Best Universities for Paramedicine and Emergency medicine in Africa

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Paramedicine and Emergency medicine. A graph of 759K citations received by 47.3K academic papers made by 151 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 Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in South Africa

#126 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in South Africa

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in South Africa

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#4 in South Africa

#251 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Uganda

#377 in the World

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

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#5 in South Africa

#440 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

7. Ain Shams University

Egypt | Cairo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Egypt

#449 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Ethiopia

#457 in the World

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

9. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Ethiopia

#461 in the World

Founded: 1950

10. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Nigeria

#466 in the World

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

11. Cairo University

Egypt | Giza

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Egypt

#486 in the World

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

12. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#6 in South Africa

#521 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

13. University of Ghana

Ghana | Legon

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Ghana

#543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

14. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in Egypt

#557 in the World

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

15. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#4 in Egypt

#580 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

16. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ghana | Kumasi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Ghana

#678 in the World

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

17. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Tanzania

#679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

18. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in Ethiopia

#699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

19. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Kenya

#718 in the World

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

20. Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria | Ife

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Nigeria

#725 in the World

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

21. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in Nigeria

#741 in the World

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

22. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#7 in South Africa

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

23. Assiut University

Egypt | Asyut

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#5 in Egypt

#760 in the World

Founded: 1957

24. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#6 in Egypt

#763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

25. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#4 in Nigeria

#772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

26. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#8 in South Africa

#829 in the World

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

27. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Uganda

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

28. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#9 in South Africa

#890 in the World

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

29. Tanta University

Egypt | Tanta

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#7 in Egypt

#902 in the World

Founded: 1972

30. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#8 in Egypt

#907 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

31. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Kenya

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

32. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Zimbabwe

#981 in the World

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

33. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#10 in South Africa

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

34. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Zambia

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

35. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#11 in South Africa

#1020 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

36. University of Malawi

Malawi | Zomba

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Malawi

#1023 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

37. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#5 in Nigeria

#1031 in the World

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

38. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#9 in Egypt

#1033 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

39. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#4 in Ethiopia

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

40. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#6 in Nigeria

#1069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

41. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in Ghana

#1093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

42. Benha University

Egypt | Benha

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#10 in Egypt

#1094 in the World

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

43. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Botswana

#1104 in the World

Founded: 1964

44. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nigeria | Awka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#7 in Nigeria

#1125 in the World

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

45. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Morocco

#1144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

46. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#5 in Ethiopia

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

47. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#6 in Ethiopia

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Enrollment: 17,030
Founded: 1991

48. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Tunisia

#1188 in the World

49. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#7 in Ethiopia

#1189 in the World

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

50. Bayero University Kano

Nigeria | Kano

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#8 in Nigeria

#1222 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

51. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#9 in Nigeria

#1253 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

52. Al-Azhar University

Egypt | Cairo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#11 in Egypt

#1258 in the World

Founded: 1961

53. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#12 in Egypt

#1262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

54. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#10 in Nigeria

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

55. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Tunisia

#1307 in the World

56. Minia University

Egypt | Minya

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#13 in Egypt

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

57. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#11 in Nigeria

#1316 in the World

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

58. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#12 in Nigeria

#1342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

59. Lagos State University

Nigeria | Ojo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#13 in Nigeria

#1362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

60. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#12 in South Africa

#1379 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

61. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#14 in Nigeria

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

62. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Sudan

#1457 in the World

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

63. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in Tunisia

#1463 in the World

64. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Senegal

#1496 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

65. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#8 in Ethiopia

#1504 in the World

Founded: 2005

66. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Mozambique

#1509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

67. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Cameroon

#1521 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1992

68. University of Health and Allied Sciences

Ghana | Ho

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#4 in Ghana

#1522 in the World

Founded: 2011

69. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#13 in South Africa

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

70. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Morocco

#1554 in the World

71. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in the DR Congo

#1572 in the World

Founded: 1954

72. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#14 in South Africa

#1577 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

73. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#15 in Nigeria

#1580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

74. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#15 in South Africa

#1584 in the World

Founded: 2005

75. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#4 in Tunisia

#1599 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

76. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

Mali | Bamako

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Mali

#1609 in the World

Founded: 2011

77. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#16 in Nigeria

#1613 in the World

Founded: 1975

78. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#14 in Egypt

#1631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

79. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#16 in South Africa

#1634 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

80. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Cameroon

#1654 in the World

Founded: 1977

81. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#17 in Nigeria

#1686 in the World

Founded: 2000

82. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Tanzania

#1693 in the World

Founded: 1994

83. University of Sfax

Tunisia | Sfax

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#5 in Tunisia

#1694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

84. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#17 in South Africa

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

85. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Libya

#1718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

86. University of Jos

Nigeria | Jos

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#18 in Nigeria

#1741 in the World

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

87. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in Kenya

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

88. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#3 in Morocco

#1779 in the World

89. University for Development Studies

Ghana | Tamale

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#5 in Ghana

#1801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 13,132
Founded: 1992

90. University of Uyo

Nigeria | Uyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#19 in Nigeria

#1806 in the World

Founded: 1991

91. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#4 in Kenya

#1809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

92. Covenant University

Nigeria | Ota

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#20 in Nigeria

#1827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

93. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Namibia

#1847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

94. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#21 in Nigeria

#1848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

95. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#22 in Nigeria

#1852 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

96. University of Gezira

Sudan | Wad Medani

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#2 in Sudan

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1975

97. Fayoum University

Egypt | Faiyum

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#15 in Egypt

#1861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

98. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#23 in Nigeria

#1874 in the World

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

99. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#9 in Ethiopia

#1890 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

100. University of Lome

Togo | Lome

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#1 in Togo

#1898 in the World

Founded: 1970

Medicine subfields in Africa

Anatomy and Physiology227

Anesthesiology148

Audiology32

Bioethics/Medical Ethics51

Biomedical Engineering36

Cardiology135

Clinical Psychology156

Cosmetology33

Critical Care Nursing139

Gastroenterology and Hepatology163

Gerontology125

Health Science235

Healthcare Management (MHA)208

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)191

Occupational Therapy32

Oncology and Cancer research193

Radiology and Nuclear medicine235

Respiratory Therapy33

Social Work33

Sonography and Ultrasound33

Sports / Exercise science31