Best Universities for Geography and Cartography in Africa

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Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Geography and Cartography. A graph of 6.08M citations received by 543K academic papers made by 351 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.

2. University of the Witwatersrand

For Geography and Cartography

#250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

3. University of Pretoria

For Geography and Cartography

#259 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Geography and Cartography

#309 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

6. University of Johannesburg

For Geography and Cartography

#579 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

7. Cairo University

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Egypt
#582 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

8. North-West University

For Geography and Cartography

#611 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
26,439
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
2004

9. University of South Africa

For Geography and Cartography

#674 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

10. Ain Shams University

For Geography and Cartography

#2 in Egypt
#693 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

11. Alexandria University

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Egypt
#759 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

12. University of Ibadan

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Nigeria
#786 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

14. University of the Free State

For Geography and Cartography

#823 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

15. Rhodes University

For Geography and Cartography

#841 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

16. Makerere University

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Uganda
#850 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

17. Mansoura University

For Geography and Cartography

#4 in Egypt
#890 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

18. University of Sfax

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Tunisia
#922 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%

19. University of Dar es Salaam

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Tanzania
#936 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

20. University of Ghana

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Ghana
#946 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
67,914
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1948

21. University of Nairobi

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Kenya
#977 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

22. University of the Western Cape

For Geography and Cartography

#980 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

23. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Geography and Cartography

#2 in Nigeria
#1003 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

24. Zagazig University

For Geography and Cartography

#5 in Egypt
#1004 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

25. Assiut University

For Geography and Cartography

#6 in Egypt
#1080 in the World
Founded
1957

26. University of Zimbabwe

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Zimbabwe
#1081 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
18,040
Founded
1955

27. University of Nigeria

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Nigeria
#1084 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

28. University of Botswana

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Botswana
#1153 in the World
Founded
1964

29. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Geography and Cartography

#2 in Ghana
#1160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

30. Tanta University

For Geography and Cartography

#7 in Egypt
#1185 in the World
Founded
1972

31. University of Abomey-Calavi

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Benin
#1187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
86,694
Male:Female
73:27
Founded
1970

32. Nelson Mandela University

For Geography and Cartography

#1189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

34. Mohammed V University

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Morocco
#1213 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
67,415

36. Cadi Ayyad University

For Geography and Cartography

#2 in Morocco
#1246 in the World
Enrollment
29,703

37. Helwan University

For Geography and Cartography

#8 in Egypt
#1267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

39. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Geography and Cartography

#4 in Nigeria
#1291 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

40. Ahmadu Bello University

For Geography and Cartography

#5 in Nigeria
#1292 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

41. Benha University

For Geography and Cartography

#9 in Egypt
#1333 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

43. Al-Azhar University

For Geography and Cartography

#10 in Egypt
#1388 in the World
Founded
1961

45. Sokoine University of Agriculture

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Tanzania
#1457 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1984

46. Suez Canal University

For Geography and Cartography

#11 in Egypt
#1475 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

47. University of Lagos

For Geography and Cartography

#6 in Nigeria
#1485 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

49. Menoufia University

For Geography and Cartography

#12 in Egypt
#1527 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

51. Tshwane University of Technology

For Geography and Cartography

#1556 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

52. Minia University

For Geography and Cartography

#13 in Egypt
#1575 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Founded
1976

53. University of Ilorin

For Geography and Cartography

#7 in Nigeria
#1616 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

54. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Geography and Cartography

#1638 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Founded
2005

55. Covenant University

For Geography and Cartography

#8 in Nigeria
#1649 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

56. Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Senegal
#1654 in the World
Founded
1918

57. South Valley University - Qena

For Geography and Cartography

#14 in Egypt
#1663 in the World
Founded
1995

58. American University in Cairo

For Geography and Cartography

#15 in Egypt
#1726 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

59. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Geography and Cartography

#9 in Nigeria
#1740 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Founded
1988

60. Bahir Dar University

For Geography and Cartography

#2 in Ethiopia
#1745 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
57,852
Founded
2001

62. University of Carthage

For Geography and Cartography

#6 in Tunisia
#1801 in the World
Enrollment
50,314

63. University of Cape Coast

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Ghana
#1813 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

64. University of Limpopo

For Geography and Cartography

#1833 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

65. Jimma University

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Ethiopia
#1845 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1983

66. University of Mauritius

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Mauritius
#1882 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1965

68. University of Malawi

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Malawi
#1902 in the World
Founded
1964

69. University of Port Harcourt

For Geography and Cartography

#10 in Nigeria
#1912 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

70. University of Annaba

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Algeria
#1917 in the World
Enrollment
8,443

71. University of Khartoum

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Sudan
#1921 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
41,030
Founded
1956

72. Kenyatta University

For Geography and Cartography

#2 in Kenya
#1925 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

73. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Geography and Cartography

#4 in Morocco
#1934 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
36,000

74. Haramaya University

For Geography and Cartography

#4 in Ethiopia
#1938 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1954

75. University of Zambia

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Zambia
#1939 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965

76. Kafrelsheikh University

For Geography and Cartography

#16 in Egypt
#1941 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
2006

77. Mekelle University

For Geography and Cartography

#5 in Ethiopia
#1945 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Founded
1991

78. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Geography and Cartography

#5 in Morocco
#2022 in the World
Enrollment
98,720
Male:Female
54:46

80. University of Calabar

For Geography and Cartography

#11 in Nigeria
#2057 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

81. Sohag university

For Geography and Cartography

#18 in Egypt
#2079 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2006

82. Hawassa University

For Geography and Cartography

#6 in Ethiopia
#2090 in the World
Enrollment
30,414
Male:Female
75:25
Founded
1976

83. Ibn Tofail University

For Geography and Cartography

#6 in Morocco
#2103 in the World
Enrollment
22,270
Male:Female
52:48

84. University of Dschang

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Cameroon
#2110 in the World
Founded
1993

85. University of Zululand

For Geography and Cartography

#2114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

86. Manouba University

For Geography and Cartography

#7 in Tunisia
#2120 in the World
Enrollment
16,315

87. University for Development Studies

For Geography and Cartography

#4 in Ghana
#2141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1992

89. University of Venda

For Geography and Cartography

#2161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

90. Beni-Suef University

For Geography and Cartography

#19 in Egypt
#2175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
2005

91. Moi University

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Kenya
#2180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

92. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Geography and Cartography

#4 in Kenya
#2193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

94. University of Gondar

For Geography and Cartography

#7 in Ethiopia
#2214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
49,103
Male:Female
58:42
Founded
1954

95. University of Blida 1

For Geography and Cartography

#5 in Algeria
#2215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%

96. University of Bejaia

For Geography and Cartography

#6 in Algeria
#2231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%

97. Fayoum University

For Geography and Cartography

#20 in Egypt
#2247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Founded
2005

99. Durban University of Technology

For Geography and Cartography

#2274 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
10,213
Founded
2002

100. Aswan University

For Geography and Cartography

#21 in Egypt
#2278 in the World
Enrollment
1,898
Founded
2012