Best Universities for Gerontology 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 Gerontology. A graph of 502K citations received by 21K academic papers made by 86 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 the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Gerontology

#1 in South Africa

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Gerontology

#2 in South Africa

#280 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Gerontology

#3 in South Africa

#397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Gerontology

#4 in South Africa

#490 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Gerontology

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

6. University of Ghana

For Gerontology

#1 in Ghana

#561 in the World

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

7. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Gerontology

#5 in South Africa

#563 in the World

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

8. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Gerontology

#1 in Uganda

#570 in the World

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

9. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Gerontology

#6 in South Africa

#744 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

10. Ain Shams University

For Gerontology

#1 in Egypt

#749 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

11. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Gerontology

#2 in Egypt

#834 in the World

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

12. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Gerontology

#7 in South Africa

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

13. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Gerontology

#8 in South Africa

#872 in the World

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

14. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Gerontology

#9 in South Africa

#891 in the World

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

15. Cairo University

For Gerontology

#3 in Egypt

#897 in the World

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

16. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Gerontology

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

17. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Gerontology

#961 in the World

Founded: 1950

18. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Gerontology

#968 in the World

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

19. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Gerontology

#1 in Kenya

#1061 in the World

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

20. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Gerontology

#2 in Ghana

#1075 in the World

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

21. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Gerontology

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

22. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Gerontology

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

23. Assiut University

For Gerontology

#4 in Egypt

#1154 in the World

Founded: 1957

24. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Gerontology

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

25. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Gerontology

#5 in Egypt

#1177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

26. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Gerontology

#3 in Ghana

#1192 in the World

Founded: 2011

27. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Gerontology

#1 in Tanzania

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

28. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Gerontology

#1 in Zambia

#1200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

29. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Gerontology

#1 in Botswana

#1203 in the World

Founded: 1964

30. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Gerontology

#10 in South Africa

#1205 in the World

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

31. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Gerontology

#2 in Uganda

#1211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

32. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Gerontology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1238 in the World

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

33. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Gerontology

#6 in Egypt

#1245 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

34. University of Malawi

For Gerontology

#1 in Malawi

#1289 in the World

Founded: 1964

35. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Gerontology

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

36. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Gerontology

#11 in South Africa

#1380 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

37. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Gerontology

#2 in Kenya

#1436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

38. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Gerontology

#1465 in the World

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

39. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Gerontology

#1 in Senegal

#1508 in the World

Founded: 1918

40. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Gerontology

#3 in Kenya

#1521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

41. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Gerontology

#4 in Ghana

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

42. Minia University

For Gerontology

#7 in Egypt

#1629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

43. Tanta University

For Gerontology

#8 in Egypt

#1675 in the World

Founded: 1972

44. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Gerontology

#12 in South Africa

#1707 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

45. University of Sfax

For Gerontology

#1711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

46. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Gerontology

#9 in Egypt

#1731 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

47. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Gerontology

#13 in South Africa

#1743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

48. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Gerontology

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

49. University for Development Studies

For Gerontology

#5 in Ghana

#1786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

50. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Gerontology

#1794 in the World

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

51. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Gerontology

#1825 in the World

Founded: 1975

52. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Gerontology

#1877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

53. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Gerontology

#10 in Egypt

#1881 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

54. Lagos State University

For Gerontology

#1883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

55. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Gerontology

#14 in South Africa

#1911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

56. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Gerontology

#1912 in the World

Founded: 2005

57. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Gerontology

#1930 in the World

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

58. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Gerontology

#15 in South Africa

#1989 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

59. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Gerontology

#1 in Morocco

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

60. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Gerontology

#16 in South Africa

#2021 in the World

Founded: 1916

61. Benha University

For Gerontology

#11 in Egypt

#2024 in the World

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

62. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Gerontology

#2030 in the World

63. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Gerontology

#17 in South Africa

#2035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

64. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Gerontology

#1 in the DR Congo

#2044 in the World

Founded: 1954

65. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Gerontology

#2049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

66. Mizan Tepi University

Ethiopia | Mizan

For Gerontology

#2052 in the World

Founded: 2006

67. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Gerontology

#1 in Mozambique

#2066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

68. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Gerontology

#2074 in the World

69. University of Jos

For Gerontology

#10 in Nigeria

#2092 in the World

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

70. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Gerontology

#12 in Egypt

#2097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

71. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Gerontology

#2 in Mozambique

#2101 in the World

Founded: 1985

72. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Gerontology

#11 in Nigeria

#2104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

73. Al-Azhar University

For Gerontology

#13 in Egypt

#2119 in the World

Founded: 1961

74. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Gerontology

#18 in South Africa

#2122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

75. Bayero University Kano

For Gerontology

#12 in Nigeria

#2129 in the World

Founded: 1975

76. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Gerontology

#13 in Nigeria

#2134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

77. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Gerontology

#4 in Kenya

#2142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

78. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Gerontology

#14 in Nigeria

#2158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

79. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Gerontology

#10 in Ethiopia

#2164 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

80. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Gerontology

#19 in South Africa

#2178 in the World

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

81. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Gerontology

#2192 in the World

Founded: 1977

82. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Gerontology

#15 in Nigeria

#2198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

83. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Gerontology

#2206 in the World

Founded: 1992

84. Kyambogo University

Uganda | Kampala

For Gerontology

#3 in Uganda

#2207 in the World

Founded: 2002

85. Helwan University

For Gerontology

#14 in Egypt

#2208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

86. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Gerontology

#15 in Egypt

#2209 in the World

Founded: 2010

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