Best Universities for Epidemiology 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 Epidemiology. A graph of 683K citations received by 22.1K 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 Epidemiology

#1 in South Africa

#104 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Epidemiology

#2 in South Africa

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Epidemiology

#3 in South Africa

#197 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Epidemiology

#1 in Uganda

#220 in the World

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

5. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Epidemiology

#226 in the World

Founded: 1950

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Epidemiology

#4 in South Africa

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Epidemiology

#266 in the World

Founded: 1962

8. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Epidemiology

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

9. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Epidemiology

#274 in the World

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

10. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Epidemiology

#5 in South Africa

#317 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

11. University of Ghana

For Epidemiology

#1 in Ghana

#357 in the World

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

12. Cairo University

For Epidemiology

#1 in Egypt

#383 in the World

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

13. Ain Shams University

For Epidemiology

#2 in Egypt

#398 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

14. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Epidemiology

#1 in Kenya

#419 in the World

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

15. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Epidemiology

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

16. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Epidemiology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#443 in the World

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

17. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Epidemiology

#1 in Benin

#450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 86,694
Male:Female: 73:27
Founded: 1970

18. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Epidemiology

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

19. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Epidemiology

#1 in Sudan

#488 in the World

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

20. University of Malawi

For Epidemiology

#1 in Malawi

#536 in the World

Founded: 1964

21. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Epidemiology

#1 in Zambia

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

22. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Epidemiology

#548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

23. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Epidemiology

#3 in Egypt

#550 in the World

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

24. Assiut University

For Epidemiology

#4 in Egypt

#585 in the World

Founded: 1957

25. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Epidemiology

#2 in Ghana

#591 in the World

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

26. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Epidemiology

#593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

27. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Epidemiology

#606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

28. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Epidemiology

#5 in Egypt

#626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

29. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Epidemiology

#1 in Senegal

#647 in the World

Founded: 1918

30. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Epidemiology

#6 in South Africa

#653 in the World

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

31. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Epidemiology

#1 in Mozambique

#665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

32. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Epidemiology

#668 in the World

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

33. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Epidemiology

#7 in South Africa

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

34. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Epidemiology

#681 in the World

Founded: 1977

35. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Epidemiology

#691 in the World

36. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Epidemiology

#705 in the World

Founded: 1992

37. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Epidemiology

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

38. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Epidemiology

#8 in South Africa

#728 in the World

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

39. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Epidemiology

#2 in Kenya

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

40. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Epidemiology

#9 in South Africa

#738 in the World

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

41. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Epidemiology

#2 in Uganda

#751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

42. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Epidemiology

#6 in Egypt

#754 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

43. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Epidemiology

#755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

44. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Epidemiology

#761 in the World

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

45. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Epidemiology

#1 in Libya

#780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

46. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Epidemiology

#792 in the World

Founded: 1975

47. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Epidemiology

#1 in the DR Congo

#794 in the World

Founded: 1954

48. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Epidemiology

#816 in the World

49. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Epidemiology

#10 in South Africa

#818 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

50. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Epidemiology

#7 in Egypt

#831 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

51. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Epidemiology

#836 in the World

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

52. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Epidemiology

#840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

53. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Epidemiology

#1 in Mali

#848 in the World

Founded: 2011

54. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Epidemiology

#880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

55. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Epidemiology

#8 in Egypt

#882 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

56. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Epidemiology

#894 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

57. University of Lome

For Epidemiology

#1 in Togo

#915 in the World

Founded: 1970

58. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Epidemiology

#916 in the World

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

59. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Epidemiology

#3 in Ghana

#930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

60. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Epidemiology

#11 in South Africa

#934 in the World

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

61. Al-Azhar University

For Epidemiology

#9 in Egypt

#947 in the World

Founded: 1961

62. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Epidemiology

#1 in Botswana

#951 in the World

Founded: 1964

63. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Epidemiology

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

64. Lagos State University

For Epidemiology

#959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

65. Minia University

For Epidemiology

#10 in Egypt

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

66. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Epidemiology

#966 in the World

67. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Epidemiology

#971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

68. University of Jos

For Epidemiology

#10 in Nigeria

#976 in the World

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

69. Bayero University Kano

For Epidemiology

#11 in Nigeria

#982 in the World

Founded: 1975

70. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Epidemiology

#12 in Nigeria

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

71. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Epidemiology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1015 in the World

Founded: 1974

72. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Epidemiology

#2 in Libya

#1030 in the World

Founded: 1955

73. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Epidemiology

#1047 in the World

Founded: 1994

74. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Epidemiology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1058 in the World

Founded: 1964

75. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Epidemiology

#1059 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

76. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Epidemiology

#12 in South Africa

#1063 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

77. University for Development Studies

For Epidemiology

#4 in Ghana

#1067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

78. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Epidemiology

#1070 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

79. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Epidemiology

#1074 in the World

Founded: 2005

80. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Epidemiology

#3 in Kenya

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

81. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Epidemiology

#5 in Ghana

#1104 in the World

Founded: 2011

82. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Epidemiology

#13 in Nigeria

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

83. Tanta University

For Epidemiology

#11 in Egypt

#1115 in the World

Founded: 1972

84. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Epidemiology

#1 in Madagascar

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

85. Benha University

For Epidemiology

#12 in Egypt

#1129 in the World

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

86. University of Sfax

For Epidemiology

#1132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

87. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Epidemiology

#14 in Nigeria

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

88. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Epidemiology

#15 in Nigeria

#1136 in the World

Founded: 1975

89. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Epidemiology

#1148 in the World

Founded: 1993

90. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Epidemiology

#13 in Egypt

#1164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

91. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Epidemiology

#14 in Egypt

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

92. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Epidemiology

#1198 in the World

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

93. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Epidemiology

#1 in Namibia

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

94. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Epidemiology

#1222 in the World

95. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Epidemiology

#13 in South Africa

#1229 in the World

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

96. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Epidemiology

#16 in Nigeria

#1236 in the World

Founded: 2000

97. University of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone | Freetown

For Epidemiology

#1 in Sierra Leone

#1238 in the World

Founded: 2005

98. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Epidemiology

#15 in Egypt

#1245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

99. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Epidemiology

#17 in Nigeria

#1249 in the World

Enrollment: 4,680
Founded: 1988

100. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Epidemiology

#4 in Kenya

#1259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

Medicine subfields in Africa

Anatomy and Physiology197

Anesthesiology119

Bioethics/Medical Ethics41

Biomedical Engineering28

Clinical Psychology126

Critical Care Nursing101

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