Best Universities for Aesthetics in Africa

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Aesthetics. A graph of 418K citations received by 42K academic papers made by 161 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 Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Aesthetics

#1 in South Africa

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Aesthetics

#2 in South Africa

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Aesthetics

#3 in South Africa

#247 in the World

Founded: 1874

4. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Aesthetics

#4 in South Africa

#306 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Aesthetics

#5 in South Africa

#323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Aesthetics

#6 in South Africa

#324 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

7. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Aesthetics

#7 in South Africa

#386 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

8. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Aesthetics

#8 in South Africa

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

9. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Aesthetics

#9 in South Africa

#675 in the World

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

10. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Aesthetics

#10 in South Africa

#754 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

11. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Aesthetics

#11 in South Africa

#765 in the World

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

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Aesthetics

#801 in the World

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

13. Cairo University

For Aesthetics

#1 in Egypt

#854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 207,853
Founded: 1908

14. University of Sfax

For Aesthetics

#921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

15. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Aesthetics

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

16. Helwan University

For Aesthetics

#2 in Egypt

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

17. University of Ghana

For Aesthetics

#1 in Ghana

#1023 in the World

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

18. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Aesthetics

#1041 in the World

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

19. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Aesthetics

#3 in Egypt

#1084 in the World

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

20. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Aesthetics

#1154 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

21. Ain Shams University

For Aesthetics

#4 in Egypt

#1176 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

22. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Aesthetics

#1181 in the World

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

23. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Aesthetics

#5 in Egypt

#1309 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

24. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Aesthetics

#6 in Egypt

#1316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

25. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Aesthetics

#7 in Egypt

#1321 in the World

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

26. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Aesthetics

#1 in Kenya

#1327 in the World

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

27. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Aesthetics

#1 in Uganda

#1351 in the World

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

28. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Aesthetics

#12 in South Africa

#1373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

29. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Aesthetics

#1374 in the World

30. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Aesthetics

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

31. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Aesthetics

#1396 in the World

32. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Aesthetics

#2 in Ghana

#1433 in the World

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

33. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Aesthetics

#1440 in the World

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

34. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Aesthetics

#13 in South Africa

#1441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

35. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Aesthetics

#1475 in the World

Founded: 1950

36. Pedagogical University

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Mozambique | Maputo

For Aesthetics

#1 in Mozambique

#1506 in the World

Founded: 1985

37. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Aesthetics

#1540 in the World

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

38. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Aesthetics

#3 in Ghana

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

39. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Aesthetics

#1 in Botswana

#1572 in the World

Founded: 1964

40. Covenant University

For Aesthetics

#1680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

41. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Aesthetics

#1707 in the World

42. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Aesthetics

#14 in South Africa

#1708 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

43. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Aesthetics

#1720 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

44. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Aesthetics

#15 in South Africa

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

45. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Aesthetics

#1783 in the World

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

46. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Aesthetics

#1785 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

47. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Aesthetics

#1815 in the World

48. University of Uyo

For Aesthetics

#1817 in the World

Founded: 1991

49. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Aesthetics

#8 in Egypt

#1825 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

50. Assiut University

For Aesthetics

#9 in Egypt

#1833 in the World

Founded: 1957

51. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Aesthetics

#10 in Egypt

#1841 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

52. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Aesthetics

#16 in South Africa

#1873 in the World

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

53. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Aesthetics

#2 in Kenya

#1913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

54. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Aesthetics

#1 in Mauritius

#1928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

55. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Aesthetics

#1933 in the World

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

56. University of Zululand

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South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Aesthetics

#17 in South Africa

#1956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

57. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Aesthetics

#2031 in the World

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

58. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Aesthetics

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

59. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Aesthetics

#10 in Nigeria

#2078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

60. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Aesthetics

#11 in Nigeria

#2123 in the World

Founded: 1975

61. Minia University

For Aesthetics

#11 in Egypt

#2149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

62. University for Development Studies

For Aesthetics

#4 in Ghana

#2176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

63. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Aesthetics

#2177 in the World

Founded: 1993

64. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Aesthetics

#5 in Ghana

#2182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

65. Tanta University

For Aesthetics

#12 in Egypt

#2188 in the World

Founded: 1972

66. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Aesthetics

#12 in Nigeria

#2192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

67. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Aesthetics

#13 in Nigeria

#2206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

68. Benha University

For Aesthetics

#13 in Egypt

#2213 in the World

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

69. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Aesthetics

#1 in Senegal

#2247 in the World

Founded: 1918

70. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Aesthetics

#18 in South Africa

#2330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

71. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Aesthetics

#14 in Egypt

#2392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

72. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Aesthetics

#2402 in the World

73. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Aesthetics

#14 in Nigeria

#2403 in the World

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

74. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Aesthetics

#2441 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

75. University of Malawi

For Aesthetics

#1 in Malawi

#2454 in the World

Founded: 1964

76. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Aesthetics

#15 in Nigeria

#2477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

77. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Aesthetics

#6 in Ghana

#2483 in the World

Founded: 1961

78. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Aesthetics

#1 in Zambia

#2531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

79. Aswan University

For Aesthetics

#15 in Egypt

#2534 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

80. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Aesthetics

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2564 in the World

Founded: 1964

81. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Aesthetics

#16 in Nigeria

#2585 in the World

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

82. Al-Azhar University

For Aesthetics

#16 in Egypt

#2645 in the World

Founded: 1961

83. Midlands State University

Zimbabwe | Gweru

For Aesthetics

#2657 in the World

Enrollment: 22,000
Founded: 2000

84. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Aesthetics

#17 in Nigeria

#2660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

85. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Aesthetics

#18 in Nigeria

#2664 in the World

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

86. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Aesthetics

#2672 in the World

87. Fayoum University

For Aesthetics

#17 in Egypt

#2712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

88. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Aesthetics

#2715 in the World

89. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Aesthetics

#2729 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

90. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Aesthetics

#3 in Kenya

#2740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

91. University of Maroua

Cameroon | Maroua

For Aesthetics

#2762 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 2008

92. University of Venda

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South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Aesthetics

#19 in South Africa

#2771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

93. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Aesthetics

#19 in Nigeria

#2773 in the World

Founded: 1992

94. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Aesthetics

#2799 in the World

Founded: 1977

95. Lagos State University

For Aesthetics

#20 in Nigeria

#2816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

96. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Aesthetics

#2822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

97. Great Zimbabwe University

Zimbabwe | Masvingo

For Aesthetics

#2831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1999

98. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Aesthetics

#2844 in the World

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

99. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Aesthetics

#1 in Burkina Faso

#2845 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

100. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Aesthetics

#18 in Egypt

#2848 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

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