Best Universities for Petrology and Geochemistry in Africa

Ranking by academic field

Below is the list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Petrology and Geochemistry. A graph of 149K citations received by 6.57K academic papers made by 65 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.

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#1 in Africa

#1 in South Africa

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 37,500
Founded: 1922

University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#2 in Africa

#2 in South Africa

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1874

University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#3 in Africa

#3 in South Africa

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 1918

University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#4 in Africa

#4 in South Africa

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#5 in Africa

#5 in South Africa

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 56,483
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1908

Rhodes University

South Africa | Grahamstown

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#6 in Africa

#6 in South Africa

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

Cairo University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#7 in Africa

#1 in Egypt

#362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Enrollment: 257,200
Founded: 1908

Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#8 in Africa

#1 in Ethiopia

#363 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1950

Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#9 in Africa

#2 in Egypt

#386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Enrollment: 150,642
Founded: 1942

University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#10 in Africa

#1 in Tanzania

#400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#11 in Africa

#1 in Zimbabwe

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 18,040
Founded: 1955

University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#12 in Africa

#7 in South Africa

#453 in the World

Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1904

University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#13 in Africa

#462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 32,500
Founded: 1948

Tanta University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#14 in Africa

#3 in Egypt

#470 in the World

Founded: 1972

University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#15 in Africa

#473 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1964

Ain Shams University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#16 in Africa

#4 in Egypt

#507 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1950

University of Ghana

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#17 in Africa

#1 in Ghana

#516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1948

Minia University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#18 in Africa

#5 in Egypt

#518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1976

University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#19 in Africa

#8 in South Africa

#527 in the World

Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 2004

University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#20 in Africa

#529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Enrollment: 37,500
Founded: 1975

University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#21 in Africa

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 1960

Assiut University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#22 in Africa

#6 in Egypt

#539 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1957

Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ile-Ife

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#23 in Africa

#554 in the World

Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 1962

University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#24 in Africa

#577 in the World

Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 1975

University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#25 in Africa

#589 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1962

Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#26 in Africa

#606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#27 in Africa

#7 in Egypt

#609 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1972

Benha University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#28 in Africa

#8 in Egypt

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Enrollment: 88,016
Founded: 1976

Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakech

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#29 in Africa

#1 in Morocco

#651 in the World

Enrollment: 32,500

Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#30 in Africa

#658 in the World

Enrollment: 27,500

Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#31 in Africa

#9 in Egypt

#675 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#32 in Africa

#10 in Egypt

#677 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#33 in Africa

#716 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1993

North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#34 in Africa

#9 in South Africa

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 2004

University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#35 in Africa

#1 in Kenya

#731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1970

University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#36 in Africa

#735 in the World

Founded: 1992

University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#37 in Africa

#10 in South Africa

#747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1959

Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#38 in Africa

#756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#39 in Africa

#776 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#40 in Africa

#792 in the World

Founded: 1988

Helwan University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#41 in Africa

#11 in Egypt

#805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1975

Al-Azhar University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#42 in Africa

#12 in Egypt

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1961

Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#43 in Africa

#13 in Egypt

#831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 2006

University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#44 in Africa

#1 in Burkina Faso

#840 in the World

Enrollment: 32,500
Founded: 1974

University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#45 in Africa

#1 in Sudan

#842 in the World

Enrollment: 41,030
Founded: 1956

University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#46 in Africa

#845 in the World

Enrollment: 32,500
Founded: 1975

South Valley University - Qena

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#47 in Africa

#14 in Egypt

#861 in the World

Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 1995

University of Lubumbashi

DR Congo | Lubumbashi

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#48 in Africa

#1 in the DR Congo

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1955

University of Sfax

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#49 in Africa

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Enrollment: 42,500

University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#50 in Africa

#1 in Madagascar

#870 in the World

Founded: 1961

Menoufia University

Egypt | Shebin El-Kom

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#51 in Africa

#15 in Egypt

#878 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#52 in Africa

#11 in South Africa

#888 in the World

Enrollment: 9,500
Founded: 1916

Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#53 in Africa

#1 in Senegal

#890 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1918

Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#54 in Africa

#1 in Mozambique

#894 in the World

Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 1985

Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#55 in Africa

#12 in South Africa

#901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 2005

Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#56 in Africa

#903 in the World

Enrollment: 22,500

University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#57 in Africa

#1 in Zambia

#911 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1965

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#58 in Africa

#1 in Algeria

#912 in the World

Enrollment: 27,500

Aswan University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#59 in Africa

#16 in Egypt

#925 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#60 in Africa

#17 in Egypt

#937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 2012

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado-Ekiti

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#61 in Africa

#10 in Nigeria

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,500
Founded: 1982

University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#62 in Africa

#969 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1977

University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin City

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#63 in Africa

#11 in Nigeria

#971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 1970

Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#64 in Africa

#18 in Egypt

#975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 2006

University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#65 in Africa

#2 in Ghana

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1992

Environmental Science subfields in Africa

Agricultural Science117

Earth science and Geophysics34

Environmental Chemistry49

Environmental Engineering42

Environmental Management97

Geography and Cartography126

Geotechnical Engineering28

Hydrology and Water resources management58

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science33

Mining Engineering58

Urban and Regional planning30

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation57