Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies Schools in Africa

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 617K citations received by 75.7K academic papers made by 211 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

South Africa | Pretoria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in South Africa

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in South Africa

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in South Africa

#128 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in South Africa

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

5. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in South Africa

#239 in the World

Founded: 1874

6. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#6 in South Africa

#245 in the World

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

7. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#7 in South Africa

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

8. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#8 in South Africa

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

9. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#9 in South Africa

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

10. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#10 in South Africa

#583 in the World

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

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Nigeria

#717 in the World

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

12. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Ghana

#785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

13. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#11 in South Africa

#816 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

14. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Egypt

#860 in the World

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

15. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Nigeria

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

16. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Egypt

#973 in the World

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

17. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Botswana

#1037 in the World

Founded: 1964

18. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#12 in South Africa

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

19. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Nigeria

#1123 in the World

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

20. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Uganda

#1146 in the World

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

21. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Ghana

#1210 in the World

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

22. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#13 in South Africa

#1300 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

23. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Egypt

#1302 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

24. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Nigeria

#1315 in the World

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

25. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1329 in the World

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

26. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Ethiopia

#1339 in the World

Founded: 1950

27. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Nigeria

#1376 in the World

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

28. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Tanzania

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

29. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Ghana

#1410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

30. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Egypt

#1424 in the World

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

31. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Tunisia

#1427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

32. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Mozambique

#1481 in the World

Founded: 1985

33. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#6 in Nigeria

#1559 in the World

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

34. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#7 in Nigeria

#1582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

35. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#14 in South Africa

#1598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

36. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Kenya

#1607 in the World

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

37. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Egypt

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

38. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#6 in Egypt

#1692 in the World

Founded: 1972

39. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#8 in Nigeria

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

40. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#9 in Nigeria

#1724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

41. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Tunisia

#1726 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

42. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Tunisia

#1814 in the World

43. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#15 in South Africa

#1825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

44. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#16 in South Africa

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

45. Helwan University

Egypt | Cairo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#7 in Egypt

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

46. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#17 in South Africa

#1943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

47. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Zambia

#1977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

48. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Malawi

#1985 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

49. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Kenya

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

50. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Kenya

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

51. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Tunisia

#2033 in the World

52. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Tunisia

#2034 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

53. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Morocco

#2080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

54. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#10 in Nigeria

#2089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

55. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#18 in South Africa

#2091 in the World

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

56. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#8 in Egypt

#2110 in the World

Founded: 1961

57. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Ghana

#2113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

58. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#11 in Nigeria

#2162 in the World

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

59. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#9 in Egypt

#2164 in the World

Founded: 1957

60. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#12 in Nigeria

#2181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

61. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#19 in South Africa

#2186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

62. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#10 in Egypt

#2249 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

63. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Mauritius

#2267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

64. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#13 in Nigeria

#2279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

65. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#14 in Nigeria

#2288 in the World

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

66. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#20 in South Africa

#2303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

67. Midlands State University

Zimbabwe | Gweru

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Zimbabwe

#2308 in the World

Enrollment: 22,000
Founded: 2000

68. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#6 in Tunisia

#2333 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

69. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#15 in Nigeria

#2379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

70. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Morocco

#2412 in the World

71. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Algeria

#2437 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

72. University of Oran 1

Algeria | Oran

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Algeria

#2440 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

73. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Sudan

#2441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 41,030
Founded: 1956

74. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

Morocco | Fez

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Morocco

#2442 in the World

75. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Ethiopia

#2461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

76. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#16 in Nigeria

#2517 in the World

Founded: 2000

77. Fayoum University

Egypt | Faiyum

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#11 in Egypt

#2528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

78. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#12 in Egypt

#2529 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

79. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#13 in Egypt

#2559 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

80. University for Development Studies

Ghana | Tamale

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Ghana

#2568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 13,132
Founded: 1992

81. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#17 in Nigeria

#2580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

82. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#18 in Nigeria

#2582 in the World

Founded: 1992

83. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Senegal

#2597 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

84. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#14 in Egypt

#2610 in the World

Founded: 2010

85. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#19 in Nigeria

#2614 in the World

Founded: 1975

86. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#20 in Nigeria

#2632 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

87. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#21 in Nigeria

#2644 in the World

Founded: 1991

88. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#22 in Nigeria

#2652 in the World

Founded: 2002

89. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#15 in Egypt

#2665 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

90. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#23 in Nigeria

#2693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

91. Islamic University College, Ghana

Ghana | Accra

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#6 in Ghana

#2700 in the World

Founded: 1988

92. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Namibia

#2704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

93. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#16 in Egypt

#2742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

94. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Kenya

#2799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

95. Al Akhawayn University

Morocco | Ifrane

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Morocco

#2807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

96. Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Kenya | Nairobi

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Kenya

#2822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Founded: 1984

97. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#21 in South Africa

#2831 in the World

Founded: 2005

98. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Morocco

#2832 in the World

99. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Algeria

#2836 in the World

100. Great Zimbabwe University

Zimbabwe | Masvingo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Zimbabwe

#2843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1999

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Broadcast Journalism45

Classics and Ancient History111

Communications and Public Relations200

Criminology and Criminal Justice69

Demography324

Early Childhood Education39

Intellectual Property and Patent Law23

International Law51

International Relations and Diplomacy28

Journalism and Digital Media70

Law363

Law Enforcement44

Library and Information science114

Linguistics327

Media Studies59

Military science23

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution31

Occupational Safety and Health54

Philosophy358

Political Economy68

Political Science363

Public Policy / Administration119

Publishing22

Radio and Television broadcasting67

Social Work33

Sociology359

Special Education26

Sports / Exercise science31

Urban and Regional planning43