Best Universities for Public Policy / Administration in Africa

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Public Policy / Administration. A graph of 122K citations received by 23.3K academic papers made by 95 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

For Public Policy / Administration

#122 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Public Policy / Administration

#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

4. University of Johannesburg

For Public Policy / Administration

#258 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

5. University of Pretoria

For Public Policy / Administration

#271 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

6. University of South Africa

For Public Policy / Administration

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

8. University of Ibadan

For Public Policy / Administration

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

9. North-West University

For Public Policy / Administration

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

10. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Public Policy / Administration

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

11. University of Ghana

For Public Policy / Administration

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

12. University of the Western Cape

For Public Policy / Administration

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

13. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Public Policy / Administration

#3 in Nigeria
#402 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Founded
1988

14. University of Botswana

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Botswana
#424 in the World
Founded
1964

15. University of the Free State

For Public Policy / Administration

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

16. University of Nigeria

For Public Policy / Administration

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

17. Makerere University

For Public Policy / Administration

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

18. Covenant University

For Public Policy / Administration

#5 in Nigeria
#518 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

19. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Public Policy / Administration

#6 in Nigeria
#538 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1982

20. Rhodes University

For Public Policy / Administration

#595 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

21. University of Nairobi

For Public Policy / Administration

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

22. University of Lagos

For Public Policy / Administration

#7 in Nigeria
#625 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

23. University of Ilorin

For Public Policy / Administration

#8 in Nigeria
#649 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

24. University of Zimbabwe

For Public Policy / Administration

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

25. University of Calabar

For Public Policy / Administration

#9 in Nigeria
#723 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

26. University of Limpopo

For Public Policy / Administration

#741 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

27. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Public Policy / Administration

#10 in Nigeria
#747 in the World
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

28. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Public Policy / Administration

#11 in Nigeria
#761 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

29. Lagos State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#12 in Nigeria
#796 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1983

30. Ahmadu Bello University

For Public Policy / Administration

#13 in Nigeria
#824 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

31. University of Port Harcourt

For Public Policy / Administration

#14 in Nigeria
#848 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

32. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Ghana
#860 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

33. Addis Ababa University

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Ethiopia
#868 in the World
Founded
1950

34. University of Dar es Salaam

For Public Policy / Administration

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

35. University of Malawi

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Malawi
#882 in the World
Founded
1964

36. University of Fort Hare

For Public Policy / Administration

#890 in the World
Founded
1916

37. Babcock University

For Public Policy / Administration

#15 in Nigeria
#918 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1999

38. Nelson Mandela University

For Public Policy / Administration

#922 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

39. Abia State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#16 in Nigeria
#978 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1981

40. University of Jos

For Public Policy / Administration

#17 in Nigeria
#990 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,169
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1975

41. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

For Public Policy / Administration

#18 in Nigeria
#1001 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1982

42. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#19 in Nigeria
#1002 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1990

43. University of Benin

For Public Policy / Administration

#20 in Nigeria
#1008 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

44. University of Zambia

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Zambia
#1011 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965

45. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Public Policy / Administration

#21 in Nigeria
#1037 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

46. Durban University of Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#1047 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
10,213
Founded
2002

47. University of Cape Coast

For Public Policy / Administration

#3 in Ghana
#1050 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

48. University of Uyo

For Public Policy / Administration

#22 in Nigeria
#1087 in the World
Founded
1991

49. American University in Cairo

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Egypt
#1124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

50. Moi University

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Kenya
#1149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

51. Delta State University, Abraka

For Public Policy / Administration

#23 in Nigeria
#1159 in the World
Founded
1992

52. Rivers State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#24 in Nigeria
#1163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

53. University for Development Studies

For Public Policy / Administration

#4 in Ghana
#1164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1992

54. Cairo University

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Egypt
#1166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

55. Adekunle Ajasin University

For Public Policy / Administration

#25 in Nigeria
#1171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1982

56. University of Zululand

For Public Policy / Administration

#1187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1960

57. Kenyatta University

For Public Policy / Administration

#3 in Kenya
#1197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

58. Tshwane University of Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#1204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

59. Redeemer's University

For Public Policy / Administration

#26 in Nigeria
#1284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
2005

60. Ebonyi State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#27 in Nigeria
#1296 in the World
Founded
2000

62. Tai Solarin University of Education

For Public Policy / Administration

#28 in Nigeria
#1308 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2005

63. Ambrose Alli University

For Public Policy / Administration

#29 in Nigeria
#1312 in the World
Founded
1980

64. National University of Lesotho

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Lesotho
#1372 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1945

65. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#4 in Kenya
#1390 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

66. Kogi State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#30 in Nigeria
#1422 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1999

67. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#31 in Nigeria
#1430 in the World
Enrollment
16,092
Male:Female
57:43
Founded
1981

68. University of Abuja

For Public Policy / Administration

#32 in Nigeria
#1436 in the World
Enrollment
4,680
Founded
1988

69. University of Maiduguri

For Public Policy / Administration

#33 in Nigeria
#1447 in the World
Founded
1975

70. Usmanu Danfodio University

For Public Policy / Administration

#34 in Nigeria
#1449 in the World
Founded
1975

71. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Public Policy / Administration

#35 in Nigeria
#1450 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Founded
2000

72. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#1451 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Founded
2005

73. Imo State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#36 in Nigeria
#1460 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1981

74. Landmark University

For Public Policy / Administration

#37 in Nigeria
#1478 in the World
Acceptance Rate
100%
Founded
2011

75. Bahir Dar University

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Ethiopia
#1485 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
57,852
Founded
2001

76. Osun State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#38 in Nigeria
#1487 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Founded
2007

77. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Public Policy / Administration

#39 in Nigeria
#1488 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1980

78. Benue State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#40 in Nigeria
#1494 in the World
Founded
1992

79. University of Venda

For Public Policy / Administration

#1510 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

80. Bayero University Kano

For Public Policy / Administration

#41 in Nigeria
#1525 in the World
Founded
1975

81. University of Sierra Leone

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Sierra Leone
#1528 in the World
Founded
2005

82. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#42 in Nigeria
#1529 in the World
Founded
1988

83. Mzumbe University

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Tanzania
#1556 in the World
Founded
2003

84. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

For Public Policy / Administration

#43 in Nigeria
#1565 in the World
Founded
1988

85. University of Education, Winneba

For Public Policy / Administration

#6 in Ghana
#1572 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1992

86. Niger Delta University

For Public Policy / Administration

#44 in Nigeria
#1573 in the World
Founded
2000

87. Midlands State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Zimbabwe
#1599 in the World
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
2000

88. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

For Public Policy / Administration

#45 in Nigeria
#1615 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
2011

89. Kaduna State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#46 in Nigeria
#1636 in the World
Founded
2004

90. Nasarawa State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#47 in Nigeria
#1639 in the World
Founded
2002

91. Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Public Policy / Administration

#48 in Nigeria
#1646 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1982

92. Federal University, Lafia

For Public Policy / Administration

#49 in Nigeria
#1656 in the World
Founded
2011

93. Gombe State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#50 in Nigeria
#1658 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
2004

94. Kwara State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#51 in Nigeria
#1666 in the World
Founded
2009

95. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

For Public Policy / Administration

#52 in Nigeria
#1667 in the World
Founded
1988