Best Universities for Cardiology 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 Cardiology. A graph of 451K citations received by 43.1K academic papers made by 103 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 Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Cardiology

#1 in South Africa

#219 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Cardiology

#1 in Egypt

#338 in the World

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

3. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cardiology

#2 in South Africa

#354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

4. Ain Shams University

For Cardiology

#2 in Egypt

#408 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Cardiology

#3 in South Africa

#435 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cardiology

#3 in Egypt

#544 in the World

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

7. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Cardiology

#4 in Egypt

#552 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Cardiology

#5 in Egypt

#565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Cardiology

#4 in South Africa

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

10. Al-Azhar University

For Cardiology

#6 in Egypt

#632 in the World

Founded: 1961

11. Assiut University

For Cardiology

#7 in Egypt

#640 in the World

Founded: 1957

12. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Cardiology

#5 in South Africa

#653 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

13. Tanta University

For Cardiology

#8 in Egypt

#667 in the World

Founded: 1972

14. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Cardiology

#9 in Egypt

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

15. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Cardiology

#10 in Egypt

#812 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

16. Benha University

For Cardiology

#11 in Egypt

#849 in the World

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

17. Minia University

For Cardiology

#12 in Egypt

#908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

18. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Cardiology

#6 in South Africa

#916 in the World

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

19. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Cardiology

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

20. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Cardiology

#957 in the World

21. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Cardiology

#7 in South Africa

#982 in the World

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

22. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Cardiology

#1023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

23. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cardiology

#1029 in the World

24. Aswan University

For Cardiology

#13 in Egypt

#1124 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

25. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Cardiology

#14 in Egypt

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

26. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Cardiology

#1199 in the World

27. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Cardiology

#1222 in the World

Founded: 1950

28. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Cardiology

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

29. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Cardiology

#15 in Egypt

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

30. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Cardiology

#1244 in the World

31. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Cardiology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1277 in the World

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

32. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Cardiology

#1 in Kenya

#1278 in the World

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

33. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Cardiology

#1 in Uganda

#1307 in the World

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

34. Bayero University Kano

For Cardiology

#1351 in the World

Founded: 1975

35. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Cardiology

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

36. Fayoum University

For Cardiology

#16 in Egypt

#1381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

37. University of Sfax

For Cardiology

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

38. University of Ghana

For Cardiology

#1 in Ghana

#1391 in the World

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

39. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cardiology

#1 in Sudan

#1504 in the World

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

40. Helwan University

For Cardiology

#17 in Egypt

#1545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

41. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Cardiology

#1 in Mozambique

#1604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

42. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Cardiology

#1631 in the World

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

43. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Cardiology

#8 in South Africa

#1661 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

44. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Cardiology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1723 in the World

Founded: 1954

45. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Cardiology

#9 in South Africa

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

46. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Cardiology

#1763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

47. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Cardiology

#1767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

48. South Valley University - Qena

For Cardiology

#18 in Egypt

#1786 in the World

Founded: 1995

49. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Cardiology

#1 in Tanzania

#1799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

50. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Cardiology

#1 in Senegal

#1839 in the World

Founded: 1918

51. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Cardiology

#1894 in the World

Founded: 1977

52. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Cardiology

#19 in Egypt

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

53. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Cardiology

#1902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

54. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Cardiology

#1919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

55. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Cardiology

#1939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

56. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Cardiology

#1941 in the World

57. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Cardiology

#1978 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

58. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Cardiology

#1982 in the World

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

59. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Cardiology

#10 in South Africa

#2037 in the World

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

60. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Cardiology

#2050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

61. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Cardiology

#11 in South Africa

#2055 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

62. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Cardiology

#10 in Nigeria

#2063 in the World

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

63. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Cardiology

#2 in Ghana

#2077 in the World

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

64. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Cardiology

#1 in Libya

#2098 in the World

Founded: 1955

65. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Cardiology

#2108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

66. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Cardiology

#1 in Zambia

#2133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

67. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Cardiology

#20 in Egypt

#2137 in the World

Founded: 2010

68. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Cardiology

#21 in Egypt

#2170 in the World

Founded: 1996

69. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Cardiology

#2 in Libya

#2186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

70. Lagos State University

For Cardiology

#11 in Nigeria

#2241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

71. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Cardiology

#2244 in the World

72. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Cardiology

#2256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

73. University of Malawi

For Cardiology

#1 in Malawi

#2257 in the World

Founded: 1964

74. University of Oran 1

For Cardiology

#2298 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

75. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Cardiology

#12 in South Africa

#2300 in the World

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

76. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cardiology

#22 in Egypt

#2302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

77. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Cardiology

#23 in Egypt

#2310 in the World

Founded: 2010

78. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Cardiology

#12 in Nigeria

#2333 in the World

Founded: 1975

79. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Cardiology

#13 in South Africa

#2336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

80. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Cardiology

#24 in Egypt

#2343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2012

81. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Cardiology

#2359 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

82. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Cardiology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2362 in the World

Founded: 1964

83. University of Algiers 1

Algeria | Algiers

For Cardiology

#2365 in the World

84. Neelain University

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cardiology

#2 in Sudan

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1993

85. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Cardiology

#13 in Nigeria

#2411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

86. University of Jos

For Cardiology

#14 in Nigeria

#2417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,169
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1975

87. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Cardiology

#2421 in the World

Founded: 1993

88. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Cardiology

#14 in South Africa

#2424 in the World

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

89. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Cardiology

#2 in Kenya

#2433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

90. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Cardiology

#15 in Nigeria

#2468 in the World

Enrollment: 4,680
Founded: 1988

91. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Cardiology

#1 in Botswana

#2476 in the World

Founded: 1964

92. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Cardiology

#2484 in the World

Founded: 1992

93. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Cardiology

#25 in Egypt

#2512 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

94. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Cardiology

#16 in Nigeria

#2541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

95. Sudan University of Science and Technology

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cardiology

#3 in Sudan

#2546 in the World

Founded: 1990

96. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Cardiology

#2570 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

97. Future University in Egypt

Egypt | New Cairo

For Cardiology

#26 in Egypt

#2583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 9,085
Founded: 2006

98. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Cardiology

#3 in Ghana

#2608 in the World

Founded: 2011

99. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Cardiology

#17 in Nigeria

#2622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

100. Al Zaiem Al Azhari University

Sudan | Khartoum

For Cardiology

#4 in Sudan

#2624 in the World

Enrollment: 20,463
Founded: 1993

Medicine subfields in Africa

Anatomy and Physiology197

Anesthesiology119

Bioethics/Medical Ethics41

Biomedical Engineering28

Clinical Psychology126

Critical Care Nursing101

Epidemiology103

Family medicine197

Forensic Science47

Gastroenterology and Hepatology139

Health Science194

Healthcare Management (MHA)178

Medical Physics24

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)167

Occupational Therapy21

Oncology and Cancer research158

Ophthalmology63

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine123

Pharmacology202

Physical Therapy123

Plastic Surgery29

Public Health310

Radiation Therapy51

Radiology and Nuclear medicine213

Respiratory Therapy31

Sonography and Ultrasound26

Sports / Exercise science21

Sports Medicine60