Best Forestry Schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 1.21M citations received by 81.6K academic papers made by 222 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

#58 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

#88 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

#107 in the World

Founded: 1874

4. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Forestry

#1 in Benin

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

5. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Forestry

#4 in South Africa

#114 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Forestry

#140 in the World

Founded: 1950

7. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#1 in Kenya

#205 in the World

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

8. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Forestry

#1 in Uganda

#218 in the World

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

9. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Forestry

#222 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

#234 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

#251 in the World

Founded: 1964

12. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Forestry

#6 in South Africa

#280 in the World

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

13. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Forestry

#294 in the World

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

14. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Forestry

#297 in the World

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

15. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Forestry

#308 in the World

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

16. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Forestry

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

17. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Forestry

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Forestry

#344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Forestry

#1 in Ghana

#351 in the World

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

20. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Forestry

#352 in the World

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

21. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Forestry

#1 in Burkina Faso

#380 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

22. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Forestry

#7 in South Africa

#398 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

23. University of Ghana

For Forestry

#2 in Ghana

#402 in the World

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

24. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Forestry

#405 in the World

Founded: 1918

25. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Forestry

#411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

26. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Forestry

#457 in the World

Founded: 1993

27. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Forestry

#459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

28. Nangui Abrogoua University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Forestry

#2 in Ivory Coast

#472 in the World

Founded: 1995

29. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Forestry

#479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

30. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Forestry

#8 in South Africa

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

31. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Forestry

#483 in the World

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

32. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Forestry

#9 in South Africa

#485 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

33. Cairo University

For Forestry

#1 in Egypt

#493 in the World

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

34. University of Lome

For Forestry

#1 in Togo

#529 in the World

Founded: 1970

35. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#2 in Kenya

#543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

36. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Forestry

#544 in the World

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

37. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Forestry

#570 in the World

Founded: 1964

38. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Forestry

#2 in Egypt

#604 in the World

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

39. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Forestry

#607 in the World

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

40. Egerton University

For Forestry

#3 in Kenya

#622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

41. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Forestry

#10 in South Africa

#646 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

42. Abdou Moumouni University

For Forestry

#1 in Niger

#656 in the World

Enrollment: 20,400
Founded: 1974

43. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Forestry

#1 in Sudan

#704 in the World

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

44. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Forestry

#708 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

45. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#4 in Kenya

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

46. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Forestry

#3 in Egypt

#733 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

47. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Forestry

#738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

48. Ain Shams University

For Forestry

#4 in Egypt

#754 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

49. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Forestry

#11 in South Africa

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

50. University of Antananarivo

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Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Forestry

#1 in Madagascar

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

51. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Forestry

#780 in the World

52. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Forestry

#784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

53. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Forestry

#1 in the DR Congo

#795 in the World

Founded: 1954

54. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Forestry

#10 in Nigeria

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

55. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Forestry

#1 in Zambia

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

56. University for Development Studies

For Forestry

#3 in Ghana

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

57. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Forestry

#5 in Egypt

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

58. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#12 in South Africa

#852 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

59. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Forestry

#11 in Nigeria

#861 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

60. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Forestry

#875 in the World

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

61. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Forestry

#12 in Nigeria

#878 in the World

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

62. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Forestry

#13 in South Africa

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

63. Assiut University

For Forestry

#6 in Egypt

#898 in the World

Founded: 1957

64. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Forestry

#919 in the World

65. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Forestry

#937 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

66. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Forestry

#955 in the World

Founded: 1992

67. University of Uyo

For Forestry

#13 in Nigeria

#986 in the World

Founded: 1991

68. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Forestry

#987 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

69. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Forestry

#990 in the World

Founded: 1977

70. Marien Ngouabi University

Congo | Brazzaville

For Forestry

#1 in the Congo

#1000 in the World

Enrollment: 15,054
Founded: 1958

71. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1003 in the World

72. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Forestry

#1004 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

73. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Forestry

#14 in Nigeria

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

74. University of Venda

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South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Forestry

#14 in South Africa

#1049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

75. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Forestry

#15 in Nigeria

#1052 in the World

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

76. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Forestry

#16 in Nigeria

#1058 in the World

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

77. University of Sfax

For Forestry

#1070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

78. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Forestry

#17 in Nigeria

#1071 in the World

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

79. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Forestry

#4 in Ghana

#1076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

80. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Forestry

#18 in Nigeria

#1083 in the World

Founded: 1988

81. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Forestry

#1086 in the World

82. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Forestry

#1098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

83. Al-Azhar University

For Forestry

#7 in Egypt

#1111 in the World

Founded: 1961

84. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Forestry

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

85. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Forestry

#1133 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

86. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Forestry

#15 in South Africa

#1143 in the World

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

87. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Forestry

#5 in Kenya

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

88. Eduardo Mondlane University

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Mozambique | Maputo

For Forestry

#1 in Mozambique

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

89. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#16 in South Africa

#1175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

90. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Forestry

#17 in South Africa

#1176 in the World

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

91. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Forestry

#8 in Egypt

#1184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

92. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Forestry

#1204 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

93. Bayero University Kano

For Forestry

#19 in Nigeria

#1218 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

94. Benha University

For Forestry

#9 in Egypt

#1229 in the World

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

95. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Forestry

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

96. University of Maroua

Cameroon | Maroua

For Forestry

#1235 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 2008

97. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1236 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

98. Debre Berhan University

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

For Forestry

#10 in Ethiopia

#1246 in the World

Founded: 2007

99. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1250 in the World

100. Maseno University

For Forestry

#6 in Kenya

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1991

Environmental Science subfields in Africa

Agricultural Science299

Earth science and Geophysics222

Environmental Chemistry227

Environmental Engineering219

Environmental Management299

Geography and Cartography360

Geotechnical Engineering233

Hydrology and Water resources management116

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science252

Mining Engineering74

Oceanography266

Paleontology330

Petrology and Geochemistry177

Urban and Regional planning39

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation208