Best Dental Schools 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 Dentistry. A graph of 256K citations received by 30.7K academic papers made by 90 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 Dentistry

#1 in Egypt

#116 in the World

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

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Dentistry

#1 in South Africa

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Dentistry

#2 in Egypt

#212 in the World

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

4. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Dentistry

#3 in Egypt

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

5. Ain Shams University

For Dentistry

#4 in Egypt

#286 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Dentistry

#2 in South Africa

#359 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. Al-Azhar University

For Dentistry

#5 in Egypt

#408 in the World

Founded: 1961

8. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Dentistry

#3 in South Africa

#433 in the World

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

9. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Dentistry

#4 in South Africa

#463 in the World

Founded: 1918

10. Tanta University

For Dentistry

#6 in Egypt

#468 in the World

Founded: 1972

11. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Dentistry

#5 in South Africa

#522 in the World

Founded: 1874

12. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Dentistry

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

13. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Dentistry

#6 in South Africa

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

14. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Dentistry

#585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

15. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Dentistry

#605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

16. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Dentistry

#7 in Egypt

#688 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

17. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Dentistry

#7 in South Africa

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

18. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Dentistry

#791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

19. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Dentistry

#1 in Sudan

#823 in the World

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

20. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Dentistry

#1 in Kenya

#863 in the World

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

21. University of Sfax

For Dentistry

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

22. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Dentistry

#868 in the World

23. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Dentistry

#8 in South Africa

#888 in the World

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

24. Assiut University

For Dentistry

#8 in Egypt

#902 in the World

Founded: 1957

25. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Dentistry

#9 in Egypt

#917 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

26. Minia University

For Dentistry

#10 in Egypt

#947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

27. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Dentistry

#996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

28. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Dentistry

#1 in Senegal

#1014 in the World

Founded: 1918

29. Misr International University

For Dentistry

#11 in Egypt

#1180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1996

30. Benha University

For Dentistry

#12 in Egypt

#1204 in the World

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

31. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Dentistry

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

32. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Dentistry

#1211 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

33. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Dentistry

#1 in Libya

#1221 in the World

Founded: 1955

34. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Dentistry

#1 in Uganda

#1229 in the World

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

35. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Dentistry

#9 in South Africa

#1249 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

36. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Dentistry

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

37. Future University in Egypt

Egypt | New Cairo

For Dentistry

#13 in Egypt

#1257 in the World

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

38. Fayoum University

For Dentistry

#14 in Egypt

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

39. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Dentistry

#10 in South Africa

#1274 in the World

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

40. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Dentistry

#15 in Egypt

#1284 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

41. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Dentistry

#11 in South Africa

#1313 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

42. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Dentistry

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1316 in the World

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

43. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Dentistry

#16 in Egypt

#1387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

44. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Dentistry

#1407 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

45. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Dentistry

#17 in Egypt

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

46. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Dentistry

#1433 in the World

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

47. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Dentistry

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

48. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dentistry

#1456 in the World

49. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dentistry

#1514 in the World

50. South Valley University - Qena

For Dentistry

#18 in Egypt

#1548 in the World

Founded: 1995

51. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Dentistry

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

52. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Dentistry

#12 in South Africa

#1594 in the World

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

53. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Dentistry

#19 in Egypt

#1606 in the World

Founded: 1996

54. Modern Sciences and Arts University

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Dentistry

#20 in Egypt

#1654 in the World

Founded: 1996

55. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Dentistry

#1660 in the World

Founded: 1975

56. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Dentistry

#1 in Ghana

#1688 in the World

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

57. University of Ghana

For Dentistry

#2 in Ghana

#1699 in the World

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

58. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Dentistry

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

59. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Dentistry

#13 in South Africa

#1711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

60. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Dentistry

#1 in Ethiopia

#1713 in the World

Founded: 1950

61. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Dentistry

#21 in Egypt

#1730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 9,228
Founded: 2005

62. Bayero University Kano

For Dentistry

#10 in Nigeria

#1736 in the World

Founded: 1975

63. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Dentistry

#11 in Nigeria

#1791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

64. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Dentistry

#2 in Libya

#1824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

65. Pharos University in Alexandria

Egypt | Alexandria

For Dentistry

#22 in Egypt

#1864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

66. Lagos State University

For Dentistry

#12 in Nigeria

#1933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

67. Nangui Abrogoua University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Dentistry

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1947 in the World

Founded: 1995

68. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Dentistry

#1953 in the World

69. University of Medical Sciences and Technology

Sudan | Khartoum

For Dentistry

#2 in Sudan

#1964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1996

70. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Dentistry

#1974 in the World

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

71. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Dentistry

#14 in South Africa

#1978 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

72. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Dentistry

#23 in Egypt

#1986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

73. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Dentistry

#13 in Nigeria

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

74. Helwan University

For Dentistry

#24 in Egypt

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

75. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Dentistry

#2034 in the World

Enrollment: 22,270
Male:Female: 52:48

76. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Dentistry

#14 in Nigeria

#2101 in the World

Founded: 1975

77. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Dentistry

#15 in Nigeria

#2119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

78. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Dentistry

#1 in the DR Congo

#2130 in the World

Founded: 1954

79. Delta University for Science and Technology

Egypt | Mansoura

For Dentistry

#25 in Egypt

#2141 in the World

Enrollment: 7,480
Founded: 2007

80. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Dentistry

#16 in Nigeria

#2180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

81. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Dentistry

#2182 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

82. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Dentistry

#2 in Ivory Coast

#2198 in the World

Founded: 1964

83. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Dentistry

#2204 in the World

84. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Dentistry

#26 in Egypt

#2205 in the World

Founded: 2010

85. Sinai University

For Dentistry

#27 in Egypt

#2216 in the World

Founded: 2006

86. University of Jos

For Dentistry

#17 in Nigeria

#2221 in the World

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

87. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Dentistry

#28 in Egypt

#2230 in the World

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

88. Nahda University

For Dentistry

#29 in Egypt

#2237 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 2006

89. Egyptian Russian University

For Dentistry

#30 in Egypt

#2244 in the World

Founded: 2006

90. Aswan University

For Dentistry

#31 in Egypt

#2248 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

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