Best Universities for Oceanography 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 Oceanography. A graph of 1.7M citations received by 108K academic papers made by 242 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 Oceanography

#1 in South Africa

#129 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Oceanography

#2 in South Africa

#402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Oceanography

#3 in South Africa

#439 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Oceanography

#4 in South Africa

#461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Oceanography

#5 in South Africa

#489 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Oceanography

#6 in South Africa

#496 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. Cairo University

For Oceanography

#1 in Egypt

#585 in the World

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

8. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Oceanography

#2 in Egypt

#745 in the World

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

9. Ain Shams University

For Oceanography

#3 in Egypt

#794 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

10. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Oceanography

#877 in the World

Founded: 1950

11. University of Sfax

For Oceanography

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Oceanography

#4 in Egypt

#888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Oceanography

#7 in South Africa

#908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

14. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Oceanography

#8 in South Africa

#923 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

15. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Oceanography

#9 in South Africa

#941 in the World

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

16. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Oceanography

#10 in South Africa

#994 in the World

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

17. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Oceanography

#1012 in the World

18. Assiut University

For Oceanography

#5 in Egypt

#1023 in the World

Founded: 1957

19. Tanta University

For Oceanography

#6 in Egypt

#1027 in the World

Founded: 1972

20. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Oceanography

#1050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

21. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Oceanography

#7 in Egypt

#1061 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

22. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Oceanography

#1075 in the World

23. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Oceanography

#1133 in the World

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

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Oceanography

#1147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

25. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Oceanography

#1160 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

26. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Oceanography

#11 in South Africa

#1183 in the World

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

27. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Oceanography

#1204 in the World

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

28. University of Ghana

For Oceanography

#1 in Ghana

#1227 in the World

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

29. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Oceanography

#1 in Kenya

#1235 in the World

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

30. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Oceanography

#1258 in the World

31. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Oceanography

#12 in South Africa

#1274 in the World

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

32. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Oceanography

#13 in South Africa

#1276 in the World

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

33. Al-Azhar University

For Oceanography

#8 in Egypt

#1287 in the World

Founded: 1961

34. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Oceanography

#1289 in the World

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

35. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Oceanography

#2 in Ghana

#1309 in the World

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

36. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Oceanography

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

37. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Oceanography

#1 in Uganda

#1345 in the World

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

38. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Oceanography

#9 in Egypt

#1352 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

39. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Oceanography

#1373 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

40. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Oceanography

#1374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

41. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Oceanography

#1399 in the World

Founded: 1964

42. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Oceanography

#1407 in the World

43. Minia University

For Oceanography

#10 in Egypt

#1446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

44. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Oceanography

#1458 in the World

Founded: 1918

45. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Oceanography

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

46. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Oceanography

#1477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

47. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Oceanography

#14 in South Africa

#1480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

48. South Valley University - Qena

For Oceanography

#11 in Egypt

#1495 in the World

Founded: 1995

49. Covenant University

For Oceanography

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

50. Helwan University

For Oceanography

#12 in Egypt

#1531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

51. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Oceanography

#13 in Egypt

#1536 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

52. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Oceanography

#1549 in the World

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

53. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Oceanography

#15 in South Africa

#1556 in the World

Founded: 1916

54. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Oceanography

#14 in Egypt

#1578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

55. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Oceanography

#1 in Mauritius

#1588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

56. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Oceanography

#16 in South Africa

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

57. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Oceanography

#1644 in the World

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

58. Benha University

For Oceanography

#15 in Egypt

#1701 in the World

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

59. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Oceanography

#1724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

60. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Oceanography

#16 in Egypt

#1730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

61. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Oceanography

#1741 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

62. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Oceanography

#1754 in the World

63. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Oceanography

#1766 in the World

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

64. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Oceanography

#10 in Nigeria

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

65. Fayoum University

For Oceanography

#17 in Egypt

#1807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

66. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Oceanography

#1809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

67. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Oceanography

#1842 in the World

68. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Oceanography

#1858 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

69. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Oceanography

#1866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

70. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Oceanography

#1901 in the World

71. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Oceanography

#18 in Egypt

#1902 in the World

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

72. Aswan University

For Oceanography

#19 in Egypt

#1906 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

73. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Oceanography

#1927 in the World

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

74. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Oceanography

#17 in South Africa

#1932 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

75. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Oceanography

#11 in Nigeria

#1937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

76. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Oceanography

#12 in Nigeria

#1942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

77. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Oceanography

#13 in Nigeria

#1947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

78. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Oceanography

#1949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

79. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Oceanography

#20 in Egypt

#1953 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

80. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Oceanography

#1971 in the World

81. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Oceanography

#1976 in the World

82. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Oceanography

#14 in Nigeria

#2010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

83. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Oceanography

#21 in Egypt

#2038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

84. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Oceanography

#2055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

85. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Oceanography

#2058 in the World

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

86. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Oceanography

#3 in Ghana

#2071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

87. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Oceanography

#2095 in the World

88. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Oceanography

#2098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

89. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Oceanography

#1 in Mozambique

#2106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

90. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Oceanography

#10 in Algeria

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

91. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Oceanography

#18 in South Africa

#2120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

92. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Oceanography

#2126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

93. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Oceanography

#22 in Egypt

#2141 in the World

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

94. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Oceanography

#2157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

95. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Oceanography

#2166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

96. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Egypt | New Borg El Arab

For Oceanography

#23 in Egypt

#2169 in the World

Founded: 2010

97. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Oceanography

#1 in Sudan

#2182 in the World

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

98. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Oceanography

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2188 in the World

Founded: 1964

99. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Oceanography

#24 in Egypt

#2240 in the World

Founded: 2010

100. University of Oran 1

For Oceanography

#11 in Algeria

#2244 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

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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

Paleontology320

Petrology and Geochemistry159

Urban and Regional planning29

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation175