Best Universities for Orthodontics 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 Orthodontics. A graph of 273K citations received by 28.7K academic papers made by 89 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 Orthodontics

#1 in Egypt

#116 in the World

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

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Orthodontics

#1 in South Africa

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Orthodontics

#2 in Egypt

#248 in the World

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

4. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Orthodontics

#3 in Egypt

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

5. Ain Shams University

For Orthodontics

#4 in Egypt

#304 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. Al-Azhar University

For Orthodontics

#5 in Egypt

#377 in the World

Founded: 1961

7. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Orthodontics

#2 in South Africa

#382 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

8. Tanta University

For Orthodontics

#6 in Egypt

#432 in the World

Founded: 1972

9. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Orthodontics

#3 in South Africa

#513 in the World

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

10. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Orthodontics

#4 in South Africa

#531 in the World

Founded: 1918

11. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Orthodontics

#538 in the World

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

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Orthodontics

#569 in the World

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

13. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Orthodontics

#5 in South Africa

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

14. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Orthodontics

#6 in South Africa

#611 in the World

Founded: 1874

15. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Orthodontics

#668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

16. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Orthodontics

#701 in the World

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

17. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Orthodontics

#7 in Egypt

#766 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

18. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Orthodontics

#769 in the World

19. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Orthodontics

#7 in South Africa

#795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

20. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Orthodontics

#8 in Egypt

#838 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

21. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Orthodontics

#8 in South Africa

#867 in the World

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

22. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Orthodontics

#1 in Sudan

#869 in the World

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

23. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Orthodontics

#1 in Kenya

#887 in the World

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

24. Minia University

For Orthodontics

#9 in Egypt

#925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

25. Benha University

For Orthodontics

#10 in Egypt

#941 in the World

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

26. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Orthodontics

#959 in the World

27. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Orthodontics

#1 in Senegal

#964 in the World

Founded: 1918

28. Assiut University

For Orthodontics

#11 in Egypt

#972 in the World

Founded: 1957

29. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Orthodontics

#1 in Libya

#1148 in the World

Founded: 1955

30. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Orthodontics

#1150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

31. Future University in Egypt

Egypt | New Cairo

For Orthodontics

#12 in Egypt

#1176 in the World

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

32. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Orthodontics

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

33. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Orthodontics

#1 in Tanzania

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

34. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Orthodontics

#9 in South Africa

#1268 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

35. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Orthodontics

#10 in South Africa

#1274 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

36. Misr International University

For Orthodontics

#13 in Egypt

#1280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1996

37. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Orthodontics

#14 in Egypt

#1350 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

38. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Orthodontics

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

39. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Orthodontics

#15 in Egypt

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

40. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Orthodontics

#1 in Uganda

#1393 in the World

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

41. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Orthodontics

#1458 in the World

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

42. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Orthodontics

#1465 in the World

43. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Orthodontics

#11 in South Africa

#1471 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

44. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Orthodontics

#16 in Egypt

#1472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

45. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Orthodontics

#1476 in the World

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

46. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Orthodontics

#1481 in the World

47. University of Sfax

For Orthodontics

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

48. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Orthodontics

#1546 in the World

49. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Orthodontics

#17 in Egypt

#1573 in the World

Founded: 1996

50. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Orthodontics

#18 in Egypt

#1574 in the World

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

51. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Orthodontics

#12 in South Africa

#1577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

52. South Valley University - Qena

For Orthodontics

#19 in Egypt

#1581 in the World

Founded: 1995

53. Fayoum University

For Orthodontics

#20 in Egypt

#1582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

54. Modern Sciences and Arts University

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Orthodontics

#21 in Egypt

#1586 in the World

Founded: 1996

55. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Orthodontics

#2 in Libya

#1622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

56. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Orthodontics

#1 in Mozambique

#1624 in the World

Founded: 1985

57. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Orthodontics

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1626 in the World

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

58. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Orthodontics

#1694 in the World

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

59. University of Ghana

For Orthodontics

#1 in Ghana

#1731 in the World

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

60. Bayero University Kano

For Orthodontics

#1896 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

61. Lagos State University

For Orthodontics

#10 in Nigeria

#1926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

62. Pharos University in Alexandria

Egypt | Alexandria

For Orthodontics

#22 in Egypt

#1944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

63. University of Medical Sciences and Technology

Sudan | Khartoum

For Orthodontics

#2 in Sudan

#1954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1996

64. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Orthodontics

#13 in South Africa

#1963 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

65. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Orthodontics

#23 in Egypt

#1971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

66. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Orthodontics

#1985 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

67. University of Oran 1

For Orthodontics

#1990 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000

68. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Orthodontics

#1993 in the World

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

69. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Orthodontics

#2 in Ghana

#1996 in the World

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

70. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Orthodontics

#11 in Nigeria

#2014 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

71. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Orthodontics

#1 in the DR Congo

#2035 in the World

Founded: 1954

72. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Orthodontics

#12 in Nigeria

#2057 in the World

Founded: 1975

73. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Orthodontics

#13 in Nigeria

#2064 in the World

Founded: 1992

74. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Orthodontics

#3 in Ghana

#2067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

75. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Orthodontics

#2077 in the World

Founded: 1950

76. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Orthodontics

#2101 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

77. Delta University for Science and Technology

Egypt | Mansoura

For Orthodontics

#24 in Egypt

#2116 in the World

Founded: 2007

78. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Orthodontics

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2126 in the World

Founded: 1964

79. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Orthodontics

#14 in Nigeria

#2129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

80. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Orthodontics

#25 in Egypt

#2141 in the World

Founded: 2010

81. Helwan University

For Orthodontics

#26 in Egypt

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

82. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Orthodontics

#27 in Egypt

#2161 in the World

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

83. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Orthodontics

#2186 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

84. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Orthodontics

#15 in Nigeria

#2200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

85. Egyptian Russian University

For Orthodontics

#28 in Egypt

#2202 in the World

Founded: 2006

86. Sinai University

For Orthodontics

#29 in Egypt

#2204 in the World

Founded: 2006

87. Suez University

For Orthodontics

#30 in Egypt

#2219 in the World

Founded: 2012

88. Aswan University

For Orthodontics

#31 in Egypt

#2226 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

89. Nahda University

For Orthodontics

#32 in Egypt

#2228 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 2006

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