Best Universities for Remote Sensing in Africa

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Remote Sensing. A graph of 406K citations received by 26.1K academic papers made by 137 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. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Durban

For Remote Sensing

#1 in South Africa

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Cape Town

For Remote Sensing

#2 in South Africa

#341 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Remote Sensing

#3 in South Africa

#350 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#4 in South Africa

#505 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. Cairo University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Egypt

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 207,853
Founded: 1908

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Remote Sensing

#5 in South Africa

#553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Remote Sensing

#732 in the World

Founded: 1950

8. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#751 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

9. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Remote Sensing

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 23,100
Founded: 1981

10. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Egypt

#790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

11. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Egypt

#797 in the World

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

12. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Egypt

#807 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

13. Ain Shams University

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Egypt

#808 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

14. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Remote Sensing

#877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

15. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Remote Sensing

#891 in the World

16. Al-Azhar University

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Egypt

#928 in the World

Founded: 1961

17. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#943 in the World

18. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Remote Sensing

#6 in South Africa

#955 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

19. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Remote Sensing

#957 in the World

20. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Egypt

#961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

21. Rhodes University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Makhanda

For Remote Sensing

#7 in South Africa

#967 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

22. University of Sfax

For Remote Sensing

#989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

23. Benha University

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Egypt

#1022 in the World

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

24. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Ghana

#1035 in the World

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

25. Tanta University

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Egypt

#1051 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Remote Sensing

#1093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,399
Founded: 1955

27. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#8 in South Africa

#1129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

28. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#1130 in the World

29. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Remote Sensing

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

30. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Remote Sensing

#1177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Enrollment: 32,480
Founded: 1962

31. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Remote Sensing

#9 in South Africa

#1194 in the World

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

32. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Egypt

#1197 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

33. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Kenya

#1212 in the World

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

34. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Remote Sensing

#1242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

35. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Remote Sensing

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

36. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Remote Sensing

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 48,680
Founded: 1962

37. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Remote Sensing

#1259 in the World

Founded: 1964

38. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Remote Sensing

#1267 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

39. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#1278 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

40. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Egypt

#1284 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

41. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Remote Sensing

#1289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 41,269
Founded: 1948

42. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Remote Sensing

#1302 in the World

Enrollment: 18,484

43. Assiut University

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Egypt

#1313 in the World

Founded: 1957

44. North-West University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Remote Sensing

#10 in South Africa

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

45. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Remote Sensing

#1356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Enrollment: 17,030
Founded: 1991

46. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Egypt

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

47. University of the Free State

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Remote Sensing

#11 in South Africa

#1388 in the World

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

48. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Remote Sensing

#1394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

49. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Uganda

#1409 in the World

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

50. Covenant University

For Remote Sensing

#1411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

51. University of Ghana

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Ghana

#1413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

52. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Remote Sensing

#1452 in the World

53. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Senegal

#1483 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

54. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Remote Sensing

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

55. South Valley University - Qena

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Egypt

#1492 in the World

Founded: 1995

56. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Kenya

#1512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

57. Helwan University

For Remote Sensing

#15 in Egypt

#1522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

58. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Sudan

#1552 in the World

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

59. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Remote Sensing

#1553 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

60. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Remote Sensing

#1570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1991

61. University of South Africa

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#12 in South Africa

#1578 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

62. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Remote Sensing

#1596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,181
Founded: 1982

63. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Remote Sensing

#13 in South Africa

#1611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

64. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Remote Sensing

#1642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 49,103
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1954

65. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Remote Sensing

#1643 in the World

66. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Remote Sensing

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

67. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Egypt

#1702 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

68. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Remote Sensing

#1716 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

69. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Nigeria

#1743 in the World

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

70. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Egypt

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

71. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Egypt

#1790 in the World

Enrollment: 3,741
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 2010

72. Fayoum University

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Egypt

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

73. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Remote Sensing

#1828 in the World

74. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#1831 in the World

75. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Remote Sensing

#20 in Egypt

#1857 in the World

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

76. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Nigeria

#1869 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

77. Aswan University

For Remote Sensing

#21 in Egypt

#1875 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

78. University of Limpopo

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Mankweng

For Remote Sensing

#14 in South Africa

#1877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

79. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#1883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 1,400

80. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Mauritius

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

81. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Remote Sensing

#1924 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

82. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Remote Sensing

#1937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

83. University of Ouargla

Algeria | Ouargla

For Remote Sensing

#1939 in the World

84. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Nigeria

#1944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

85. University of Uyo

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Nigeria

#1972 in the World

Founded: 1991

86. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast Flag

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1983 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

87. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Remote Sensing

#1992 in the World

88. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Egypt

#2003 in the World

Founded: 2010

89. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Nigeria

#2010 in the World

Founded: 1988

90. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Remote Sensing

#2018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

91. University of Fort Hare

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Alice

For Remote Sensing

#15 in South Africa

#2027 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

92. Suez University

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Egypt

#2031 in the World

Founded: 2012

93. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Remote Sensing

#2036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

94. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Remote Sensing

#2037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

95. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Remote Sensing

#2055 in the World

Founded: 1993

96. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Remote Sensing

#2075 in the World

Founded: 2005

97. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Ethiopia

#2079 in the World

Enrollment: 30,414
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1976

98. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Remote Sensing

#2095 in the World

99. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Remote Sensing

#16 in South Africa

#2133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

100. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Algeria

#2139 in the World

Engineering subfields in Africa

Acoustical Engineering224

Aerospace Engineering233

Agricultural Engineering69

Applied/Engineering Physics43

Architectural Engineering66

Automation and Control engineering81

Automotive Engineering130

Biochemical Engineering46

Biomedical Engineering36

Biotechnology221

Chemical Engineering249

Civil Engineering208

Computer Engineering69

Computer Networking249

Construction Management44

Electrical Engineering290

Electronic Engineering151

Engineering Management37

Environmental Engineering220

Firefighting and Fire Science24

Geotechnical Engineering234

Human-Computer Interaction86

Industrial Engineering22

Landscape Architecture33

Marine Engineering27

Materials Science317

Mechanical Engineering282

Metallurgical Engineering283

Mining Engineering82

Nanotechnology222

Nuclear Engineering38

Operations Research71

Optical Engineering281

Petroleum Engineering72

Polymer science and Plastics engineering18

Product and Industrial Design13

Reliability and Quality Engineering100

Renewable Energy Engineering162

Structural Engineering199

Systems Engineering160

Technical Drawing21

Telecommunications266

Transportation Engineering63