Best Universities for Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics. A graph of 932K citations received by 67.2K academic papers made by 164 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 Pediatrics

#1 in South Africa

#89 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pediatrics

#2 in South Africa

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Pediatrics

#3 in South Africa

#143 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Pediatrics

#4 in South Africa

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Pediatrics

#1 in Uganda

#197 in the World

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

6. Cairo University

For Pediatrics

#1 in Egypt

#288 in the World

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

7. Ain Shams University

For Pediatrics

#2 in Egypt

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Pediatrics

#302 in the World

Founded: 1950

9. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Pediatrics

#308 in the World

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

10. University of Malawi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Malawi

#330 in the World

Founded: 1964

11. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pediatrics

#5 in South Africa

#367 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Pediatrics

#384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Kenya

#391 in the World

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

14. University of Ghana

For Pediatrics

#1 in Ghana

#399 in the World

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

15. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Pediatrics

#416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

16. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pediatrics

#3 in Egypt

#425 in the World

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

17. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Pediatrics

#1 in Zimbabwe

#454 in the World

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

18. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Pediatrics

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

19. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pediatrics

#457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

20. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Pediatrics

#469 in the World

Founded: 1962

21. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Pediatrics

#1 in Zambia

#478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

22. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Pediatrics

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

23. Assiut University

For Pediatrics

#4 in Egypt

#503 in the World

Founded: 1957

24. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Pediatrics

#1 in Sudan

#519 in the World

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

25. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Pediatrics

#5 in Egypt

#554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

26. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Pediatrics

#6 in Egypt

#592 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

27. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Pediatrics

#624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

28. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Pediatrics

#675 in the World

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

29. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Pediatrics

#680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

30. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Pediatrics

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

31. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Pediatrics

#701 in the World

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

32. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Pediatrics

#2 in Ghana

#702 in the World

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

33. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Pediatrics

#6 in South Africa

#714 in the World

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

34. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pediatrics

#716 in the World

35. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Pediatrics

#1 in the DR Congo

#717 in the World

Founded: 1954

36. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Pediatrics

#1 in Senegal

#729 in the World

Founded: 1918

37. Bayero University Kano

For Pediatrics

#732 in the World

Founded: 1975

38. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Pediatrics

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

39. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Pediatrics

#2 in Uganda

#746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

40. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Pediatrics

#757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

41. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Pediatrics

#7 in Egypt

#764 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

42. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Pediatrics

#7 in South Africa

#766 in the World

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

43. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Pediatrics

#773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

44. Benha University

For Pediatrics

#8 in Egypt

#777 in the World

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

45. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Pediatrics

#8 in South Africa

#787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

46. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Pediatrics

#789 in the World

Founded: 1975

47. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Pediatrics

#2 in Kenya

#801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

48. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Pediatrics

#821 in the World

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

49. Tanta University

For Pediatrics

#9 in Egypt

#828 in the World

Founded: 1972

50. Minia University

For Pediatrics

#10 in Egypt

#837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

51. Al-Azhar University

For Pediatrics

#11 in Egypt

#844 in the World

Founded: 1961

52. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Pediatrics

#845 in the World

Founded: 2005

53. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Pediatrics

#9 in South Africa

#891 in the World

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

54. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Pediatrics

#10 in Nigeria

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

55. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Pediatrics

#942 in the World

56. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Pediatrics

#1 in Mali

#944 in the World

Founded: 2011

57. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Pediatrics

#11 in Nigeria

#970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

58. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Pediatrics

#973 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

59. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Pediatrics

#1 in Botswana

#976 in the World

Founded: 1964

60. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pediatrics

#10 in South Africa

#985 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

61. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Pediatrics

#986 in the World

Founded: 1977

62. University for Development Studies

For Pediatrics

#3 in Ghana

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

63. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pediatrics

#991 in the World

64. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Pediatrics

#12 in Egypt

#1003 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

65. University of Jos

For Pediatrics

#12 in Nigeria

#1005 in the World

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

66. Lagos State University

For Pediatrics

#13 in Nigeria

#1010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

67. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Benin

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 86,694
Male:Female: 73:27
Founded: 1970

68. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Pediatrics

#1031 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Pediatrics

#1 in Mozambique

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

70. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Pediatrics

#13 in Egypt

#1057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

71. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Pediatrics

#1064 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

72. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Pediatrics

#1 in Libya

#1074 in the World

Founded: 1955

73. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Pediatrics

#4 in Ghana

#1075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

74. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Pediatrics

#14 in Nigeria

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

75. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Pediatrics

#1087 in the World

Founded: 1994

76. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Pediatrics

#15 in Nigeria

#1097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

77. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Pediatrics

#10 in Ethiopia

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

78. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Pediatrics

#5 in Ghana

#1109 in the World

Founded: 2011

79. Debre Berhan University

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

For Pediatrics

#11 in Ethiopia

#1119 in the World

Founded: 2007

80. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Pediatrics

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1132 in the World

Founded: 1974

81. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Pediatrics

#16 in Nigeria

#1134 in the World

Founded: 2000

82. University of Lome

For Pediatrics

#1 in Togo

#1135 in the World

Founded: 1970

83. University of Sfax

For Pediatrics

#1144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

84. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Pediatrics

#11 in South Africa

#1152 in the World

Enrollment: 27,039
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 2005

85. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Pediatrics

#1154 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

86. Mizan Tepi University

Ethiopia | Mizan

For Pediatrics

#12 in Ethiopia

#1184 in the World

Founded: 2006

87. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Pediatrics

#17 in Nigeria

#1199 in the World

Founded: 1975

88. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Pediatrics

#12 in South Africa

#1206 in the World

Founded: 1916

89. Fayoum University

For Pediatrics

#14 in Egypt

#1230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

90. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Pediatrics

#1 in Madagascar

#1256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

91. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Pediatrics

#18 in Nigeria

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

92. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Pediatrics

#15 in Egypt

#1279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

93. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pediatrics

#1285 in the World

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

94. Madda Walabu University

Ethiopia | Bale Robe

For Pediatrics

#13 in Ethiopia

#1301 in the World

Founded: 2006

95. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Pediatrics

#2 in Libya

#1330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

96. Aksum University

Ethiopia | Aksum

For Pediatrics

#14 in Ethiopia

#1332 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 2007

97. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Pediatrics

#19 in Nigeria

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

98. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Pediatrics

#20 in Nigeria

#1357 in the World

Enrollment: 16,092
Male:Female: 57:43
Founded: 1981

99. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pediatrics

#13 in South Africa

#1365 in the World

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

100. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pediatrics

#3 in Kenya

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

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