Best Universities for Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics. A graph of 1.61M citations received by 86.7K academic papers made by 192 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

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Pediatrics

#1 in South Africa

#92 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pediatrics

#2 in South Africa

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Pediatrics

#3 in South Africa

#149 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Pediatrics

#4 in South Africa

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Pediatrics

#1 in Uganda

#194 in the World

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

6. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Pediatrics

#220 in the World

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

7. Cairo University

For Pediatrics

#1 in Egypt

#256 in the World

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

8. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Pediatrics

#259 in the World

Founded: 1950

9. Ain Shams University

For Pediatrics

#2 in Egypt

#260 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

10. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Kenya

#342 in the World

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

11. University of Malawi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Malawi

#343 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

12. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Pediatrics

#5 in South Africa

#353 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

13. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Pediatrics

#362 in the World

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

14. University of Ghana

For Pediatrics

#1 in Ghana

#364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

15. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Pediatrics

#382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

16. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Pediatrics

#403 in the World

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

17. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pediatrics

#3 in Egypt

#413 in the World

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

18. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Pediatrics

#1 in Zimbabwe

#451 in the World

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

19. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Pediatrics

#452 in the World

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

20. Assiut University

For Pediatrics

#4 in Egypt

#474 in the World

Founded: 1957

21. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Pediatrics

#1 in Zambia

#478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

22. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Pediatrics

#5 in Egypt

#482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

23. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pediatrics

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

24. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Pediatrics

#6 in Egypt

#497 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

25. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Pediatrics

#1 in Sudan

#500 in the World

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

26. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Pediatrics

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

27. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Pediatrics

#553 in the World

Founded: 1962

28. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Pediatrics

#554 in the World

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

29. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Pediatrics

#563 in the World

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

30. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Pediatrics

#573 in the World

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

31. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Pediatrics

#585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

32. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Pediatrics

#586 in the World

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

33. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Pediatrics

#617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

34. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Pediatrics

#621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

35. Bayero University Kano

For Pediatrics

#622 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

36. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Pediatrics

#2 in Ghana

#625 in the World

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

37. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Pediatrics

#688 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

38. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pediatrics

#694 in the World

39. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Pediatrics

#7 in Egypt

#702 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

40. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Pediatrics

#1 in the DR Congo

#704 in the World

Founded: 1954

41. Tanta University

For Pediatrics

#8 in Egypt

#709 in the World

Founded: 1972

42. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Pediatrics

#722 in the World

Founded: 2005

43. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Pediatrics

#2 in Uganda

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

44. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Pediatrics

#731 in the World

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

45. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Pediatrics

#735 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

46. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Pediatrics

#2 in Kenya

#736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

47. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Pediatrics

#6 in South Africa

#745 in the World

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

48. Benha University

For Pediatrics

#9 in Egypt

#747 in the World

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

49. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Pediatrics

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

50. Minia University

For Pediatrics

#10 in Egypt

#795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

51. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Pediatrics

#7 in South Africa

#808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

52. Al-Azhar University

For Pediatrics

#11 in Egypt

#819 in the World

Founded: 1961

53. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Pediatrics

#8 in South Africa

#823 in the World

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

54. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Pediatrics

#1 in Mali

#840 in the World

Founded: 2011

55. University for Development Studies

For Pediatrics

#3 in Ghana

#871 in the World

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

56. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Pediatrics

#877 in the World

Founded: 1977

57. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Pediatrics

#10 in Nigeria

#882 in the World

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

58. Debre Berhan University

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

For Pediatrics

#10 in Ethiopia

#890 in the World

Founded: 2007

59. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Pediatrics

#9 in South Africa

#891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

60. Lagos State University

For Pediatrics

#11 in Nigeria

#901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

61. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Pediatrics

#913 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1992

62. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Pediatrics

#12 in Nigeria

#916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

63. University of Jos

For Pediatrics

#13 in Nigeria

#928 in the World

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

64. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Pediatrics

#4 in Ghana

#934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

65. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Pediatrics

#12 in Egypt

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

66. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Pediatrics

#11 in Ethiopia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

67. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Pediatrics

#972 in the World

68. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Pediatrics

#5 in Ghana

#983 in the World

Founded: 2011

69. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Libya

#987 in the World

Founded: 1955

70. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Pediatrics

#10 in South Africa

#997 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

71. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Pediatrics

#14 in Nigeria

#998 in the World

Founded: 1975

72. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Pediatrics

#1 in Botswana

#999 in the World

Founded: 1964

73. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Pediatrics

#15 in Nigeria

#1007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

74. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Pediatrics

#13 in Egypt

#1011 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

75. Mizan Tepi University

Ethiopia | Mizan

For Pediatrics

#12 in Ethiopia

#1012 in the World

Founded: 2006

76. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Pediatrics

#1013 in the World

77. Eduardo Mondlane University

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Mozambique | Maputo

For Pediatrics

#1 in Mozambique

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

78. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Pediatrics

#1021 in the World

79. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pediatrics

#1022 in the World

80. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Pediatrics

#16 in Nigeria

#1065 in the World

Founded: 2000

81. University of Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Pediatrics

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1070 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

82. University of Lome

For Pediatrics

#1 in Togo

#1086 in the World

Founded: 1970

83. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Pediatrics

#17 in Nigeria

#1090 in the World

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

84. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Pediatrics

#18 in Nigeria

#1104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

85. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Pediatrics

#19 in Nigeria

#1111 in the World

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

86. University of Sfax

For Pediatrics

#1119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

87. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Pediatrics

#1127 in the World

Founded: 1994

88. Madda Walabu University

Ethiopia | Bale Robe

For Pediatrics

#13 in Ethiopia

#1137 in the World

Founded: 2006

89. Fayoum University

For Pediatrics

#14 in Egypt

#1162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

90. Aksum University

Ethiopia | Aksum

For Pediatrics

#14 in Ethiopia

#1167 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 2007

91. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pediatrics

#3 in Kenya

#1188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

92. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Pediatrics

#15 in Egypt

#1192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

93. Walter Sisulu University

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South Africa | Mthatha

For Pediatrics

#11 in South Africa

#1202 in the World

Founded: 2005

94. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Pediatrics

#20 in Nigeria

#1210 in the World

Founded: 1981

95. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Benin

#1216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

96. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pediatrics

#4 in Kenya

#1226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

97. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Pediatrics

#2 in Libya

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

98. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Pediatrics

#1310 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

99. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Pediatrics

#21 in Nigeria

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

100. Kampala International University

Uganda | Kampala

For Pediatrics

#3 in Uganda

#1321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2001

Medicine subfields in Africa

Anatomy and Physiology227

Anesthesiology148

Bioethics/Medical Ethics51

Biomedical Engineering36

Clinical Psychology156

Critical Care Nursing139

Epidemiology126

Family medicine231

Forensic Science55

Gastroenterology and Hepatology163

Health Science235

Healthcare Management (MHA)208

Medical Physics28

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)191

Occupational Therapy32

Oncology and Cancer research193

Ophthalmology75

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine151

Pharmacology222

Physical Therapy161

Plastic Surgery33

Public Health334

Radiation Therapy61

Radiology and Nuclear medicine235

Respiratory Therapy33

Sonography and Ultrasound33

Sports / Exercise science31

Sports Medicine74