Best Universities for Geology in Africa

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Geology. A graph of 12.3M citations received by 693K 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

#199 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Geology

#2 in South Africa

#275 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

#298 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

#341 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

#408 in the World

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

7. Ain Shams University

For Geology

#2 in Egypt

#624 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Geology

#3 in Egypt

#635 in the World

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

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Geology

#4 in Egypt

#687 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

#698 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

11. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Geology

#5 in Egypt

#730 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

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

13. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Geology

#8 in South Africa

#776 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

14. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Geology

#805 in the World

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

15. University of Sfax

For Geology

#816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

16. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Geology

#821 in the World

Founded: 1950

17. Assiut University

For Geology

#6 in Egypt

#839 in the World

Founded: 1957

18. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Geology

#9 in South Africa

#862 in the World

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

19. Al-Azhar University

For Geology

#7 in Egypt

#884 in the World

Founded: 1961

20. Tanta University

For Geology

#8 in Egypt

#927 in the World

Founded: 1972

21. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Geology

#931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

22. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#10 in South Africa

#963 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

23. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#977 in the World

24. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#998 in the World

25. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Geology

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

26. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Geology

#1066 in the World

27. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Geology

#1 in Uganda

#1082 in the World

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

28. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Geology

#1086 in the World

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

29. University of Ghana

For Geology

#1 in Ghana

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

30. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Geology

#11 in South Africa

#1138 in the World

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

31. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Geology

#9 in Egypt

#1143 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

32. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#1 in Kenya

#1155 in the World

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

33. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Geology

#1196 in the World

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

34. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Geology

#2 in Ghana

#1214 in the World

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

35. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Geology

#1226 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

36. Benha University

For Geology

#10 in Egypt

#1228 in the World

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

37. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Geology

#1241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

38. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Geology

#1254 in the World

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

39. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Geology

#12 in South Africa

#1270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

40. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Geology

#1275 in the World

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

41. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Geology

#11 in Egypt

#1291 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

42. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Geology

#1316 in the World

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

43. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Geology

#1364 in the World

44. Minia University

For Geology

#12 in Egypt

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

45. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Geology

#1373 in the World

46. Helwan University

For Geology

#13 in Egypt

#1394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

47. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Geology

#1424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

48. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Geology

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

49. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#13 in South Africa

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

50. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Geology

#14 in Egypt

#1467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

51. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Geology

#14 in South Africa

#1468 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

52. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Geology

#1475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

53. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Geology

#1514 in the World

Founded: 1964

54. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Geology

#1526 in the World

55. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#1536 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

56. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Geology

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

57. South Valley University - Qena

For Geology

#15 in Egypt

#1548 in the World

Founded: 1995

58. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Geology

#1570 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

59. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Geology

#16 in Egypt

#1583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

60. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Geology

#10 in Nigeria

#1691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

61. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Geology

#11 in Nigeria

#1725 in the World

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

62. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Geology

#1740 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

63. Covenant University

For Geology

#12 in Nigeria

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

64. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Geology

#13 in Nigeria

#1769 in the World

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

65. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Geology

#17 in Egypt

#1776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

66. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Geology

#1785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

67. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Geology

#1787 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

#1789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

69. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Geology

#1823 in the World

Founded: 1993

70. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Geology

#1838 in the World

71. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Geology

#1907 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

72. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Geology

#1914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Enrollment: 17,030
Founded: 1991

73. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Geology

#1 in Sudan

#1915 in the World

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

74. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Geology

#16 in South Africa

#1921 in the World

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

75. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Geology

#1952 in the World

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

76. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Geology

#14 in Nigeria

#1967 in the World

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

77. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Geology

#1986 in the World

78. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Geology

#2009 in the World

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

79. Fayoum University

For Geology

#18 in Egypt

#2011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

80. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Geology

#15 in Nigeria

#2022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

81. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Geology

#17 in South Africa

#2027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

82. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Geology

#1 in Mauritius

#2040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

83. Aswan University

For Geology

#19 in Egypt

#2048 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

84. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Geology

#2052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

85. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#2 in Kenya

#2053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

86. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Geology

#2065 in the World

Enrollment: 15,263

87. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Geology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2117 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

88. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Geology

#2126 in the World

89. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Geology

#3 in Ghana

#2162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

90. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Geology

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

91. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Geology

#1 in Zambia

#2173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

92. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Geology

#16 in Nigeria

#2187 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

93. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Geology

#20 in Egypt

#2194 in the World

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

94. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Geology

#17 in Nigeria

#2213 in the World

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

95. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Geology

#2218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

96. Suez University

For Geology

#21 in Egypt

#2233 in the World

Founded: 2012

97. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Geology

#2271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

98. University of Uyo

For Geology

#18 in Nigeria

#2272 in the World

Founded: 1991

99. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#3 in Kenya

#2278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

100. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Geology

#19 in Nigeria

#2281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

Environmental Science subfields in Africa

Agricultural Science299

Earth science and Geophysics225

Environmental Chemistry230

Environmental Engineering220

Environmental Management302

Geography and Cartography361

Geotechnical Engineering234

Hydrology and Water resources management120

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science259

Mining Engineering82

Oceanography271

Paleontology331

Petrology and Geochemistry177

Urban and Regional planning43

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation210