Best Universities for Pathology 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 Pathology. A graph of 6.84M citations received by 480K academic papers made by 336 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

#195 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pathology

#2 in South Africa

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Cairo University

For Pathology

#1 in Egypt

#315 in the World

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

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Pathology

#3 in South Africa

#343 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Pathology

#4 in South Africa

#408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

6. Ain Shams University

For Pathology

#2 in Egypt

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

7. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#5 in South Africa

#448 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

8. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Pathology

#3 in Egypt

#491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pathology

#4 in Egypt

#535 in the World

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

10. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Pathology

#1 in Uganda

#553 in the World

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

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Pathology

#617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

12. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Pathology

#5 in Egypt

#669 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

13. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Pathology

#694 in the World

Founded: 1950

14. Assiut University

For Pathology

#6 in Egypt

#715 in the World

Founded: 1957

15. University of Ghana

For Pathology

#1 in Ghana

#728 in the World

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

16. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Pathology

#7 in Egypt

#786 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

17. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Pathology

#787 in the World

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

18. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pathology

#1 in Kenya

#807 in the World

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

19. Tanta University

For Pathology

#8 in Egypt

#813 in the World

Founded: 1972

20. Al-Azhar University

For Pathology

#9 in Egypt

#843 in the World

Founded: 1961

21. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Pathology

#6 in South Africa

#911 in the World

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

22. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Pathology

#1 in Sudan

#912 in the World

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

23. University of Malawi

For Pathology

#1 in Malawi

#943 in the World

Founded: 1964

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Pathology

#951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

25. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Pathology

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

26. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Pathology

#7 in South Africa

#971 in the World

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

27. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Pathology

#982 in the World

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

28. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pathology

#1004 in the World

29. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Pathology

#8 in South Africa

#1009 in the World

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

30. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Pathology

#10 in Egypt

#1018 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

31. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Pathology

#1028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

32. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Pathology

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

33. Benha University

For Pathology

#11 in Egypt

#1045 in the World

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

34. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Pathology

#1050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

35. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Pathology

#2 in Ghana

#1062 in the World

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

36. Minia University

For Pathology

#12 in Egypt

#1127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

37. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pathology

#9 in South Africa

#1128 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

38. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Pathology

#1137 in the World

39. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Pathology

#1 in Zambia

#1144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

40. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pathology

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

41. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Pathology

#13 in Egypt

#1159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

42. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Pathology

#10 in South Africa

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

43. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Pathology

#1213 in the World

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

44. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Pathology

#1243 in the World

Founded: 1918

45. University of Sfax

For Pathology

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

46. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pathology

#1281 in the World

47. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#11 in South Africa

#1333 in the World

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

48. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Pathology

#1429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

49. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Pathology

#1 in Mali

#1434 in the World

Founded: 2011

50. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Pathology

#1439 in the World

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

51. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Pathology

#1451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

52. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Pathology

#1467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

53. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Pathology

#14 in Egypt

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

54. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Pathology

#12 in South Africa

#1511 in the World

Founded: 1916

55. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Pathology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1538 in the World

Founded: 1954

56. Helwan University

For Pathology

#15 in Egypt

#1549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

57. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Pathology

#1555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

58. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Pathology

#1582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

59. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Pathology

#3 in Ghana

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

60. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Pathology

#1588 in the World

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

61. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Pathology

#2 in Uganda

#1595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

62. Bayero University Kano

For Pathology

#1618 in the World

Founded: 1975

63. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Pathology

#13 in South Africa

#1623 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

64. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Pathology

#2 in Kenya

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

65. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Pathology

#1631 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

66. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Pathology

#1637 in the World

Founded: 1964

67. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Pathology

#1652 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

68. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Pathology

#10 in Nigeria

#1657 in the World

Founded: 1975

69. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Pathology

#1676 in the World

Founded: 1992

70. Fayoum University

For Pathology

#16 in Egypt

#1691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

71. South Valley University - Qena

For Pathology

#17 in Egypt

#1699 in the World

Founded: 1995

72. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Pathology

#11 in Nigeria

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

73. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#14 in South Africa

#1747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

74. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pathology

#15 in South Africa

#1750 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

75. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Pathology

#12 in Nigeria

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

76. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Pathology

#13 in Nigeria

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

77. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pathology

#3 in Kenya

#1810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

78. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Pathology

#18 in Egypt

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

79. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Pathology

#1857 in the World

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

80. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Pathology

#14 in Nigeria

#1859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

81. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Pathology

#1887 in the World

82. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Pathology

#1919 in the World

Founded: 1993

83. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pathology

#4 in Kenya

#1922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

84. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Pathology

#1 in Mozambique

#1940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

85. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Pathology

#15 in Nigeria

#1955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

86. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Pathology

#1957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

87. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Pathology

#4 in Ghana

#1992 in the World

Founded: 2011

88. University for Development Studies

For Pathology

#5 in Ghana

#1995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

89. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Pathology

#2008 in the World

Founded: 2005

90. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pathology

#2012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

91. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Pathology

#16 in South Africa

#2038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

92. University of Jos

For Pathology

#16 in Nigeria

#2041 in the World

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

93. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Pathology

#2070 in the World

Founded: 1977

94. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Pathology

#17 in Nigeria

#2074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

95. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Pathology

#17 in South Africa

#2090 in the World

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

96. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Pathology

#2094 in the World

97. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Pathology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2156 in the World

Founded: 1964

98. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Pathology

#1 in Libya

#2162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

99. Lagos State University

For Pathology

#18 in Nigeria

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

100. University of Uyo

For Pathology

#19 in Nigeria

#2181 in the World

Founded: 1991

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