Best Universities for Anesthesiology 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 Anesthesiology. A graph of 692K citations received by 59.8K academic papers made by 146 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. Cairo University

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Egypt

#200 in the World

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

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Anesthesiology

#1 in South Africa

#234 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. Ain Shams University

For Anesthesiology

#2 in Egypt

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Anesthesiology

#2 in South Africa

#374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Anesthesiology

#3 in Egypt

#407 in the World

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

6. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Anesthesiology

#4 in Egypt

#411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

7. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Anesthesiology

#3 in South Africa

#412 in the World

Founded: 1918

8. Assiut University

For Anesthesiology

#5 in Egypt

#433 in the World

Founded: 1957

9. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Anesthesiology

#4 in South Africa

#445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

10. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Anesthesiology

#6 in Egypt

#466 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

11. Tanta University

For Anesthesiology

#7 in Egypt

#530 in the World

Founded: 1972

12. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Anesthesiology

#5 in South Africa

#589 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

13. Al-Azhar University

For Anesthesiology

#8 in Egypt

#609 in the World

Founded: 1961

14. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Anesthesiology

#9 in Egypt

#674 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

15. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Anesthesiology

#706 in the World

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

16. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Anesthesiology

#10 in Egypt

#778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

17. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Anesthesiology

#11 in Egypt

#818 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

18. Benha University

For Anesthesiology

#12 in Egypt

#826 in the World

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

19. Minia University

For Anesthesiology

#13 in Egypt

#857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

20. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Anesthesiology

#862 in the World

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

21. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Anesthesiology

#895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

22. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Anesthesiology

#6 in South Africa

#907 in the World

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

23. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Anesthesiology

#916 in the World

Founded: 1950

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Anesthesiology

#939 in the World

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

25. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Anesthesiology

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

26. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Anesthesiology

#989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

27. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Uganda

#1025 in the World

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

28. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Kenya

#1034 in the World

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

29. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Anesthesiology

#1054 in the World

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

30. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Anesthesiology

#14 in Egypt

#1094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

31. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Anesthesiology

#1111 in the World

32. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Anesthesiology

#1120 in the World

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

33. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Anesthesiology

#1131 in the World

34. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Anesthesiology

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

35. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1177 in the World

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

36. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Anesthesiology

#1181 in the World

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

37. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Sudan

#1232 in the World

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

38. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Ghana

#1243 in the World

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

39. University of Ghana

For Anesthesiology

#2 in Ghana

#1268 in the World

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

40. Fayoum University

For Anesthesiology

#15 in Egypt

#1294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

41. South Valley University - Qena

For Anesthesiology

#16 in Egypt

#1313 in the World

Founded: 1995

42. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Anesthesiology

#7 in South Africa

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

43. University of Sfax

For Anesthesiology

#1340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

44. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Anesthesiology

#1407 in the World

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

45. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Anesthesiology

#1414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

46. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Anesthesiology

#8 in South Africa

#1422 in the World

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

47. Bayero University Kano

For Anesthesiology

#10 in Nigeria

#1428 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

48. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Anesthesiology

#1465 in the World

49. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Anesthesiology

#9 in South Africa

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

50. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Anesthesiology

#1513 in the World

51. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Anesthesiology

#1544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

52. University of Malawi

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Malawi

#1554 in the World

Founded: 1964

53. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Anesthesiology

#11 in Nigeria

#1563 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

54. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Anesthesiology

#17 in Egypt

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

55. University of Jos

For Anesthesiology

#12 in Nigeria

#1608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

56. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Anesthesiology

#13 in Nigeria

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

57. Aswan University

For Anesthesiology

#18 in Egypt

#1683 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

58. Helwan University

For Anesthesiology

#19 in Egypt

#1703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

59. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Zambia

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

60. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Anesthesiology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1734 in the World

Founded: 1954

61. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Anesthesiology

#1758 in the World

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

62. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Anesthesiology

#10 in South Africa

#1769 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

63. University of Uyo

For Anesthesiology

#14 in Nigeria

#1795 in the World

Founded: 1991

64. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Anesthesiology

#1818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

65. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Anesthesiology

#11 in South Africa

#1834 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

66. Lagos State University

For Anesthesiology

#15 in Nigeria

#1846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

67. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Libya

#1865 in the World

Founded: 1955

68. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Anesthesiology

#16 in Nigeria

#1898 in the World

Founded: 1975

69. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Anesthesiology

#12 in South Africa

#1901 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

70. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Anesthesiology

#17 in Nigeria

#1922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

71. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Anesthesiology

#1930 in the World

72. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Senegal

#1934 in the World

Founded: 1918

73. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Anesthesiology

#13 in South Africa

#1969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

74. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Anesthesiology

#1975 in the World

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

75. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Anesthesiology

#1979 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

76. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Anesthesiology

#20 in Egypt

#1990 in the World

Founded: 2010

77. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Anesthesiology

#18 in Nigeria

#1993 in the World

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

78. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Anesthesiology

#21 in Egypt

#2025 in the World

Founded: 1996

79. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Anesthesiology

#19 in Nigeria

#2026 in the World

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

80. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Anesthesiology

#14 in South Africa

#2035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

81. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Anesthesiology

#2046 in the World

Enrollment: 30,414
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1976

82. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Anesthesiology

#2 in Libya

#2061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

83. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Anesthesiology

#22 in Egypt

#2072 in the World

Founded: 2010

84. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Anesthesiology

#20 in Nigeria

#2108 in the World

Founded: 1992

85. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Anesthesiology

#3 in Ghana

#2127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

86. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Anesthesiology

#2 in Uganda

#2134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

87. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Anesthesiology

#21 in Nigeria

#2137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

88. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Anesthesiology

#15 in South Africa

#2145 in the World

Founded: 2005

89. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Anesthesiology

#2166 in the World

Founded: 1977

90. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Anesthesiology

#22 in Nigeria

#2219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

91. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Anesthesiology

#16 in South Africa

#2228 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

92. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Anesthesiology

#2242 in the World

Founded: 1992

93. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Anesthesiology

#23 in Nigeria

#2249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

94. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Anesthesiology

#2262 in the World

Founded: 1993

95. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Mali

#2264 in the World

Founded: 2011

96. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Anesthesiology

#2 in Kenya

#2269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

97. Marien Ngouabi University

Congo | Brazzaville

For Anesthesiology

#1 in the Congo

#2270 in the World

Enrollment: 15,054
Founded: 1958

98. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Anesthesiology

#24 in Nigeria

#2290 in the World

Founded: 2000

99. University of Lome

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Togo

#2319 in the World

Founded: 1970

100. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Anesthesiology

#25 in Nigeria

#2333 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

Medicine subfields in Africa

Anatomy and Physiology219

Bioethics/Medical Ethics50

Biomedical Engineering33

Clinical Psychology154

Critical Care Nursing127

Epidemiology123

Family medicine226

Forensic Science53

Gastroenterology and Hepatology161

Health Science226

Healthcare Management (MHA)201

Medical Physics27

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)188

Occupational Therapy28

Oncology and Cancer research187

Ophthalmology73

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine146

Pharmacology219

Physical Therapy157

Plastic Surgery30

Public Health331

Radiation Therapy59

Radiology and Nuclear medicine233

Respiratory Therapy31

Sonography and Ultrasound31

Sports / Exercise science29

Sports Medicine70