Best Universities for Gender Studies 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 Gender Studies. A graph of 224K citations received by 32.1K academic papers made by 85 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 the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Gender Studies

#1 in South Africa

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Gender Studies

#2 in South Africa

#79 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Gender Studies

#3 in South Africa

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Gender Studies

#4 in South Africa

#129 in the World

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

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Gender Studies

#5 in South Africa

#159 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Gender Studies

#6 in South Africa

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Gender Studies

#7 in South Africa

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

8. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Gender Studies

#8 in South Africa

#279 in the World

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

9. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Gender Studies

#9 in South Africa

#333 in the World

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

10. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Gender Studies

#10 in South Africa

#350 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

11. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Gender Studies

#11 in South Africa

#401 in the World

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

12. University of Ghana

For Gender Studies

#1 in Ghana

#519 in the World

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

13. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Gender Studies

#1 in Uganda

#526 in the World

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

14. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Gender Studies

#1 in Botswana

#559 in the World

Founded: 1964

15. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Gender Studies

#562 in the World

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

16. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Gender Studies

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

17. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Gender Studies

#12 in South Africa

#649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

18. Cairo University

For Gender Studies

#1 in Egypt

#680 in the World

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

19. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Gender Studies

#13 in South Africa

#718 in the World

Founded: 1916

20. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Gender Studies

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

21. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Gender Studies

#2 in Egypt

#804 in the World

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

22. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Gender Studies

#1 in Kenya

#911 in the World

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

23. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Gender Studies

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

24. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Gender Studies

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

25. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Gender Studies

#14 in South Africa

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

26. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Gender Studies

#1032 in the World

Founded: 1950

27. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Gender Studies

#2 in Ghana

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

28. University of Malawi

For Gender Studies

#1 in Malawi

#1056 in the World

Founded: 1964

29. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Gender Studies

#3 in Ghana

#1078 in the World

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

30. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Gender Studies

#1 in Zambia

#1094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

31. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Gender Studies

#2 in Kenya

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

32. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Gender Studies

#15 in South Africa

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

33. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Gender Studies

#3 in Egypt

#1167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

34. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Gender Studies

#3 in Kenya

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

35. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Gender Studies

#1174 in the World

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

36. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Gender Studies

#16 in South Africa

#1217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

37. Midlands State University

Zimbabwe | Gweru

For Gender Studies

#1221 in the World

Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 2000

38. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Gender Studies

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

39. University of Uyo

For Gender Studies

#1311 in the World

Founded: 1991

40. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Gender Studies

#1 in Namibia

#1351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

41. Covenant University

For Gender Studies

#1361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

42. Great Zimbabwe University

Zimbabwe | Masvingo

For Gender Studies

#1380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 14,164
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1999

43. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Gender Studies

#17 in South Africa

#1402 in the World

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

44. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Gender Studies

#18 in South Africa

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Gender Studies

#1457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

46. Ain Shams University

For Gender Studies

#4 in Egypt

#1460 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

47. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Gender Studies

#19 in South Africa

#1509 in the World

Enrollment: 27,039
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 2005

48. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Gender Studies

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

49. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Gender Studies

#4 in Ghana

#1529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

50. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Gender Studies

#10 in Nigeria

#1545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

51. University for Development Studies

For Gender Studies

#5 in Ghana

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

52. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Gender Studies

#20 in South Africa

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

53. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Gender Studies

#11 in Nigeria

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

54. National University of Lesotho

Lesotho | Maseru

For Gender Studies

#1 in Lesotho

#1630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1945

55. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Gender Studies

#21 in South Africa

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

56. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Gender Studies

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

57. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Gender Studies

#12 in Nigeria

#1677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

58. Al-Azhar University

For Gender Studies

#5 in Egypt

#1691 in the World

Founded: 1961

59. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Gender Studies

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 49,103
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1954

60. Assiut University

For Gender Studies

#6 in Egypt

#1704 in the World

Founded: 1957

61. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Gender Studies

#1706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

62. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Gender Studies

#13 in Nigeria

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

63. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Gender Studies

#1717 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Gender Studies

#7 in Egypt

#1759 in the World

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

65. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Gender Studies

#1768 in the World

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

66. University of Swaziland

Eswatini | Kwaluseni

For Gender Studies

#1 in Eswatini

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1976

67. Lagos State University

For Gender Studies

#14 in Nigeria

#1799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

68. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Gender Studies

#15 in Nigeria

#1800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

69. University of Sfax

For Gender Studies

#1 in Tunisia

#1809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

70. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Gender Studies

#1811 in the World

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

71. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Gender Studies

#1 in Mozambique

#1813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

72. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Gender Studies

#1 in Mauritius

#1822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

73. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Gender Studies

#16 in Nigeria

#1828 in the World

Founded: 1992

74. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Gender Studies

#17 in Nigeria

#1841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

75. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

For Gender Studies

#18 in Nigeria

#1843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 2011

76. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Gender Studies

#2 in Mozambique

#1844 in the World

Founded: 1985

77. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Gender Studies

#1 in Senegal

#1892 in the World

Founded: 1918

78. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Gender Studies

#19 in Nigeria

#1917 in the World

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

79. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Gender Studies

#1930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

80. Central University of Technology

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Gender Studies

#22 in South Africa

#1940 in the World

Founded: 1981

81. Bayero University Kano

For Gender Studies

#20 in Nigeria

#1975 in the World

Founded: 1975

82. Kyambogo University

Uganda | Kampala

For Gender Studies

#2 in Uganda

#2010 in the World

Founded: 2002

83. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Gender Studies

#21 in Nigeria

#2042 in the World

Founded: 2000

84. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Gender Studies

#2043 in the World

Founded: 1993

85. Helwan University

For Gender Studies

#8 in Egypt

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Africa

Anthropology227

Broadcast Journalism40

Classics and Ancient History76

Communications and Public Relations170

Criminology and Criminal Justice49

Early Childhood Education37

Education Majors190

Forensic Science47

Human Rights Law50

Intellectual Property and Patent Law25

International Law44

International Relations and Diplomacy27

Journalism and Digital Media51

Law Enforcement37

Library and Information science85

Media Studies37

Military science19

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution28

Occupational Safety and Health50

Political Economy48

Political Science351

Public Policy / Administration95

Radio and Television broadcasting65

Special Education24

Sports / Exercise science21

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies169

Urban and Regional planning29