Best Universities for Ecology 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 Ecology. A graph of 7.51M citations received by 547K academic papers made by 344 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 Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Ecology

#1 in South Africa

#126 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Ecology

#2 in South Africa

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Ecology

#3 in South Africa

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Ecology

#4 in South Africa

#238 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Ecology

#5 in South Africa

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. Cairo University

For Ecology

#1 in Egypt

#465 in the World

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

7. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Ecology

#6 in South Africa

#591 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

8. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Ecology

#7 in South Africa

#596 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

9. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Ecology

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Ecology

#2 in Egypt

#621 in the World

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

11. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Ecology

#8 in South Africa

#622 in the World

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

12. Ain Shams University

For Ecology

#3 in Egypt

#648 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

13. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Ecology

#649 in the World

Founded: 1950

14. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Ecology

#9 in South Africa

#681 in the World

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

15. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Ecology

#4 in Egypt

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

16. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Ecology

#1 in Uganda

#749 in the World

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

17. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Ecology

#1 in Kenya

#758 in the World

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

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Ecology

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. University of Sfax

For Ecology

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

20. University of Ghana

For Ecology

#1 in Ghana

#792 in the World

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

21. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Ecology

#5 in Egypt

#798 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

22. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Ecology

#819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

23. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Ecology

#10 in South Africa

#866 in the World

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

24. Assiut University

For Ecology

#6 in Egypt

#892 in the World

Founded: 1957

25. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Ecology

#894 in the World

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

26. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Ecology

#2 in Ghana

#966 in the World

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

27. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Ecology

#11 in South Africa

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

28. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Ecology

#1024 in the World

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

29. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Ecology

#12 in South Africa

#1030 in the World

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

30. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Ecology

#1031 in the World

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

31. Tanta University

For Ecology

#7 in Egypt

#1039 in the World

Founded: 1972

32. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Ecology

#1081 in the World

33. Al-Azhar University

For Ecology

#8 in Egypt

#1088 in the World

Founded: 1961

34. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Ecology

#1104 in the World

35. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Ecology

#1116 in the World

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

36. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Ecology

#1145 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

37. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Ecology

#1157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

38. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Ecology

#9 in Egypt

#1159 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

39. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Ecology

#1166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

40. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Ecology

#1177 in the World

Founded: 1964

41. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Ecology

#13 in South Africa

#1198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

42. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Ecology

#14 in South Africa

#1228 in the World

Founded: 1916

43. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Ecology

#1238 in the World

44. Minia University

For Ecology

#10 in Egypt

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Ecology

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

46. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Ecology

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

47. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Ecology

#1317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

48. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Ecology

#1352 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

49. Benha University

For Ecology

#11 in Egypt

#1353 in the World

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

50. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Ecology

#1356 in the World

51. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Ecology

#12 in Egypt

#1361 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

52. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Ecology

#1 in Mauritius

#1391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

53. Covenant University

For Ecology

#10 in Nigeria

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

54. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Ecology

#11 in Nigeria

#1437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

55. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Ecology

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

56. Helwan University

For Ecology

#13 in Egypt

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

57. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Ecology

#14 in Egypt

#1481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

58. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Ecology

#1510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

59. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Ecology

#15 in South Africa

#1524 in the World

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

60. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Ecology

#1526 in the World

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

61. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Ecology

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

62. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Ecology

#1538 in the World

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

63. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Ecology

#2 in Kenya

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

64. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Ecology

#1 in Sudan

#1566 in the World

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

65. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Ecology

#3 in Kenya

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

66. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Ecology

#1596 in the World

Founded: 1993

67. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Ecology

#1613 in the World

68. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Ecology

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

69. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Ecology

#1618 in the World

Founded: 1918

70. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Ecology

#16 in South Africa

#1620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

71. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Ecology

#12 in Nigeria

#1622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

72. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Ecology

#1650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

73. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Ecology

#3 in Ghana

#1669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

74. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Ecology

#1699 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

75. South Valley University - Qena

For Ecology

#15 in Egypt

#1702 in the World

Founded: 1995

76. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Ecology

#17 in South Africa

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

77. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Ecology

#16 in Egypt

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

78. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Ecology

#1712 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

79. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Ecology

#1 in Benin

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 86,694
Male:Female: 73:27
Founded: 1970

80. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Ecology

#1 in Zambia

#1739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

81. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Ecology

#13 in Nigeria

#1741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

82. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Ecology

#1742 in the World

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

83. Aswan University

For Ecology

#17 in Egypt

#1796 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

84. University of Malawi

For Ecology

#1 in Malawi

#1804 in the World

Founded: 1964

85. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Ecology

#1808 in the World

86. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Ecology

#4 in Kenya

#1851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

87. Fayoum University

For Ecology

#18 in Egypt

#1852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

88. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Ecology

#18 in South Africa

#1872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

89. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Ecology

#1 in Madagascar

#1881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

90. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Ecology

#14 in Nigeria

#1917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

91. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Ecology

#15 in Nigeria

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

92. Egerton University

For Ecology

#5 in Kenya

#1926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

93. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Ecology

#1946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

94. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Ecology

#1964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

95. University for Development Studies

For Ecology

#4 in Ghana

#1988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

96. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Ecology

#2009 in the World

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

97. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Ecology

#19 in South Africa

#2010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

98. University of Uyo

For Ecology

#16 in Nigeria

#2021 in the World

Founded: 1991

99. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Ecology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#2040 in the World

Founded: 1974

100. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Ecology

#2053 in the World

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

Environmental Science subfields in Africa

Agricultural Science284

Earth science and Geophysics205

Environmental Chemistry213

Environmental Engineering193

Environmental Management277

Geography and Cartography351

Geotechnical Engineering208

Hydrology and Water resources management98

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science226

Mining Engineering76

Oceanography242

Paleontology320

Petrology and Geochemistry159

Urban and Regional planning29

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation175