Best Universities for Dermatology 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 Dermatology. A graph of 419K citations received by 30.5K academic papers made by 100 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

#143 in the World

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

2. University of Cape Town

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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

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

4. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Dermatology

#3 in Egypt

#288 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

5. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Dermatology

#2 in South Africa

#388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Dermatology

#3 in South Africa

#392 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. Al-Azhar University

For Dermatology

#4 in Egypt

#420 in the World

Founded: 1961

8. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Dermatology

#425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

9. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Dermatology

#4 in South Africa

#427 in the World

Founded: 1918

10. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Dermatology

#5 in Egypt

#429 in the World

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

11. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Dermatology

#1 in Sudan

#446 in the World

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

12. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Dermatology

#5 in South Africa

#462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

13. Assiut University

For Dermatology

#6 in Egypt

#492 in the World

Founded: 1957

14. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Dermatology

#7 in Egypt

#500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

15. Tanta University

For Dermatology

#8 in Egypt

#541 in the World

Founded: 1972

16. Benha University

For Dermatology

#9 in Egypt

#584 in the World

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

17. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dermatology

#600 in the World

18. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Dermatology

#10 in Egypt

#625 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

19. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Dermatology

#633 in the World

20. Minia University

For Dermatology

#11 in Egypt

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

21. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Dermatology

#693 in the World

Founded: 1950

22. University of Sfax

For Dermatology

#717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

23. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Dermatology

#12 in Egypt

#721 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

24. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Dermatology

#725 in the World

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

25. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Dermatology

#13 in Egypt

#738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

26. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Dermatology

#6 in South Africa

#760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

27. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Dermatology

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

28. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Dermatology

#800 in the World

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

29. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Dermatology

#1 in Uganda

#804 in the World

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

30. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dermatology

#840 in the World

31. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Dermatology

#842 in the World

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

32. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Dermatology

#903 in the World

33. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Dermatology

#7 in South Africa

#917 in the World

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

34. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Dermatology

#8 in South Africa

#919 in the World

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

35. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Dermatology

#1 in Kenya

#930 in the World

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

36. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Dermatology

#957 in the World

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

37. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Dermatology

#989 in the World

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

38. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Dermatology

#990 in the World

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

39. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Dermatology

#1008 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

40. University of Ghana

For Dermatology

#1 in Ghana

#1010 in the World

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

41. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Dermatology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1014 in the World

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

42. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Dermatology

#14 in Egypt

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

43. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Dermatology

#1086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

44. University of Lome

For Dermatology

#1 in Togo

#1091 in the World

Founded: 1970

45. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Dermatology

#1 in Senegal

#1106 in the World

Founded: 1918

46. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Dermatology

#1 in Libya

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

47. University of Malawi

For Dermatology

#1 in Malawi

#1127 in the World

Founded: 1964

48. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Dermatology

#9 in South Africa

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

49. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Dermatology

#2 in Ghana

#1151 in the World

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

50. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Dermatology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1181 in the World

Founded: 1954

51. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Dermatology

#1189 in the World

Founded: 1993

52. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Dermatology

#1195 in the World

53. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Dermatology

#2 in Libya

#1197 in the World

Founded: 1955

54. Helwan University

For Dermatology

#15 in Egypt

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

55. Fayoum University

For Dermatology

#16 in Egypt

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

56. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Dermatology

#1 in Algeria

#1221 in the World

57. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Dermatology

#10 in South Africa

#1245 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

58. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Dermatology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1265 in the World

Founded: 1964

59. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Dermatology

#11 in South Africa

#1281 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

60. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Dermatology

#1 in Tanzania

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

61. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Dermatology

#12 in South Africa

#1307 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

62. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Dermatology

#1330 in the World

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

63. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Dermatology

#2 in Uganda

#1359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

64. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Dermatology

#1360 in the World

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

65. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Dermatology

#1381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

66. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Dermatology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1401 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

67. Bayero University Kano

For Dermatology

#1415 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

68. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Dermatology

#17 in Egypt

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

69. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Dermatology

#10 in Nigeria

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

70. South Valley University - Qena

For Dermatology

#18 in Egypt

#1444 in the World

Founded: 1995

71. University of Antananarivo

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Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Dermatology

#1 in Madagascar

#1448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

72. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Dermatology

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

73. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Dermatology

#11 in Nigeria

#1517 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

74. Lagos State University

For Dermatology

#12 in Nigeria

#1544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

75. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Dermatology

#1 in Mali

#1549 in the World

Founded: 2011

76. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Dermatology

#13 in Nigeria

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

77. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Dermatology

#14 in Nigeria

#1588 in the World

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

78. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Dermatology

#19 in Egypt

#1598 in the World

Founded: 2010

79. University of Jos

For Dermatology

#15 in Nigeria

#1605 in the World

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

80. Aswan University

For Dermatology

#20 in Egypt

#1623 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

81. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Dermatology

#1 in Zambia

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

82. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Dermatology

#1636 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

83. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Dermatology

#1 in Botswana

#1644 in the World

Founded: 1964

84. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Dermatology

#21 in Egypt

#1661 in the World

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

85. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Dermatology

#1665 in the World

Founded: 1977

86. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Dermatology

#1710 in the World

Founded: 1992

87. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Dermatology

#16 in Nigeria

#1723 in the World

Founded: 1975

88. Future University in Egypt

Egypt | New Cairo

For Dermatology

#22 in Egypt

#1737 in the World

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

89. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Dermatology

#23 in Egypt

#1751 in the World

Founded: 1996

90. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Dermatology

#1760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

91. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Dermatology

#17 in Nigeria

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

92. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Dermatology

#18 in Nigeria

#1788 in the World

Enrollment: 35,372
Founded: 1988

93. Modern Sciences and Arts University

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Dermatology

#24 in Egypt

#1804 in the World

Founded: 1996

94. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Dermatology

#1814 in the World

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

95. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Dermatology

#1821 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

96. University of Sadat City

For Dermatology

#25 in Egypt

#1826 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

97. Gulu University

For Dermatology

#3 in Uganda

#1853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2002

98. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Dermatology

#26 in Egypt

#1862 in the World

Founded: 2010

99. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Nigeria | Ikeji-Arakeji

For Dermatology

#19 in Nigeria

#1878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2006

100. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Dermatology

#1880 in the World

Medicine subfields in Africa

Anatomy and Physiology219

Anesthesiology146

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