Best Forestry Schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 1.34M citations received by 84.5K academic papers made by 226 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 Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#1 in South Africa

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Forestry

#2 in South Africa

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

3. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Forestry

#3 in South Africa

#108 in the World

Founded: 1874

4. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Forestry

#4 in South Africa

#112 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Forestry

#1 in Benin

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

6. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Forestry

#131 in the World

Founded: 1950

7. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#1 in Kenya

#197 in the World

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

8. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Forestry

#1 in Uganda

#215 in the World

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

9. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Forestry

#229 in the World

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

10. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Forestry

#5 in South Africa

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

11. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Forestry

#1 in Ivory Coast

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

12. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Forestry

#6 in South Africa

#282 in the World

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

13. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Forestry

#296 in the World

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

14. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Forestry

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

15. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Forestry

#305 in the World

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

16. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Forestry

#312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

17. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Forestry

#315 in the World

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

18. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Forestry

#335 in the World

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

19. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Forestry

#1 in Ghana

#336 in the World

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

20. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Forestry

#348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

21. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Forestry

#1 in Burkina Faso

#377 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

22. University of Ghana

For Forestry

#2 in Ghana

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

23. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Forestry

#7 in South Africa

#399 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

24. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Forestry

#401 in the World

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

25. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Forestry

#406 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

26. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Forestry

#438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

27. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Forestry

#8 in South Africa

#448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

28. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Forestry

#457 in the World

Founded: 1993

29. Nangui Abrogoua University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Forestry

#2 in Ivory Coast

#470 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1995

30. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Forestry

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

31. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Forestry

#485 in the World

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

32. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Forestry

#9 in South Africa

#486 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

33. Cairo University

For Forestry

#1 in Egypt

#489 in the World

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

34. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Forestry

#512 in the World

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

35. University of Lome

For Forestry

#1 in Togo

#523 in the World

Founded: 1970

36. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#2 in Kenya

#541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

37. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Forestry

#568 in the World

Founded: 1964

38. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Forestry

#600 in the World

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

39. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Forestry

#2 in Egypt

#607 in the World

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

40. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Forestry

#10 in South Africa

#614 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

41. Egerton University

For Forestry

#3 in Kenya

#616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

42. Abdou Moumouni University

For Forestry

#1 in Niger

#656 in the World

Enrollment: 20,400
Founded: 1974

43. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Forestry

#3 in Egypt

#713 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

44. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#4 in Kenya

#716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

45. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Forestry

#717 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

46. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Forestry

#1 in Sudan

#724 in the World

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

47. Ain Shams University

For Forestry

#4 in Egypt

#748 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

48. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Forestry

#754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

49. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Forestry

#11 in South Africa

#758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

50. University of Antananarivo

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Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Forestry

#1 in Madagascar

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

51. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Forestry

#772 in the World

52. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Forestry

#787 in the World

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

53. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Forestry

#1 in the DR Congo

#807 in the World

Founded: 1954

54. University for Development Studies

For Forestry

#3 in Ghana

#808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 13,132
Founded: 1992

55. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#12 in South Africa

#815 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

56. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Forestry

#1 in Zambia

#817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

57. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Forestry

#823 in the World

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

58. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Forestry

#10 in Nigeria

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

59. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Forestry

#5 in Egypt

#843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

60. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Forestry

#13 in South Africa

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

61. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Forestry

#11 in Nigeria

#879 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

62. Assiut University

For Forestry

#6 in Egypt

#897 in the World

Founded: 1957

63. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Forestry

#12 in Nigeria

#902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,645
Founded: 1975

64. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Forestry

#905 in the World

65. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Forestry

#945 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

66. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Forestry

#946 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1992

67. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Forestry

#947 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1982

68. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Forestry

#973 in the World

Founded: 1977

69. University of Uyo

For Forestry

#13 in Nigeria

#998 in the World

Founded: 1991

70. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1004 in the World

71. Marien Ngouabi University

Congo | Brazzaville

For Forestry

#1 in the Congo

#1016 in the World

Enrollment: 15,054
Founded: 1958

72. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Forestry

#1032 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

73. University of Venda

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South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Forestry

#14 in South Africa

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

74. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Forestry

#14 in Nigeria

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

75. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Forestry

#15 in Nigeria

#1057 in the World

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

76. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Forestry

#16 in Nigeria

#1061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1990

77. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Forestry

#4 in Ghana

#1064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

78. University of Sfax

For Forestry

#1069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

79. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Forestry

#1070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

80. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Forestry

#1083 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

81. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Forestry

#17 in Nigeria

#1087 in the World

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

82. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Forestry

#18 in Nigeria

#1095 in the World

Founded: 1988

83. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Forestry

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

84. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Forestry

#15 in South Africa

#1104 in the World

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

85. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Forestry

#1105 in the World

86. Al-Azhar University

For Forestry

#7 in Egypt

#1107 in the World

Founded: 1961

87. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Forestry

#16 in South Africa

#1140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 35,047
Founded: 2005

88. Eduardo Mondlane University

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Mozambique | Maputo

For Forestry

#1 in Mozambique

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

89. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#17 in South Africa

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

90. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Forestry

#8 in Egypt

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

91. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Forestry

#5 in Kenya

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

92. Debre Berhan University

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

For Forestry

#1193 in the World

Founded: 2007

93. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1210 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

94. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Forestry

#10 in Ethiopia

#1211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

95. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Forestry

#1216 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

96. Bayero University Kano

For Forestry

#19 in Nigeria

#1220 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

97. Benha University

For Forestry

#9 in Egypt

#1221 in the World

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

98. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Forestry

#11 in Ethiopia

#1222 in the World

Founded: 2005

99. University of Maroua

Cameroon | Maroua

For Forestry

#1231 in the World

Founded: 2008

100. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1242 in the World

Environmental Science subfields in Africa

Agricultural Science299

Earth science and Geophysics225

Environmental Chemistry230

Environmental Engineering220

Environmental Management302

Geography and Cartography361

Geotechnical Engineering234

Hydrology and Water resources management120

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science259

Mining Engineering82

Oceanography271

Paleontology331

Petrology and Geochemistry177

Urban and Regional planning43

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation210