Best Universities for Geology 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 Geology. A graph of 11.2M citations received by 671K academic papers made by 348 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 Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Geology

#1 in South Africa

#196 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Geology

#2 in South Africa

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#3 in South Africa

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Geology

#4 in South Africa

#345 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Geology

#5 in South Africa

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. Cairo University

For Geology

#1 in Egypt

#410 in the World

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

7. Ain Shams University

For Geology

#2 in Egypt

#628 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Geology

#3 in Egypt

#638 in the World

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

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Geology

#4 in Egypt

#694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Geology

#6 in South Africa

#712 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

11. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Geology

#5 in Egypt

#740 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

12. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Geology

#7 in South Africa

#755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

13. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Geology

#8 in South Africa

#765 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

14. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Geology

#800 in the World

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

15. University of Sfax

For Geology

#827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

16. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Geology

#838 in the World

Founded: 1950

17. Assiut University

For Geology

#6 in Egypt

#842 in the World

Founded: 1957

18. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Geology

#9 in South Africa

#857 in the World

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

19. Al-Azhar University

For Geology

#7 in Egypt

#902 in the World

Founded: 1961

20. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Geology

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

21. Tanta University

For Geology

#8 in Egypt

#939 in the World

Founded: 1972

22. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#968 in the World

23. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#10 in South Africa

#990 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

24. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#1001 in the World

25. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Geology

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

26. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Geology

#1075 in the World

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

27. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Geology

#1084 in the World

28. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Geology

#1 in Uganda

#1085 in the World

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

29. University of Ghana

For Geology

#1 in Ghana

#1106 in the World

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

30. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Geology

#11 in South Africa

#1130 in the World

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

31. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#1 in Kenya

#1133 in the World

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

32. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Geology

#9 in Egypt

#1140 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

33. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Geology

#1206 in the World

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

34. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Geology

#1222 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

35. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Geology

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

36. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Geology

#1233 in the World

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

37. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Geology

#2 in Ghana

#1234 in the World

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

38. Benha University

For Geology

#10 in Egypt

#1240 in the World

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

39. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Geology

#1254 in the World

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

40. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Geology

#12 in South Africa

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

41. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Geology

#11 in Egypt

#1294 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

42. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Geology

#1299 in the World

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

43. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Geology

#1375 in the World

44. Minia University

For Geology

#12 in Egypt

#1380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

45. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Geology

#1394 in the World

Enrollment: 98,720
Male:Female: 54:46

46. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Geology

#1405 in the World

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

47. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Geology

#1411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

48. Helwan University

For Geology

#13 in Egypt

#1457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

49. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Geology

#13 in South Africa

#1460 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

50. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#14 in South Africa

#1465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

51. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Geology

#14 in Egypt

#1480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

52. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Geology

#1483 in the World

Founded: 1964

53. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Geology

#1515 in the World

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

54. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Geology

#1544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

55. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Geology

#1551 in the World

56. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Geology

#1556 in the World

Founded: 1918

57. South Valley University - Qena

For Geology

#15 in Egypt

#1557 in the World

Founded: 1995

58. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#1563 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

59. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Geology

#16 in Egypt

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

60. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Geology

#10 in Nigeria

#1688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

61. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Geology

#11 in Nigeria

#1720 in the World

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

62. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Geology

#1731 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

63. Covenant University

For Geology

#12 in Nigeria

#1758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

64. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Geology

#17 in Egypt

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

65. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Geology

#1818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

66. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Geology

#13 in Nigeria

#1820 in the World

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

67. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Geology

#1824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

68. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Geology

#15 in South Africa

#1830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

69. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Geology

#1846 in the World

Founded: 1993

70. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Geology

#1872 in the World

71. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Geology

#1 in Sudan

#1891 in the World

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

72. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Geology

#1929 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

73. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Geology

#16 in South Africa

#1933 in the World

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

74. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Geology

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

75. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Geology

#14 in Nigeria

#1970 in the World

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

76. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Geology

#1982 in the World

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

77. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Geology

#1987 in the World

78. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Geology

#15 in Nigeria

#1999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

79. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Geology

#17 in South Africa

#2034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

80. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Geology

#1 in Mauritius

#2036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

81. Fayoum University

For Geology

#18 in Egypt

#2041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

82. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Geology

#2064 in the World

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

83. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#2 in Kenya

#2073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

84. Aswan University

For Geology

#19 in Egypt

#2077 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

85. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Geology

#2094 in the World

86. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Geology

#2096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

87. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Geology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2112 in the World

Founded: 1964

88. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Geology

#2128 in the World

89. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Geology

#1 in Zambia

#2150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

90. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Geology

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

91. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Geology

#16 in Nigeria

#2155 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

92. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Geology

#3 in Ghana

#2180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

93. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Geology

#20 in Egypt

#2205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 6,857
Founded: 1919

94. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Geology

#17 in Nigeria

#2218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,181
Founded: 1982

95. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Geology

#2226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

96. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#3 in Kenya

#2259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

97. University of Uyo

For Geology

#18 in Nigeria

#2267 in the World

Founded: 1991

98. Suez University

For Geology

#21 in Egypt

#2268 in the World

Founded: 2012

99. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Geology

#19 in Nigeria

#2290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

100. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Geology

#2291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

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