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 3.71M citations received by 184K academic papers made by 302 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

#140 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Environmental Management

#2 in South Africa

#232 in the World

Founded: 1918

3. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Management

#1 in Tanzania

#245 in the World

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

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Environmental Management

#3 in South Africa

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#4 in South Africa

#260 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Environmental Management

#5 in South Africa

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Environmental Management

#6 in South Africa

#299 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

#399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

9. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Environmental Management

#1 in Egypt

#411 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

#450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

11. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Environmental Management

#2 in Egypt

#474 in the World

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

12. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Environmental Management

#3 in Tanzania

#521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

13. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Environmental Management

#1 in Nigeria

#527 in the World

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

14. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#8 in South Africa

#541 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

15. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Environmental Management

#1 in Uganda

#554 in the World

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

16. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Ghana

#565 in the World

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

17. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Environmental Management

#1 in Ethiopia

#568 in the World

Founded: 1950

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Environmental Management

#2 in Nigeria

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#3 in Egypt

#635 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

20. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Environmental Management

#9 in South Africa

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

21. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Environmental Management

#3 in Nigeria

#737 in the World

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

22. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Environmental Management

#4 in Nigeria

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

23. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Environmental Management

#1 in Tunisia

#757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

24. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Environmental Management

#10 in South Africa

#760 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Environmental Management

#5 in Nigeria

#762 in the World

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

26. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Environmental Management

#6 in Nigeria

#792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

27. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Environmental Management

#1 in Morocco

#795 in the World

28. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Environmental Management

#4 in Egypt

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

29. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Kenya

#811 in the World

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

30. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Environmental Management

#11 in South Africa

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

31. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Environmental Management

#2 in Ghana

#823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

32. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Environmental Management

#7 in Nigeria

#831 in the World

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

33. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Environmental Management

#12 in South Africa

#867 in the World

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

34. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Environmental Management

#1 in Zimbabwe

#884 in the World

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

35. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Environmental Management

#5 in Egypt

#885 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

36. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Environmental Management

#6 in Egypt

#891 in the World

Founded: 1972

37. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Environmental Management

#13 in South Africa

#949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

38. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Environmental Management

#8 in Nigeria

#952 in the World

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

39. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Environmental Management

#1 in Botswana

#972 in the World

Founded: 1964

40. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Environmental Management

#7 in Egypt

#974 in the World

Founded: 1957

41. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Environmental Management

#9 in Nigeria

#999 in the World

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

42. University of Dodoma

Tanzania | Dodoma

For Environmental Management

#4 in Tanzania

#1018 in the World

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

43. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Environmental Management

#14 in South Africa

#1031 in the World

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

44. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Environmental Management

#8 in Egypt

#1075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

45. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Environmental Management

#10 in Nigeria

#1078 in the World

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

46. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Environmental Management

#15 in South Africa

#1084 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

47. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Environmental Management

#9 in Egypt

#1085 in the World

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

48. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Environmental Management

#11 in Nigeria

#1092 in the World

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

49. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#10 in Egypt

#1106 in the World

Founded: 1961

50. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Environmental Management

#2 in Morocco

#1122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

51. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Environmental Management

#12 in Nigeria

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

52. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Environmental Management

#2 in Ethiopia

#1176 in the World

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

53. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Environmental Management

#1 in Mauritius

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

54. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Environmental Management

#11 in Egypt

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

55. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Environmental Management

#5 in Tanzania

#1209 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

56. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Environmental Management

#3 in Ethiopia

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

57. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Environmental Management

#12 in Egypt

#1237 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

58. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Environmental Management

#6 in Tanzania

#1262 in the World

Founded: 1994

59. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Environmental Management

#13 in Nigeria

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

60. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Environmental Management

#14 in Nigeria

#1333 in the World

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

61. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Environmental Management

#15 in Nigeria

#1351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

62. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Environmental Management

#3 in Ghana

#1353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

63. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Environmental Management

#16 in Nigeria

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

64. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Environmental Management

#1 in Benin

#1359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

65. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Environmental Management

#3 in Morocco

#1365 in the World

66. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Environmental Management

#16 in South Africa

#1369 in the World

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

67. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Environmental Management

#4 in Ethiopia

#1381 in the World

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

68. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Environmental Management

#17 in South Africa

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

69. University for Development Studies

Ghana | Tamale

For Environmental Management

#4 in Ghana

#1388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 13,132
Founded: 1992

70. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Environmental Management

#1 in Algeria

#1403 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

71. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Environmental Management

#13 in Egypt

#1407 in the World

Enrollment: 3,741
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 2010

72. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#2 in Kenya

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

73. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Environmental Management

#5 in Ethiopia

#1444 in the World

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

74. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Environmental Management

#2 in Tunisia

#1445 in the World

75. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#3 in Tunisia

#1460 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

76. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Environmental Management

#4 in Morocco

#1475 in the World

77. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Environmental Management

#3 in Kenya

#1483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

78. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Environmental Management

#4 in Kenya

#1493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

79. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Environmental Management

#6 in Ethiopia

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

80. Suez University

Egypt | Suez

For Environmental Management

#14 in Egypt

#1501 in the World

Founded: 2012

81. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Environmental Management

#5 in Morocco

#1535 in the World

82. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Environmental Management

#15 in Egypt

#1541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

83. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#4 in Tunisia

#1557 in the World

84. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Environmental Management

#16 in Egypt

#1561 in the World

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

85. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Environmental Management

#5 in Tunisia

#1563 in the World

86. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Environmental Management

#17 in Egypt

#1572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

87. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Environmental Management

#17 in Nigeria

#1580 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

88. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Environmental Management

#18 in Egypt

#1604 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

89. Mzumbe University

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Environmental Management

#7 in Tanzania

#1623 in the World

Founded: 2003

90. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Environmental Management

#6 in Tunisia

#1641 in the World

Enrollment: 15,263

91. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Environmental Management

#1 in Senegal

#1648 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

92. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Environmental Management

#2 in Algeria

#1669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

93. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Environmental Management

#18 in Nigeria

#1684 in the World

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

94. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Environmental Management

#19 in Nigeria

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

95. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Environmental Management

#20 in Nigeria

#1716 in the World

Founded: 1991

96. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Environmental Management

#21 in Nigeria

#1723 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

97. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Environmental Management

#1 in Zambia

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

98. Ardhi University

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Management

#8 in Tanzania

#1760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,455
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 2007

99. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Environmental Management

#22 in Nigeria

#1764 in the World

Founded: 1988

100. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Environmental Management

#18 in South Africa

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

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