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 2.07M citations received by 136K academic papers made by 277 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

#138 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Environmental Management

#2 in South Africa

#247 in the World

Founded: 1918

3. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#3 in South Africa

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

4. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Management

#1 in Tanzania

#273 in the World

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

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Environmental Management

#4 in South Africa

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Environmental Management

#5 in South Africa

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Environmental Management

#6 in South Africa

#393 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

8. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Environmental Management

#1 in Egypt

#445 in the World

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

9. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Management

#2 in Tanzania

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Environmental Management

#2 in Egypt

#508 in the World

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

11. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Environmental Management

#7 in South Africa

#510 in the World

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

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Environmental Management

#1 in Nigeria

#601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Environmental Management

#1 in Uganda

#615 in the World

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

14. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Environmental Management

#3 in Tanzania

#625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

15. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#8 in South Africa

#640 in the World

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

16. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#3 in Egypt

#661 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

17. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Environmental Management

#1 in Ethiopia

#669 in the World

Founded: 1950

18. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Ghana

#710 in the World

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

19. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Environmental Management

#1 in Tunisia

#717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

20. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Environmental Management

#2 in Nigeria

#743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

21. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Environmental Management

#3 in Nigeria

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

22. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Environmental Management

#9 in South Africa

#775 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

23. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Environmental Management

#1 in Morocco

#827 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

24. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Environmental Management

#10 in South Africa

#830 in the World

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

25. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Environmental Management

#11 in South Africa

#841 in the World

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

26. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Environmental Management

#1 in Zimbabwe

#842 in the World

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

27. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Environmental Management

#4 in Egypt

#860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

28. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Environmental Management

#5 in Egypt

#898 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

29. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Kenya

#902 in the World

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

30. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Environmental Management

#4 in Nigeria

#926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

31. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Environmental Management

#2 in Ghana

#940 in the World

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

32. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Environmental Management

#6 in Egypt

#941 in the World

Founded: 1972

33. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Environmental Management

#1 in Botswana

#950 in the World

Founded: 1964

34. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Environmental Management

#5 in Nigeria

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

35. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#12 in South Africa

#958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

36. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Environmental Management

#13 in South Africa

#967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

37. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Environmental Management

#6 in Nigeria

#971 in the World

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

38. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Environmental Management

#7 in Egypt

#1030 in the World

Founded: 1957

39. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Environmental Management

#14 in South Africa

#1037 in the World

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

40. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Environmental Management

#7 in Nigeria

#1060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

41. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Environmental Management

#8 in Nigeria

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

42. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Environmental Management

#9 in Nigeria

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

43. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#8 in Egypt

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

44. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Benin

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 86,694
Male:Female: 73:27
Founded: 1970

45. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Environmental Management

#9 in Egypt

#1131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

46. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Environmental Management

#1 in Mauritius

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

47. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Environmental Management

#10 in Egypt

#1145 in the World

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

48. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#11 in Egypt

#1161 in the World

Founded: 1961

49. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Environmental Management

#15 in South Africa

#1179 in the World

Founded: 1916

50. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Environmental Management

#12 in Egypt

#1242 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

51. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Environmental Management

#2 in Morocco

#1246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

52. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Environmental Management

#10 in Nigeria

#1285 in the World

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

53. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Environmental Management

#11 in Nigeria

#1314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

54. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Environmental Management

#12 in Nigeria

#1330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

55. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Environmental Management

#1 in Algeria

#1348 in the World

56. University of Dodoma

Tanzania | Dodoma

For Environmental Management

#4 in Tanzania

#1385 in the World

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

57. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Environmental Management

#13 in Nigeria

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

58. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Environmental Management

#2 in Tunisia

#1399 in the World

59. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#3 in Tunisia

#1430 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

60. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Environmental Management

#16 in South Africa

#1433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

61. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Environmental Management

#2 in Ethiopia

#1436 in the World

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

62. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Environmental Management

#2 in Kenya

#1443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

63. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Environmental Management

#13 in Egypt

#1447 in the World

Founded: 2010

64. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Environmental Management

#3 in Ghana

#1450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

65. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Environmental Management

#3 in Ethiopia

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

66. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Environmental Management

#14 in Nigeria

#1481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

67. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Environmental Management

#5 in Tanzania

#1494 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

68. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Environmental Management

#17 in South Africa

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

69. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Environmental Management

#3 in Morocco

#1501 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

70. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Environmental Management

#6 in Tanzania

#1505 in the World

Founded: 1994

71. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#4 in Tunisia

#1508 in the World

72. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Environmental Management

#15 in Nigeria

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

73. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Environmental Management

#4 in Ethiopia

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

74. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#5 in Tunisia

#1543 in the World

75. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Environmental Management

#16 in Nigeria

#1547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

76. Suez University

Egypt | Suez

For Environmental Management

#14 in Egypt

#1555 in the World

Founded: 2012

77. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Environmental Management

#15 in Egypt

#1565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

78. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#3 in Kenya

#1573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

79. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Environmental Management

#16 in Egypt

#1577 in the World

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

80. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Environmental Management

#17 in Egypt

#1597 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

81. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Environmental Management

#2 in Algeria

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

82. University for Development Studies

Ghana | Tamale

For Environmental Management

#4 in Ghana

#1663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

83. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Environmental Management

#18 in Egypt

#1666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

84. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#4 in Kenya

#1671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

85. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Environmental Management

#4 in Morocco

#1676 in the World

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

86. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Environmental Management

#6 in Tunisia

#1700 in the World

87. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Environmental Management

#3 in Algeria

#1708 in the World

88. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Environmental Management

#5 in Ethiopia

#1709 in the World

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

89. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Environmental Management

#5 in Morocco

#1734 in the World

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

90. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Environmental Management

#6 in Ethiopia

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

91. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Environmental Management

#1 in Senegal

#1768 in the World

Founded: 1918

92. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Environmental Management

#4 in Algeria

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

93. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Environmental Management

#18 in South Africa

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

94. Central University of Technology

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Environmental Management

#19 in South Africa

#1868 in the World

Founded: 1981

95. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Environmental Management

#1 in Malawi

#1901 in the World

Founded: 1964

96. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Environmental Management

#17 in Nigeria

#1910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

97. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Environmental Management

#18 in Nigeria

#1929 in the World

Founded: 1975

98. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Environmental Management

#1 in Zambia

#1938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

99. Ardhi University

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Management

#7 in Tanzania

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 4,521
Male:Female: 60:40
Founded: 2007

100. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Environmental Management

#19 in Nigeria

#1956 in the World

Founded: 1988

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