Best Universities for Dermatology 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 Dermatology. A graph of 274K citations received by 23.8K academic papers made by 83 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 Dermatology

#1 in Egypt

#150 in the World

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

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Dermatology

#1 in South Africa

#233 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. Ain Shams University

For Dermatology

#2 in Egypt

#294 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

4. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Dermatology

#3 in Egypt

#343 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

5. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Dermatology

#2 in South Africa

#363 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Dermatology

#3 in South Africa

#382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

7. Al-Azhar University

For Dermatology

#4 in Egypt

#427 in the World

Founded: 1961

8. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Dermatology

#5 in Egypt

#429 in the World

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

9. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Dermatology

#4 in South Africa

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

10. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Dermatology

#5 in South Africa

#449 in the World

Founded: 1918

11. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Dermatology

#1 in Sudan

#460 in the World

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

12. Assiut University

For Dermatology

#6 in Egypt

#488 in the World

Founded: 1957

13. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dermatology

#504 in the World

14. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Dermatology

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

15. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Dermatology

#7 in Egypt

#524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

16. Benha University

For Dermatology

#8 in Egypt

#579 in the World

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

17. Tanta University

For Dermatology

#9 in Egypt

#590 in the World

Founded: 1972

18. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Dermatology

#10 in Egypt

#626 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

19. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Dermatology

#645 in the World

20. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Dermatology

#11 in Egypt

#695 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

21. University of Sfax

For Dermatology

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

22. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Dermatology

#6 in South Africa

#706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

23. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Dermatology

#722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

24. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Dermatology

#730 in the World

Founded: 1950

25. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Dermatology

#12 in Egypt

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

26. Minia University

For Dermatology

#13 in Egypt

#757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

27. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Dermatology

#1 in Uganda

#780 in the World

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

28. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Dermatology

#786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

29. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Dermatology

#7 in South Africa

#824 in the World

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

30. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dermatology

#842 in the World

31. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Dermatology

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

32. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Dermatology

#8 in South Africa

#897 in the World

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

33. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Dermatology

#1 in Kenya

#909 in the World

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

34. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Dermatology

#928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

35. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Dermatology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#954 in the World

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

36. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Dermatology

#957 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

37. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Dermatology

#958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

38. University of Malawi

For Dermatology

#1 in Malawi

#1035 in the World

Founded: 1964

39. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Dermatology

#1044 in the World

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

40. University of Ghana

For Dermatology

#1 in Ghana

#1048 in the World

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

41. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Dermatology

#14 in Egypt

#1068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

42. University of Lome

For Dermatology

#1 in Togo

#1099 in the World

Founded: 1970

43. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Dermatology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1103 in the World

Founded: 1954

44. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Dermatology

#1113 in the World

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

45. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Dermatology

#1120 in the World

46. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Dermatology

#9 in South Africa

#1127 in the World

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

47. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Dermatology

#1 in Algeria

#1156 in the World

48. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Dermatology

#1 in Tanzania

#1157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

49. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Dermatology

#2 in Ghana

#1180 in the World

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

50. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Dermatology

#1 in Libya

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

51. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Dermatology

#1196 in the World

Founded: 1993

52. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Dermatology

#10 in South Africa

#1220 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

53. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Dermatology

#1230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

54. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Dermatology

#1 in Senegal

#1243 in the World

Founded: 1918

55. Fayoum University

For Dermatology

#15 in Egypt

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

56. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Dermatology

#2 in Uganda

#1282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

57. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Dermatology

#2 in Libya

#1314 in the World

Founded: 1955

58. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Dermatology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1344 in the World

Founded: 1964

59. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Dermatology

#11 in South Africa

#1355 in the World

Founded: 1916

60. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Dermatology

#16 in Egypt

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

61. Helwan University

For Dermatology

#17 in Egypt

#1369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

62. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Dermatology

#1372 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

63. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Dermatology

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

64. South Valley University - Qena

For Dermatology

#18 in Egypt

#1420 in the World

Founded: 1995

65. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Dermatology

#1458 in the World

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

66. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Dermatology

#12 in South Africa

#1463 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

67. Bayero University Kano

For Dermatology

#1466 in the World

Founded: 1975

68. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Dermatology

#10 in Nigeria

#1468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

69. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Dermatology

#1491 in the World

Founded: 1977

70. University of Jos

For Dermatology

#11 in Nigeria

#1511 in the World

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

71. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Dermatology

#1 in Madagascar

#1529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

72. Aswan University

For Dermatology

#19 in Egypt

#1540 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

73. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Dermatology

#1544 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

74. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Dermatology

#12 in Nigeria

#1551 in the World

Founded: 1975

75. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Dermatology

#1 in Botswana

#1558 in the World

Founded: 1964

76. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Dermatology

#20 in Egypt

#1561 in the World

Founded: 2010

77. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Dermatology

#21 in Egypt

#1586 in the World

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

78. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Dermatology

#13 in Nigeria

#1635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

79. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Dermatology

#1636 in the World

Founded: 1992

80. University of Sadat City

For Dermatology

#22 in Egypt

#1653 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

81. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Dermatology

#23 in Egypt

#1668 in the World

Founded: 1996

82. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dermatology

#1671 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

83. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Dermatology

#14 in Nigeria

#1683 in the World

Founded: 1975

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