Best Universities for Pharmacology 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 Pharmacology. A graph of 2.26M citations received by 128K academic papers made by 222 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. Cairo University

For Pharmacology

#1 in Egypt

#135 in the World

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

2. Ain Shams University

For Pharmacology

#2 in Egypt

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

3. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pharmacology

#3 in Egypt

#299 in the World

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

4. University of Cape Town

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Cape Town

For Pharmacology

#1 in South Africa

#309 in the World

Founded: 1874

5. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Pharmacology

#4 in Egypt

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

6. Al-Azhar University

For Pharmacology

#5 in Egypt

#402 in the World

Founded: 1961

7. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Pharmacology

#6 in Egypt

#406 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

8. Assiut University

For Pharmacology

#7 in Egypt

#433 in the World

Founded: 1957

9. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Durban

For Pharmacology

#2 in South Africa

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

10. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pharmacology

#3 in South Africa

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

11. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Pharmacology

#4 in South Africa

#459 in the World

Founded: 1918

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Pharmacology

#465 in the World

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

13. Tanta University

For Pharmacology

#8 in Egypt

#532 in the World

Founded: 1972

14. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Pharmacology

#9 in Egypt

#589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

15. Minia University

For Pharmacology

#10 in Egypt

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

16. University of Pretoria

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pharmacology

#5 in South Africa

#644 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

17. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Pharmacology

#11 in Egypt

#680 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Pharmacology

#681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Pharmacology

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

20. North-West University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Pharmacology

#6 in South Africa

#764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

21. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Pharmacology

#834 in the World

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

22. Helwan University

For Pharmacology

#12 in Egypt

#840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

23. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Pharmacology

#13 in Egypt

#851 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Pharmacology

#916 in the World

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

25. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Pharmacology

#946 in the World

26. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Pharmacology

#947 in the World

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

27. Benha University

For Pharmacology

#14 in Egypt

#957 in the World

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

28. University of Sfax

For Pharmacology

#995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

29. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Pharmacology

#1004 in the World

Founded: 1950

30. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Pharmacology

#1 in Uganda

#1053 in the World

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

31. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Pharmacology

#1066 in the World

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

32. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Pharmacology

#1074 in the World

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

33. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Pharmacology

#7 in South Africa

#1089 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

34. University of Ghana

For Pharmacology

#1 in Ghana

#1113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

35. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Pharmacology

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

36. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Pharmacology

#2 in Ghana

#1148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

37. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Pharmacology

#1158 in the World

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

38. University of the Western Cape

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Bellville

For Pharmacology

#8 in South Africa

#1165 in the World

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

39. University of the Free State

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Pharmacology

#9 in South Africa

#1169 in the World

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

40. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Pharmacology

#15 in Egypt

#1239 in the World

Founded: 2010

41. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pharmacology

#1 in Kenya

#1261 in the World

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

42. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Pharmacology

#3 in Ghana

#1276 in the World

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

43. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Pharmacology

#16 in Egypt

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

44. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Pharmacology

#1293 in the World

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

45. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pharmacology

#10 in South Africa

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

46. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pharmacology

#1323 in the World

47. University of Johannesburg

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pharmacology

#11 in South Africa

#1331 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

48. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Pharmacology

#10 in Nigeria

#1344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

49. University of Uyo

For Pharmacology

#11 in Nigeria

#1379 in the World

Founded: 1991

50. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Pharmacology

#12 in Nigeria

#1387 in the World

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

51. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Pharmacology

#1415 in the World

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

52. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pharmacology

#1426 in the World

53. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Pharmacology

#17 in Egypt

#1434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

54. University of Fort Hare

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Alice

For Pharmacology

#12 in South Africa

#1462 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

55. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Pharmacology

#1 in Sudan

#1465 in the World

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

56. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Pharmacology

#1489 in the World

57. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Pharmacology

#1492 in the World

Founded: 1993

58. University of Jos

For Pharmacology

#13 in Nigeria

#1533 in the World

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

59. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Pharmacology

#1545 in the World

60. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Pharmacology

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

61. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Pharmacology

#14 in Nigeria

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

62. South Valley University - Qena

For Pharmacology

#18 in Egypt

#1607 in the World

Founded: 1995

63. Fayoum University

For Pharmacology

#19 in Egypt

#1611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

64. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Pharmacology

#1637 in the World

Founded: 1962

65. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Pharmacology

#1641 in the World

66. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Pharmacology

#20 in Egypt

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

67. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Pharmacology

#15 in Nigeria

#1672 in the World

Founded: 1975

68. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Pharmacology

#16 in Nigeria

#1697 in the World

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

69. Lagos State University

For Pharmacology

#17 in Nigeria

#1735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

70. University of Sadat City

For Pharmacology

#21 in Egypt

#1737 in the World

Founded: 2013

71. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Pharmacology

#18 in Nigeria

#1740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

72. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Pharmacology

#1 in Mauritius

#1763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

73. Pharos University in Alexandria

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pharmacology

#22 in Egypt

#1783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

74. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Pharmacology

#23 in Egypt

#1791 in the World

Founded: 1996

75. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pharmacology

#1794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

76. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Pharmacology

#24 in Egypt

#1803 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2012

77. Modern Sciences and Arts University

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Pharmacology

#25 in Egypt

#1806 in the World

Founded: 1996

78. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Pharmacology

#1 in Libya

#1813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

79. Bayero University Kano

For Pharmacology

#19 in Nigeria

#1815 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

80. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Pharmacology

#1 in Senegal

#1854 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

81. Future University in Egypt

Egypt | New Cairo

For Pharmacology

#26 in Egypt

#1883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2006

82. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Pharmacology

#1885 in the World

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

83. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Pharmacology

#27 in Egypt

#1891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 12,178
Founded: 2005

84. Egyptian Russian University

For Pharmacology

#28 in Egypt

#1920 in the World

Founded: 2006

85. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Pharmacology

#2 in Libya

#1926 in the World

Founded: 1955

86. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Pharmacology

#20 in Nigeria

#1942 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

87. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Pharmacology

#13 in South Africa

#1950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 35,047
Founded: 2005

88. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Pharmacology

#21 in Nigeria

#1967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

89. University of South Africa

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pharmacology

#14 in South Africa

#1990 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

90. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Pharmacology

#1997 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

91. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Pharmacology

#15 in South Africa

#2005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

92. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pharmacology

#16 in South Africa

#2012 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

93. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Pharmacology

#22 in Nigeria

#2014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

94. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Pharmacology

#23 in Nigeria

#2018 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

95. Covenant University

For Pharmacology

#24 in Nigeria

#2031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

96. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Pharmacology

#2 in Uganda

#2035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

97. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pharmacology

#2056 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

98. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Pharmacology

#2064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

99. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Pharmacology

#29 in Egypt

#2082 in the World

Founded: 2010

100. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Pharmacology

#1 in the DR Congo

#2085 in the World

Founded: 1954

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

Physical Therapy161

Plastic Surgery33

Public Health334

Radiation Therapy61

Radiology and Nuclear medicine235

Respiratory Therapy33

Sonography and Ultrasound33

Sports / Exercise science31

Sports Medicine74