Best Universities for Pathology 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 Pathology. A graph of 10.5M citations received by 599K academic papers made by 349 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 Pathology

#1 in South Africa

#193 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pathology

#2 in South Africa

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Cairo University

For Pathology

#1 in Egypt

#286 in the World

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

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Pathology

#3 in South Africa

#342 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Pathology

#4 in South Africa

#401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. Ain Shams University

For Pathology

#2 in Egypt

#406 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

7. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#5 in South Africa

#442 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Pathology

#3 in Egypt

#466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pathology

#4 in Egypt

#512 in the World

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

10. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Pathology

#1 in Uganda

#536 in the World

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

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Pathology

#554 in the World

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

12. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Pathology

#5 in Egypt

#632 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

13. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Pathology

#635 in the World

Founded: 1950

14. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Pathology

#681 in the World

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

15. University of Ghana

For Pathology

#1 in Ghana

#688 in the World

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

16. Assiut University

For Pathology

#6 in Egypt

#698 in the World

Founded: 1957

17. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Pathology

#7 in Egypt

#762 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

18. Tanta University

For Pathology

#8 in Egypt

#769 in the World

Founded: 1972

19. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pathology

#1 in Kenya

#780 in the World

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

20. Al-Azhar University

For Pathology

#9 in Egypt

#796 in the World

Founded: 1961

21. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Pathology

#894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

22. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Pathology

#895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

23. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Pathology

#1 in Sudan

#901 in the World

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

24. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Pathology

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

25. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Pathology

#6 in South Africa

#913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

26. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Pathology

#930 in the World

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

27. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Pathology

#2 in Ghana

#958 in the World

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

28. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Pathology

#972 in the World

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

29. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pathology

#977 in the World

30. University of Malawi

For Pathology

#1 in Malawi

#980 in the World

Founded: 1964

31. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Pathology

#10 in Egypt

#990 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

32. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Pathology

#7 in South Africa

#1004 in the World

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

33. Benha University

For Pathology

#11 in Egypt

#1008 in the World

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

34. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Pathology

#1009 in the World

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

35. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Pathology

#8 in South Africa

#1022 in the World

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

36. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pathology

#9 in South Africa

#1062 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

37. Minia University

For Pathology

#12 in Egypt

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

38. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Pathology

#13 in Egypt

#1109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

39. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Pathology

#1118 in the World

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

40. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Pathology

#1 in Zambia

#1127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

41. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Pathology

#1130 in the World

42. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pathology

#1171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

43. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Pathology

#10 in South Africa

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

44. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Pathology

#1206 in the World

Founded: 1918

45. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Pathology

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

46. University of Sfax

For Pathology

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

47. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#11 in South Africa

#1257 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

48. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Pathology

#1263 in the World

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

49. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Pathology

#1268 in the World

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

50. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Pathology

#1282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

51. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pathology

#1292 in the World

52. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Pathology

#1321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

53. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Pathology

#1347 in the World

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

54. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Pathology

#1 in Mali

#1368 in the World

Founded: 2011

55. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Pathology

#1380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

56. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Pathology

#1385 in the World

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

57. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Pathology

#3 in Ghana

#1449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

58. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Pathology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1469 in the World

Founded: 1954

59. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Pathology

#14 in Egypt

#1472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

60. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Pathology

#1479 in the World

61. Bayero University Kano

For Pathology

#10 in Nigeria

#1480 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

62. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Pathology

#12 in South Africa

#1484 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

63. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Pathology

#1492 in the World

64. Helwan University

For Pathology

#15 in Egypt

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

65. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Pathology

#1533 in the World

Founded: 1992

66. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Pathology

#11 in Nigeria

#1561 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

67. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Pathology

#2 in Uganda

#1580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

68. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Pathology

#2 in Kenya

#1584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

69. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Pathology

#1614 in the World

Founded: 1964

70. Fayoum University

For Pathology

#16 in Egypt

#1636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

71. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Pathology

#12 in Nigeria

#1642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 23,100
Founded: 1981

72. South Valley University - Qena

For Pathology

#17 in Egypt

#1649 in the World

Founded: 1995

73. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Pathology

#13 in Nigeria

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

74. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Pathology

#1689 in the World

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

75. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pathology

#3 in Kenya

#1692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

76. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Pathology

#13 in South Africa

#1728 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

77. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#14 in South Africa

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

78. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Pathology

#14 in Nigeria

#1739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

79. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Pathology

#15 in Nigeria

#1760 in the World

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

80. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pathology

#4 in Kenya

#1765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

81. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Pathology

#18 in Egypt

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

82. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Pathology

#1780 in the World

Founded: 2005

83. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Pathology

#1791 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

84. University of Jos

For Pathology

#16 in Nigeria

#1797 in the World

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

85. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Pathology

#4 in Ghana

#1808 in the World

Founded: 2011

86. University for Development Studies

For Pathology

#5 in Ghana

#1811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

87. Lagos State University

For Pathology

#17 in Nigeria

#1845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

88. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Pathology

#1849 in the World

Founded: 1993

89. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#15 in South Africa

#1896 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

90. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Pathology

#16 in South Africa

#1914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

91. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Pathology

#18 in Nigeria

#1920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

92. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Pathology

#1922 in the World

Founded: 1977

93. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Pathology

#1925 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

94. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Pathology

#1 in Mozambique

#1935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

95. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Pathology

#1952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

96. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Pathology

#19 in Nigeria

#1974 in the World

Founded: 2000

97. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Pathology

#1 in Libya

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

98. University of Uyo

For Pathology

#20 in Nigeria

#2000 in the World

Founded: 1991

99. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Pathology

#21 in Nigeria

#2006 in the World

Founded: 1975

100. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Pathology

#2041 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