Best Universities for Geology 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 Geology. A graph of 7.3M citations received by 545K academic papers made by 337 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

South Africa | Cape Town

For Geology

#1 in South Africa

#189 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Geology

#2 in South Africa

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#3 in South Africa

#314 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Geology

#4 in South Africa

#345 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Geology

#5 in South Africa

#357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. Cairo University

For Geology

#1 in Egypt

#442 in the World

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

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Geology

#2 in Egypt

#655 in the World

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

8. Ain Shams University

For Geology

#3 in Egypt

#667 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Geology

#4 in Egypt

#713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Geology

#6 in South Africa

#744 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

11. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Geology

#7 in South Africa

#749 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

12. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Geology

#5 in Egypt

#786 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

13. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Geology

#8 in South Africa

#808 in the World

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

14. University of Sfax

For Geology

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

15. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Geology

#9 in South Africa

#840 in the World

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

16. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Geology

#862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

17. Assiut University

For Geology

#6 in Egypt

#879 in the World

Founded: 1957

18. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Geology

#920 in the World

Founded: 1950

19. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#932 in the World

20. Tanta University

For Geology

#7 in Egypt

#974 in the World

Founded: 1972

21. Al-Azhar University

For Geology

#8 in Egypt

#983 in the World

Founded: 1961

22. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#999 in the World

23. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Geology

#1036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

24. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#10 in South Africa

#1054 in the World

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

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Geology

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

26. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Geology

#1112 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

27. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Geology

#1 in Uganda

#1113 in the World

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

28. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Geology

#1125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

29. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Geology

#11 in South Africa

#1130 in the World

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

30. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Geology

#9 in Egypt

#1160 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

31. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#1 in Kenya

#1177 in the World

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

32. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Geology

#1181 in the World

33. University of Ghana

For Geology

#1 in Ghana

#1225 in the World

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

34. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Geology

#1253 in the World

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

35. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Geology

#12 in South Africa

#1272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

36. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Geology

#10 in Egypt

#1315 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

37. Benha University

For Geology

#11 in Egypt

#1316 in the World

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

38. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Geology

#1332 in the World

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

39. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Geology

#1358 in the World

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

40. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Geology

#1363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

41. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Geology

#1367 in the World

42. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Geology

#1408 in the World

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

43. Minia University

For Geology

#12 in Egypt

#1414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

44. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Geology

#1444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

45. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Geology

#1450 in the World

Founded: 1964

46. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Geology

#2 in Ghana

#1457 in the World

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

47. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Geology

#13 in Egypt

#1492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

48. Helwan University

For Geology

#14 in Egypt

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

49. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Geology

#13 in South Africa

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

50. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Geology

#14 in South Africa

#1539 in the World

Founded: 1916

51. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Geology

#1557 in the World

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

52. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Geology

#1562 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

53. South Valley University - Qena

For Geology

#15 in Egypt

#1576 in the World

Founded: 1995

54. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Geology

#16 in Egypt

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

55. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Geology

#1655 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

56. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Geology

#1659 in the World

Founded: 1918

57. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Geology

#1672 in the World

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

58. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Geology

#1739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

59. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Geology

#1765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

60. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Geology

#1798 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

61. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Geology

#17 in Egypt

#1814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

62. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Geology

#10 in Nigeria

#1834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

63. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Geology

#1 in Sudan

#1858 in the World

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

64. Covenant University

For Geology

#11 in Nigeria

#1874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

65. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Geology

#15 in South Africa

#1901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

66. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Geology

#1907 in the World

67. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Geology

#12 in Nigeria

#1921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

68. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Geology

#1970 in the World

69. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Geology

#16 in South Africa

#2000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

70. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Geology

#2011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

71. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Geology

#1 in Mauritius

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

72. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Geology

#2031 in the World

73. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Geology

#2045 in the World

Founded: 1993

74. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Geology

#2057 in the World

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

75. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Geology

#2069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

76. Fayoum University

For Geology

#18 in Egypt

#2079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

77. Aswan University

For Geology

#19 in Egypt

#2100 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

78. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Geology

#17 in South Africa

#2120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

79. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Geology

#2128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

80. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Geology

#2144 in the World

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

81. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Geology

#2150 in the World

82. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Geology

#13 in Nigeria

#2158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

83. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Geology

#2166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

84. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Geology

#20 in Egypt

#2170 in the World

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

85. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Geology

#2179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

86. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Geology

#1 in Zambia

#2200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

87. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Geology

#2220 in the World

88. University of Malawi

For Geology

#1 in Malawi

#2244 in the World

Founded: 1964

89. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Geology

#14 in Nigeria

#2247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

90. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Geology

#2249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

91. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Geology

#1 in Madagascar

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

92. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Geology

#2254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

93. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Geology

#2 in Kenya

#2263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

94. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Geology

#15 in Nigeria

#2264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

95. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Geology

#21 in Egypt

#2290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2012

96. Suez University

For Geology

#22 in Egypt

#2301 in the World

Founded: 2012

97. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Geology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2304 in the World

Founded: 1964

98. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Geology

#18 in South Africa

#2311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

99. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Geology

#2352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

100. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Geology

#3 in Ghana

#2359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

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