Best Universities for Urban and Regional planning in Africa

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Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Urban and Regional planning. A graph of 130K citations received by 9.78K academic papers made by 43 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

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

3. University of Johannesburg

For Urban and Regional planning

#184 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

5. University of Pretoria

For Urban and Regional planning

#299 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

6. North-West University

For Urban and Regional planning

#303 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2004

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Urban and Regional planning

#383 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

8. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

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

9. Cairo University

For Urban and Regional planning

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

10. University of the Free State

For Urban and Regional planning

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

11. University of South Africa

For Urban and Regional planning

#591 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Founded
1873

12. Addis Ababa University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Ethiopia
#606 in the World
Founded
1950

13. University of Ghana

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Ghana
#622 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1948

14. Tshwane University of Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

#727 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

15. Ain Shams University

For Urban and Regional planning

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

16. Rhodes University

For Urban and Regional planning

#755 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

17. University of the Western Cape

For Urban and Regional planning

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

18. University of Botswana

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Botswana
#788 in the World
Founded
1964

19. Alexandria University

For Urban and Regional planning

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

20. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Urban and Regional planning

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

21. Makerere University

For Urban and Regional planning

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

22. University of Ibadan

For Urban and Regional planning

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

23. University of Lagos

For Urban and Regional planning

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

24. University of Dar es Salaam

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Tanzania
#979 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
45,155
Founded
1970

25. University of Zimbabwe

For Urban and Regional planning

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

26. Mansoura University

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Egypt
#1066 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

27. University of Nairobi

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Kenya
#1085 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

28. University of Nigeria

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Nigeria
#1096 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

29. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Urban and Regional planning

#5 in Nigeria
#1104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
23,100
Founded
1981

30. Pedagogical University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Mozambique
#1169 in the World
Founded
1985

31. University for Development Studies

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Ghana
#1188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
13,132
Founded
1992

32. Helwan University

For Urban and Regional planning

#5 in Egypt
#1222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

34. University of Zululand

For Urban and Regional planning

#1277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

35. Durban University of Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

#1292 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
2002

36. Covenant University

For Urban and Regional planning

#6 in Nigeria
#1293 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

37. Ardhi University

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Tanzania
#1307 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,455
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
2007

39. Nelson Mandela University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1402 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

40. Mohammed V University

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Morocco
#1418 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%

41. Assiut University

For Urban and Regional planning

#7 in Egypt
#1436 in the World
Founded
1957

42. University of Sousse

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Tunisia
#1463 in the World
Enrollment
19,311