Best Universities for Urban and Regional planning in Africa

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Urban and Regional planning. A graph of 113K citations received by 9.13K academic papers made by 39 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.

2. University of the Witwatersrand

For Urban and Regional planning

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

3. University of Johannesburg

For Urban and Regional planning

#198 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

5. North-West University

For Urban and Regional planning

#295 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2004

6. University of Pretoria

For Urban and Regional planning

#326 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Urban and Regional planning

#381 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

8. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Ghana
#466 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

9. Cairo University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Egypt
#477 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
207,853
Founded
1908

10. University of the Free State

For Urban and Regional planning

#590 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

11. University of South Africa

For Urban and Regional planning

#636 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Founded
1873

12. Addis Ababa University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Ethiopia
#639 in the World
Founded
1950

13. University of Ghana

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Ghana
#657 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
67,914
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1948

14. Ain Shams University

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Egypt
#729 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

15. Rhodes University

For Urban and Regional planning

#741 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

16. University of Botswana

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Botswana
#774 in the World
Founded
1964

17. Alexandria University

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Egypt
#801 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

18. University of the Western Cape

For Urban and Regional planning

#821 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

19. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Nigeria
#828 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Enrollment
32,480
Founded
1962

20. University of Ibadan

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Nigeria
#866 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
41,269
Founded
1948

21. University of Lagos

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Nigeria
#876 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
48,680
Founded
1962

22. Makerere University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Uganda
#903 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

23. University of Dar es Salaam

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Tanzania
#959 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

24. University of Zimbabwe

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Zimbabwe
#968 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
20,399
Founded
1955

25. Mansoura University

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Egypt
#1047 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

26. University of Nairobi

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Kenya
#1074 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

27. University of Nigeria

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Nigeria
#1090 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

28. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Urban and Regional planning

#5 in Nigeria
#1093 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
23,100
Founded
1981

29. Pedagogical University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Mozambique
#1145 in the World
Founded
1985

30. University for Development Studies

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Ghana
#1214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1992

31. Helwan University

For Urban and Regional planning

#5 in Egypt
#1229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

33. Covenant University

For Urban and Regional planning

#6 in Nigeria
#1257 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

34. Ardhi University

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Tanzania
#1288 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
4,521
Male:Female
60:40
Founded
2007

35. Durban University of Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

#1303 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2002

37. Mohammed V University

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Morocco
#1408 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%

38. Nelson Mandela University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1414 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

39. Assiut University

For Urban and Regional planning

#7 in Egypt
#1425 in the World
Founded
1957