Best Forestry Schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 750K citations received by 60.2K academic papers made by 205 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

South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#1 in South Africa

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Forestry

#1 in Benin

#84 in the World

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

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Forestry

#2 in South Africa

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Forestry

#3 in South Africa

#105 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Forestry

#4 in South Africa

#122 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Forestry

#175 in the World

Founded: 1950

7. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#1 in Kenya

#212 in the World

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

8. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Forestry

#5 in South Africa

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

9. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Forestry

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

10. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Forestry

#1 in Uganda

#244 in the World

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

11. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Forestry

#6 in South Africa

#258 in the World

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

12. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Forestry

#270 in the World

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

13. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Forestry

#304 in the World

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

14. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Forestry

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

15. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Forestry

#327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

16. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Forestry

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

17. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Forestry

#379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

18. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Forestry

#1 in Ghana

#400 in the World

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

19. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Forestry

#7 in South Africa

#432 in the World

Founded: 1916

20. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Forestry

#439 in the World

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

21. University of Ghana

For Forestry

#2 in Ghana

#444 in the World

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

22. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Forestry

#460 in the World

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

23. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Forestry

#8 in South Africa

#470 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

24. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Forestry

#9 in South Africa

#474 in the World

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

25. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Forestry

#497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

26. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Forestry

#499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

27. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Forestry

#536 in the World

Founded: 1964

28. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Forestry

#1 in Ivory Coast

#558 in the World

Founded: 1964

29. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Forestry

#560 in the World

Founded: 1918

30. Cairo University

For Forestry

#1 in Egypt

#562 in the World

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

31. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Forestry

#2 in Egypt

#586 in the World

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

32. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Forestry

#602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

33. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#2 in Kenya

#609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

34. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Forestry

#1 in Burkina Faso

#636 in the World

Founded: 1974

35. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Forestry

#639 in the World

Founded: 1993

36. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Forestry

#1 in Sudan

#662 in the World

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

37. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Forestry

#677 in the World

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

38. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Forestry

#691 in the World

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

39. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Forestry

#702 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

40. Egerton University

For Forestry

#3 in Kenya

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

41. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Forestry

#3 in Egypt

#754 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

42. Ain Shams University

For Forestry

#4 in Egypt

#763 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

43. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Forestry

#4 in Kenya

#772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

44. University of Lome

For Forestry

#1 in Togo

#775 in the World

Founded: 1970

45. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Forestry

#10 in South Africa

#783 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

46. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Forestry

#11 in South Africa

#810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

47. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Forestry

#1 in Madagascar

#812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

48. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Forestry

#12 in South Africa

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

49. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Forestry

#1 in Zambia

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

50. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Forestry

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

51. Nangui Abrogoua University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Forestry

#2 in Ivory Coast

#839 in the World

Founded: 1995

52. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Forestry

#845 in the World

Founded: 1975

53. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Forestry

#5 in Egypt

#860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

54. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Forestry

#1 in the DR Congo

#862 in the World

Founded: 1954

55. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Forestry

#889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

56. Assiut University

For Forestry

#6 in Egypt

#894 in the World

Founded: 1957

57. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Forestry

#10 in Nigeria

#913 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

58. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Forestry

#11 in Nigeria

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

59. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#13 in South Africa

#952 in the World

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

60. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Forestry

#970 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

61. University for Development Studies

For Forestry

#3 in Ghana

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

62. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Forestry

#12 in Nigeria

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

63. University of Sfax

For Forestry

#1001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

64. Abdou Moumouni University

For Forestry

#1 in Niger

#1003 in the World

Enrollment: 20,400
Founded: 1974

65. University of Uyo

For Forestry

#13 in Nigeria

#1037 in the World

Founded: 1991

66. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1043 in the World

67. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Forestry

#14 in South Africa

#1071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

68. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Forestry

#1084 in the World

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

69. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Forestry

#15 in South Africa

#1095 in the World

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

70. Al-Azhar University

For Forestry

#7 in Egypt

#1100 in the World

Founded: 1961

71. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Forestry

#1 in Mozambique

#1124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

72. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Forestry

#5 in Kenya

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

73. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Forestry

#1139 in the World

Founded: 1992

74. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Forestry

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

75. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Forestry

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

76. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Forestry

#1155 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

77. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Forestry

#1161 in the World

78. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Forestry

#14 in Nigeria

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

79. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Forestry

#1180 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

80. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Forestry

#4 in Ghana

#1207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

81. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Forestry

#16 in South Africa

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

82. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Forestry

#1219 in the World

83. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Forestry

#15 in Nigeria

#1220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

84. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Forestry

#16 in Nigeria

#1224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

85. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Forestry

#17 in Nigeria

#1229 in the World

Founded: 1988

86. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Forestry

#8 in Egypt

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

87. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Forestry

#1252 in the World

Founded: 1977

88. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Forestry

#1254 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

89. Marien Ngouabi University

Congo | Brazzaville

For Forestry

#1 in the Congo

#1268 in the World

Enrollment: 15,054
Founded: 1958

90. Benha University

For Forestry

#9 in Egypt

#1271 in the World

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

91. University of Jos

For Forestry

#18 in Nigeria

#1299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,169
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1975

92. University of Malawi

For Forestry

#1 in Malawi

#1301 in the World

Founded: 1964

93. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Forestry

#17 in South Africa

#1319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

94. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Forestry

#1339 in the World

95. Debre Berhan University

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

For Forestry

#1341 in the World

Founded: 2007

96. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Forestry

#19 in Nigeria

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

97. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Forestry

#1356 in the World

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

98. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Forestry

#20 in Nigeria

#1362 in the World

Founded: 1988

99. Tanta University

For Forestry

#10 in Egypt

#1391 in the World

Founded: 1972

100. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Forestry

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

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