Best Universities for Remote Sensing 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 Remote Sensing. A graph of 218K citations received by 19.4K academic papers made by 99 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 | Durban

For Remote Sensing

#1 in South Africa

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Remote Sensing

#2 in South Africa

#354 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Remote Sensing

#3 in South Africa

#372 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#4 in South Africa

#511 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. Cairo University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Egypt

#565 in the World

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

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Remote Sensing

#5 in South Africa

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#699 in the World

8. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Egypt

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Egypt

#810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Egypt

#828 in the World

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

11. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Remote Sensing

#837 in the World

Founded: 1950

12. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Remote Sensing

#843 in the World

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

13. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Egypt

#870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

14. Ain Shams University

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Egypt

#879 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

15. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Remote Sensing

#6 in South Africa

#889 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

16. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#894 in the World

17. Al-Azhar University

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Egypt

#915 in the World

Founded: 1961

18. University of Sfax

For Remote Sensing

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

19. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Remote Sensing

#968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

20. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Remote Sensing

#980 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

21. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Remote Sensing

#7 in South Africa

#1047 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

22. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 18,040
Founded: 1955

23. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#1080 in the World

24. Tanta University

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Egypt

#1082 in the World

Founded: 1972

25. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Remote Sensing

#1089 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

26. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Botswana

#1131 in the World

Founded: 1964

27. Benha University

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Egypt

#1156 in the World

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

28. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Remote Sensing

#1210 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

29. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#1276 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

30. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Remote Sensing

#8 in South Africa

#1280 in the World

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

31. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Ghana

#1284 in the World

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

32. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Remote Sensing

#1293 in the World

33. Assiut University

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Egypt

#1318 in the World

Founded: 1957

34. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Remote Sensing

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

35. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Egypt

#1339 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

36. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Egypt

#1342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

37. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Remote Sensing

#9 in South Africa

#1362 in the World

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

38. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Remote Sensing

#1363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

39. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Egypt

#1366 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

40. Covenant University

For Remote Sensing

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

41. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Remote Sensing

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

42. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Remote Sensing

#1390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

43. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Uganda

#1402 in the World

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

44. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Remote Sensing

#1411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

45. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Remote Sensing

#10 in South Africa

#1412 in the World

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

46. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Remote Sensing

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

47. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Remote Sensing

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

48. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Remote Sensing

#1436 in the World

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

49. University of Ghana

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Ghana

#1437 in the World

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

50. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Kenya

#1449 in the World

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

51. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Remote Sensing

#1453 in the World

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

52. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#11 in South Africa

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

53. South Valley University - Qena

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Egypt

#1553 in the World

Founded: 1995

54. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Senegal

#1556 in the World

Founded: 1918

55. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Remote Sensing

#15 in Egypt

#1559 in the World

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

56. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Sudan

#1568 in the World

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

57. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Remote Sensing

#1599 in the World

58. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Egypt

#1602 in the World

Founded: 2010

59. Helwan University

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Egypt

#1612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

60. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Remote Sensing

#1632 in the World

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

61. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#12 in South Africa

#1640 in the World

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

62. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Kenya

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

63. Fayoum University

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Egypt

#1702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

64. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Egypt

#1708 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

65. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#1715 in the World

66. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Remote Sensing

#13 in South Africa

#1723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

67. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Remote Sensing

#1757 in the World

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

68. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Remote Sensing

#1777 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

69. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Mauritius

#1788 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

70. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Remote Sensing

#20 in Egypt

#1801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

71. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Remote Sensing

#21 in Egypt

#1826 in the World

Founded: 2010

72. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Remote Sensing

#1861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

73. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Remote Sensing

#1862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

74. University of Ouargla

Algeria | Ouargla

For Remote Sensing

#1870 in the World

75. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Remote Sensing

#14 in South Africa

#1890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

76. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Nigeria

#1900 in the World

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

77. Aswan University

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Egypt

#1916 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

78. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Remote Sensing

#1917 in the World

79. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Remote Sensing

#1926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

80. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#1928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

81. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Remote Sensing

#1950 in the World

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

82. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Remote Sensing

#1957 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

83. Suez University

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Egypt

#1968 in the World

Founded: 2012

84. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Mozambique

#1986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

85. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Remote Sensing

#15 in South Africa

#2012 in the World

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

86. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Remote Sensing

#2014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

87. University of Sadat City

For Remote Sensing

#24 in Egypt

#2051 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

88. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2058 in the World

Founded: 1964

89. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Nigeria

#2071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

90. Minia University

For Remote Sensing

#25 in Egypt

#2082 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

91. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Remote Sensing

#2084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

92. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Remote Sensing

#2090 in the World

Founded: 1993

93. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Remote Sensing

#2094 in the World

94. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Nigeria

#2102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

95. University of Oran 1

For Remote Sensing

#2110 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

96. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Remote Sensing

#2124 in the World

Founded: 1977

97. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Burkina Faso

#2131 in the World

Founded: 1974

98. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Ghana

#2136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

99. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Nigeria

#2170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 2011

Engineering subfields in Africa

Acoustical Engineering179

Aerospace Engineering200

Agricultural Engineering63

Applied/Engineering Physics28

Architectural Engineering42

Automation and Control engineering72

Automotive Engineering107

Biochemical Engineering26

Biomedical Engineering28

Biotechnology193

Chemical Engineering228

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

Renewable Energy Engineering138

Structural Engineering169

Systems Engineering131

Technical Drawing15

Telecommunications240

Transportation Engineering50