Best Universities for Remote Sensing in Africa

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 358K citations received by 24.9K academic papers made by 131 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

#222 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

#339 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Remote Sensing

#3 in South Africa

#355 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#4 in South Africa

#499 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. Cairo University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Egypt

#541 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

#554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#740 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

8. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Remote Sensing

#763 in the World

Founded: 1950

9. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Remote Sensing

#766 in the World

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

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Egypt

#793 in the World

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

11. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Egypt

#798 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Egypt

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Ain Shams University

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Egypt

#806 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

14. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Remote Sensing

#896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

15. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Remote Sensing

#904 in the World

16. Al-Azhar University

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Egypt

#920 in the World

Founded: 1961

17. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Egypt

#939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

18. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#949 in the World

19. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Remote Sensing

#6 in South Africa

#956 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

20. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Remote Sensing

#962 in the World

21. University of Johannesburg

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Remote Sensing

#7 in South Africa

#966 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

22. University of Sfax

For Remote Sensing

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

23. Benha University

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Egypt

#1030 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

#1055 in the World

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

25. Tanta University

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Egypt

#1068 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Remote Sensing

#1070 in the World

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

27. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#1132 in the World

28. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#8 in South Africa

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

29. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Remote Sensing

#1152 in the World

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

30. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Remote Sensing

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

31. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Kenya

#1184 in the World

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

32. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Egypt

#1187 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

33. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Remote Sensing

#1224 in the World

Founded: 1964

34. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Remote Sensing

#1242 in the World

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

35. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Remote Sensing

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

36. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Remote Sensing

#1257 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

37. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Egypt

#1264 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

38. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Remote Sensing

#1265 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

39. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Remote Sensing

#9 in South Africa

#1272 in the World

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

40. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Remote Sensing

#1280 in the World

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

41. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Remote Sensing

#1284 in the World

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

42. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Remote Sensing

#1287 in the World

Enrollment: 18,484

43. Assiut University

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Egypt

#1301 in the World

Founded: 1957

44. North-West University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Remote Sensing

#10 in South Africa

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

45. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Remote Sensing

#1363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

46. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Egypt

#1373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

47. Covenant University

For Remote Sensing

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

48. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Remote Sensing

#1385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

49. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Remote Sensing

#11 in South Africa

#1395 in the World

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

50. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Uganda

#1414 in the World

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

51. University of Ghana

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Ghana

#1428 in the World

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

52. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Remote Sensing

#1462 in the World

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

53. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Senegal

#1486 in the World

Founded: 1918

54. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Remote Sensing

#1508 in the World

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

55. South Valley University - Qena

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Egypt

#1515 in the World

Founded: 1995

56. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Kenya

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

57. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Sudan

#1528 in the World

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

58. Helwan University

For Remote Sensing

#15 in Egypt

#1551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

59. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Remote Sensing

#1582 in the World

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

60. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Remote Sensing

#1587 in the World

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

61. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Remote Sensing

#12 in South Africa

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

62. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Remote Sensing

#1661 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

63. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Remote Sensing

#1662 in the World

64. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Nigeria

#1706 in the World

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

65. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Egypt

#1714 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

66. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Remote Sensing

#13 in South Africa

#1715 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

67. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Remote Sensing

#1727 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

68. Fayoum University

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Egypt

#1766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

69. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Remote Sensing

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

70. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Egypt

#1773 in the World

Founded: 2010

71. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Egypt

#1786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

72. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#1806 in the World

73. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Remote Sensing

#1819 in the World

74. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Remote Sensing

#1825 in the World

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

75. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Remote Sensing

#20 in Egypt

#1850 in the World

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

76. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Remote Sensing

#1867 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

77. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Nigeria

#1872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

78. Aswan University

For Remote Sensing

#21 in Egypt

#1878 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

79. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Mauritius

#1910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

80. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Remote Sensing

#1915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 1,400

81. University of Ouargla

Algeria | Ouargla

For Remote Sensing

#1933 in the World

82. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Remote Sensing

#14 in South Africa

#1945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

83. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Nigeria

#1966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

84. University of Uyo

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Nigeria

#1970 in the World

Founded: 1991

85. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast Flag

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1992 in the World

Founded: 1964

86. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Egypt

#1993 in the World

Founded: 2010

87. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Nigeria

#1998 in the World

Founded: 1988

88. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Remote Sensing

#2017 in the World

89. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Remote Sensing

#2020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

90. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Remote Sensing

#2045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

91. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Remote Sensing

#2048 in the World

92. University of Fort Hare

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Alice

For Remote Sensing

#15 in South Africa

#2052 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

93. Suez University

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Egypt

#2055 in the World

Founded: 2012

94. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Remote Sensing

#2062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

95. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Remote Sensing

#2072 in the World

Founded: 1993

96. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Remote Sensing

#2090 in the World

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

97. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Remote Sensing

#2091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

98. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Remote Sensing

#16 in South Africa

#2106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

99. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Ethiopia

#2123 in the World

Founded: 2005

100. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Algeria

#2141 in the World

Engineering subfields in Africa

Acoustical Engineering219

Aerospace Engineering225

Agricultural Engineering72

Applied/Engineering Physics41

Architectural Engineering63

Automation and Control engineering81

Automotive Engineering129

Biochemical Engineering44

Biomedical Engineering33

Biotechnology216

Chemical Engineering245

Civil Engineering205

Computer Engineering66

Computer Networking246

Construction Management41

Electrical Engineering287

Electronic Engineering143

Engineering Management35

Environmental Engineering219

Firefighting and Fire Science22

Geotechnical Engineering233

Human-Computer Interaction85

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Landscape Architecture32

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Materials Science314

Mechanical Engineering277

Metallurgical Engineering281

Mining Engineering74

Nanotechnology219

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Operations Research70

Optical Engineering280

Petroleum Engineering72

Polymer science and Plastics engineering18

Product and Industrial Design11

Reliability and Quality Engineering100

Renewable Energy Engineering157

Structural Engineering194

Systems Engineering152

Technical Drawing20

Telecommunications263

Transportation Engineering63