067 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
76,000
Founded
1975

72. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#2072 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Enrollment
35,047
Founded
2005

73. University of Bejaia

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Algeria
#2075 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%

74. Makerere University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Uganda
#2099 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

75. University of Nairobi

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Kenya
#2151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

76. University of Blida 1

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Algeria
#2241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%

77. University of Dschang

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Cameroon
#2274 in the World
Founded
1993

78. Durban University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#2280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2002

79. University of Zimbabwe

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Zimbabwe
#2328 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
20,399
Founded
1955

80. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Nigeria
#2330 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1991

81. Rivers State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Nigeria
#2332 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

84. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Nigeria
#2348 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Founded
1988

85. Bahir Dar University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Ethiopia
#2359 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
2001

86. University of Benin

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Nigeria
#2388 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

87. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Kenya
#2400 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

88. Bayero University Kano

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Nigeria
#2401 in the World
Enrollment
45,810
Founded
1975

89. Fayoum University

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Egypt
#2402 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Founded
2005

90. German University in Cairo

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in Egypt
#2428 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
2003

91. National University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Zimbabwe
#2433 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1991

92. Jimma University

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Ethiopia
#2512 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1983

93. Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Nigeria
#2516 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
26,181
Founded
1982

95. British University in Egypt

For Mechanical Engineering

#26 in Egypt
#2537 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
12,178
Founded
2005

96. University of Mauritius

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Mauritius
#2573 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1965

97. University of Cape Coast

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Ghana
#2577 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

98. University of Dar es Salaam

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Tanzania
#2607 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
45,155
Founded
1970

100. Vaal University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#2647 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1966