Africa's best Environmental Management universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Environmental Management. A graph of 3.26M citations received by 175K academic papers made by 299 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 Environmental Management

#1 in South Africa

#134 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Environmental Management

#2 in South Africa

#233 in the World

Founded: 1918

3. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Management

#1 in Tanzania

#248 in the World

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

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#3 in South Africa

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Environmental Management

#4 in South Africa

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Environmental Management

#5 in South Africa

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Environmental Management

#6 in South Africa

#327 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

8. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Management

#2 in Tanzania

#410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

9. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Environmental Management

#1 in Egypt

#418 in the World

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

10. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Environmental Management

#7 in South Africa

#466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

11. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Environmental Management

#2 in Egypt

#480 in the World

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

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Environmental Management

#1 in Nigeria

#523 in the World

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

13. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Environmental Management

#3 in Tanzania

#533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

14. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Environmental Management

#1 in Uganda

#557 in the World

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

15. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Environmental Management

#1 in Ethiopia

#581 in the World

Founded: 1950

16. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#8 in South Africa

#584 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

17. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Ghana

#602 in the World

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

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Environmental Management

#2 in Nigeria

#616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#3 in Egypt

#641 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

20. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Environmental Management

#9 in South Africa

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

21. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Environmental Management

#3 in Nigeria

#737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

22. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Environmental Management

#10 in South Africa

#748 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

23. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Environmental Management

#4 in Nigeria

#752 in the World

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

24. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Environmental Management

#1 in Tunisia

#753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Environmental Management

#5 in Nigeria

#756 in the World

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

26. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Environmental Management

#1 in Morocco

#802 in the World

27. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Environmental Management

#6 in Nigeria

#806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

28. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Environmental Management

#7 in Nigeria

#825 in the World

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

29. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Kenya

#827 in the World

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

30. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Environmental Management

#4 in Egypt

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

31. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#11 in South Africa

#840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

32. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Environmental Management

#2 in Ghana

#845 in the World

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

33. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Environmental Management

#1 in Zimbabwe

#850 in the World

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

34. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Environmental Management

#12 in South Africa

#871 in the World

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

35. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Environmental Management

#5 in Egypt

#890 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

36. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Environmental Management

#6 in Egypt

#912 in the World

Founded: 1972

37. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Environmental Management

#1 in Botswana

#959 in the World

Founded: 1964

38. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Environmental Management

#8 in Nigeria

#970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

39. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Environmental Management

#13 in South Africa

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

40. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Environmental Management

#7 in Egypt

#989 in the World

Founded: 1957

41. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Environmental Management

#9 in Nigeria

#994 in the World

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

42. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Environmental Management

#14 in South Africa

#1030 in the World

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

43. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Environmental Management

#10 in Nigeria

#1074 in the World

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

44. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Environmental Management

#8 in Egypt

#1081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

45. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Environmental Management

#9 in Egypt

#1085 in the World

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

46. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Environmental Management

#15 in South Africa

#1091 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

47. University of Dodoma

Tanzania | Dodoma

For Environmental Management

#4 in Tanzania

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 28,949
Founded: 2007

48. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#10 in Egypt

#1113 in the World

Founded: 1961

49. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#11 in Egypt

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

50. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Environmental Management

#11 in Nigeria

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

51. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Environmental Management

#12 in Nigeria

#1127 in the World

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

52. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Environmental Management

#2 in Morocco

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

53. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Environmental Management

#1 in Mauritius

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

54. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Environmental Management

#12 in Egypt

#1235 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

55. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Environmental Management

#2 in Ethiopia

#1247 in the World

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

56. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Environmental Management

#13 in Nigeria

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

57. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Environmental Management

#3 in Ethiopia

#1257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

58. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Environmental Management

#5 in Tanzania

#1261 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

59. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Environmental Management

#6 in Tanzania

#1297 in the World

Founded: 1994

60. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Benin

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

61. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Environmental Management

#14 in Nigeria

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

62. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Environmental Management

#15 in Nigeria

#1345 in the World

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

63. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Environmental Management

#16 in Nigeria

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

64. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Environmental Management

#3 in Morocco

#1381 in the World

65. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Environmental Management

#3 in Ghana

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

66. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Environmental Management

#16 in South Africa

#1392 in the World

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

67. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Environmental Management

#1 in Algeria

#1394 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

68. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Environmental Management

#17 in South Africa

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

69. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Environmental Management

#4 in Ethiopia

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

70. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#2 in Kenya

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

71. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Environmental Management

#13 in Egypt

#1427 in the World

Founded: 2010

72. University for Development Studies

Ghana | Tamale

For Environmental Management

#4 in Ghana

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

73. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Environmental Management

#2 in Tunisia

#1449 in the World

74. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Environmental Management

#3 in Kenya

#1464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

75. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#3 in Tunisia

#1466 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

76. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#4 in Kenya

#1487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

77. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Environmental Management

#5 in Ethiopia

#1489 in the World

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

78. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Environmental Management

#4 in Morocco

#1495 in the World

79. Suez University

Egypt | Suez

For Environmental Management

#14 in Egypt

#1521 in the World

Founded: 2012

80. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#4 in Tunisia

#1543 in the World

81. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Environmental Management

#6 in Ethiopia

#1548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

82. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Environmental Management

#15 in Egypt

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

83. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#5 in Tunisia

#1567 in the World

84. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Environmental Management

#16 in Egypt

#1571 in the World

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

85. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Environmental Management

#5 in Morocco

#1579 in the World

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

86. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Environmental Management

#17 in Egypt

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

87. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Environmental Management

#18 in Egypt

#1610 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

88. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Environmental Management

#17 in Nigeria

#1612 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

89. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Environmental Management

#2 in Algeria

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

90. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Environmental Management

#1 in Senegal

#1650 in the World

Founded: 1918

91. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Environmental Management

#6 in Tunisia

#1669 in the World

92. Mzumbe University

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Environmental Management

#7 in Tanzania

#1674 in the World

Founded: 2003

93. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Environmental Management

#18 in Nigeria

#1678 in the World

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

94. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Environmental Management

#19 in Nigeria

#1715 in the World

Founded: 1991

95. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Environmental Management

#20 in Nigeria

#1717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

96. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Environmental Management

#1 in Zambia

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

97. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Environmental Management

#21 in Nigeria

#1750 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

98. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Environmental Management

#22 in Nigeria

#1754 in the World

Founded: 1988

99. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Environmental Management

#3 in Algeria

#1765 in the World

100. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Environmental Management

#4 in Algeria

#1774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 1,400

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