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 67.5K citations received by 6.9K academic papers made by 29 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

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

3. University of Johannesburg

For Urban and Regional planning

#221 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

5. North-West University

For Urban and Regional planning

#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
26,439
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
2004

6. University of Pretoria

For Urban and Regional planning

#290 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Urban and Regional planning

#347 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

8. Cairo University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Egypt
#502 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

9. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

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

10. University of the Free State

For Urban and Regional planning

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

11. Rhodes University

For Urban and Regional planning

#596 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

12. Addis Ababa University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Ethiopia
#702 in the World
Founded
1950

13. University of Ghana

For Urban and Regional planning

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

14. University of Botswana

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Botswana
#728 in the World
Founded
1964

15. University of South Africa

For Urban and Regional planning

#744 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

16. Alexandria University

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Egypt
#745 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

17. Makerere University

For Urban and Regional planning

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

18. Ain Shams University

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Egypt
#789 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

19. University of Zimbabwe

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Zimbabwe
#801 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
18,040
Founded
1955

20. University of Ibadan

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Nigeria
#842 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

21. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Nigeria
#892 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

22. University of Nairobi

For Urban and Regional planning

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

23. University of Lagos

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Nigeria
#999 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

24. University of the Western Cape

For Urban and Regional planning

#1047 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

25. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Nigeria
#1051 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

26. Helwan University

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Egypt
#1105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

27. University of Nigeria

For Urban and Regional planning

#5 in Nigeria
#1125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

28. Pedagogical University

For Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Mozambique
#1154 in the World
Founded
1985