Best Universities for Gender Studies in Africa

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EduRank

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.

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Gender Studies

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

4. University of South Africa

For Gender Studies

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

6. University of Pretoria

For Gender Studies

#208 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

8. University of the Western Cape

For Gender Studies

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

9. University of the Free State

For Gender Studies

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

10. Rhodes University

For Gender Studies

#350 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

11. North-West University

For Gender Studies

#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

For Gender Studies

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

14. University of Botswana

For Gender Studies

#1 in Botswana
#559 in the World
Founded
1964

15. University of Zimbabwe

For Gender Studies

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

16. University of Ibadan

For Gender Studies

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

18. Cairo University

For Gender Studies

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

20. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Gender Studies

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

21. American University in Cairo

For Gender Studies

#2 in Egypt
#804 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

22. University of Nairobi

For Gender Studies

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

23. University of Nigeria

For Gender Studies

#3 in Nigeria
#946 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

24. University of Lagos

For Gender Studies

#4 in Nigeria
#1026 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

25. University of Limpopo

For Gender Studies

#1027 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

27. University of 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

For Gender Studies

#1 in Zambia
#1094 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965

31. Kenyatta University

For Gender Studies

#2 in Kenya
#1100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

32. University of Zululand

For Gender Studies

#1115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

33. Mansoura University

For Gender Studies

#3 in Egypt
#1167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

34. Moi University

For Gender Studies

#3 in Kenya
#1173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

35. University of Dar es Salaam

For Gender Studies

#1 in Tanzania
#1174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

36. University of Venda

For Gender Studies

#1217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

37. Midlands State University

For Gender Studies

#2 in Zimbabwe
#1221 in the World
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
2000

38. University of Calabar

For Gender Studies

#5 in Nigeria
#1264 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

40. University of Namibia

For Gender Studies

#1 in Namibia
#1351 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1992

41. Covenant University

For Gender Studies

#7 in Nigeria
#1361 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

42. Great Zimbabwe University

For Gender Studies

#3 in Zimbabwe
#1380 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
14,164
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1999

43. Durban University of Technology

For Gender Studies

#1402 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
10,213
Founded
2002

45. University of Ilorin

For Gender Studies

#8 in Nigeria
#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

For Gender Studies

#1509 in the World
Enrollment
27,039
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
2005

48. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Gender Studies

#9 in Nigeria
#1524 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

49. University of Education, Winneba

For Gender Studies

#4 in Ghana
#1529 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1992

50. Ekiti State University, 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

53. University of Benin

For Gender Studies

#11 in Nigeria
#1619 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

54. National University of Lesotho

For Gender Studies

#1 in Lesotho
#1630 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1945

56. Mohammed V University

For Gender Studies

#1 in Morocco
#1668 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
67,415

57. University of Port Harcourt

For Gender Studies

#12 in Nigeria
#1677 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

59. University of Gondar

For Gender Studies

#2 in Ethiopia
#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

62. Adekunle Ajasin University

For Gender Studies

#13 in Nigeria
#1715 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1982

64. Alexandria University

For Gender Studies

#7 in Egypt
#1759 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

65. Bahir Dar University

For Gender Studies

#3 in Ethiopia
#1768 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
57,852
Founded
2001

66. University of Swaziland

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

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

#2 in Morocco
#1811 in the World
Enrollment
98,720
Male:Female
54:46

71. Eduardo Mondlane University

For Gender Studies

#1813 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1962

72. University of Mauritius

For Gender Studies

#1 in Mauritius
#1822 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1965

74. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Gender Studies

#17 in Nigeria
#1841 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1982

75. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

For Gender Studies

#18 in Nigeria
#1843 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
2011

77. Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Gender Studies

#1 in Senegal
#1892 in the World
Founded
1918

78. Ahmadu Bello University

For Gender Studies

#19 in Nigeria
#1917 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

79. Jimma University

For Gender Studies

#4 in Ethiopia
#1930 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1983

85. Helwan University

For Gender Studies

#8 in Egypt
#2075 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975