Best Universities for Optical Engineering in Africa

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Optical Engineering. A graph of 3.09M citations received by 215K academic papers made by 264 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 Optical Engineering

#1 in Egypt
#456 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

3. University of the Witwatersrand

For Optical Engineering

#521 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

4. Ain Shams University

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Egypt
#546 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Optical Engineering

#671 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

7. Mansoura University

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Egypt
#699 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

8. University of Pretoria

For Optical Engineering

#706 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

9. Alexandria University

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Egypt
#780 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

10. University of Sfax

For Optical Engineering

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

11. Al-Azhar University

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Egypt
#884 in the World
Founded
1961

12. University of Johannesburg

For Optical Engineering

#925 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

13. Zagazig University

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Egypt
#958 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

14. Assiut University

For Optical Engineering

#7 in Egypt
#972 in the World
Founded
1957

15. Tanta University

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Egypt
#1003 in the World
Founded
1972

17. Menoufia University

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Egypt
#1034 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

19. University of the Free State

For Optical Engineering

#1078 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

21. University of South Africa

For Optical Engineering

#1136 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

23. Mohammed V University

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Morocco
#1258 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
67,415

24. North-West University

For Optical Engineering

#1286 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
26,439
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
2004

25. Benha University

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Egypt
#1296 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

26. Rhodes University

For Optical Engineering

#1302 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

27. Beni-Suef University

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Egypt
#1310 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
2005

28. Minia University

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Egypt
#1416 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1976

29. Tshwane University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#1457 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

30. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Algeria
#1462 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%

31. Suez Canal University

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Egypt
#1506 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

32. Cadi Ayyad University

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Morocco
#1519 in the World
Enrollment
29,703

33. Helwan University

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Egypt
#1533 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

34. University of Carthage

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Tunisia
#1547 in the World
Enrollment
50,314

35. Sohag university

For Optical Engineering

#15 in Egypt
#1568 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2006

36. University of the Western Cape

For Optical Engineering

#1571 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

37. Makerere University

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Uganda
#1574 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

41. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Morocco
#1660 in the World
Enrollment
98,720
Male:Female
54:46

42. University of Annaba

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Algeria
#1687 in the World
Enrollment
8,443

43. American University in Cairo

For Optical Engineering

#17 in Egypt
#1700 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

44. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Nigeria
#1740 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

45. Kafrelsheikh University

For Optical Engineering

#18 in Egypt
#1775 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
2006

46. University of Ibadan

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Nigeria
#1780 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

47. Ibn Tofail University

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Morocco
#1813 in the World
Enrollment
22,270
Male:Female
52:48

49. University of Nairobi

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Kenya
#1829 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

50. University of Nigeria

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Nigeria
#1835 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

51. Nelson Mandela University

For Optical Engineering

#1920 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

54. Damietta University

For Optical Engineering

#19 in Egypt
#2023 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
2012

55. Ahmadu Bello University

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Nigeria
#2052 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

57. University of Lagos

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Nigeria
#2063 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

58. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Nigeria
#2088 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

59. Aswan University

For Optical Engineering

#21 in Egypt
#2099 in the World
Enrollment
1,898
Founded
2012

62. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Morocco
#2154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
36,000

64. Fayoum University

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Egypt
#2233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Founded
2005

65. University of Bejaia

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Algeria
#2250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%

66. University of Khartoum

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Sudan
#2271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
41,030
Founded
1956

67. University of Ilorin

For Optical Engineering

#7 in Nigeria
#2301 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

68. Covenant University

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Nigeria
#2308 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

69. Port Said University

For Optical Engineering

#23 in Egypt
#2323 in the World
Founded
2010

70. University of Ghana

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Ghana
#2329 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
67,914
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1948

71. Durban University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#2332 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
10,213
Founded
2002

76. Suez University

For Optical Engineering

#25 in Egypt
#2399 in the World
Founded
2012

77. University of Oran 1

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Algeria
#2403 in the World
Enrollment
60,000

78. University of Blida 1

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Algeria
#2414 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%

79. University of Zimbabwe

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Zimbabwe
#2419 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
18,040
Founded
1955

80. University of Gondar

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Ethiopia
#2439 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
49,103
Male:Female
58:42
Founded
1954

82. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Ghana
#2450 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

84. Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Nigeria
#2493 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1982

87. University of Zululand

For Optical Engineering

#2577 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

88. German University in Cairo

For Optical Engineering

#26 in Egypt
#2590 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
2003

89. University of Dar es Salaam

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Tanzania
#2591 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

90. University of Port Harcourt

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Nigeria
#2641 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

91. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Nigeria
#2670 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

93. University of Malawi

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Malawi
#2734 in the World
Founded
1964

95. University of Calabar

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Nigeria
#2749 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

97. University of Limpopo

For Optical Engineering

#2776 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

98. University of Benin

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Nigeria
#2783 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

100. University of Cape Coast

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Ghana
#2822 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962