Best Universities for Pharmacology 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 Pharmacology. A graph of 1.39M citations received by 98.3K academic papers made by 202 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

#153 in the World

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

2. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pharmacology

#2 in Egypt

#304 in the World

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

3. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Pharmacology

#1 in South Africa

#305 in the World

Founded: 1874

4. Ain Shams University

For Pharmacology

#3 in Egypt

#310 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

5. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Pharmacology

#4 in Egypt

#373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

6. Assiut University

For Pharmacology

#5 in Egypt

#425 in the World

Founded: 1957

7. Al-Azhar University

For Pharmacology

#6 in Egypt

#442 in the World

Founded: 1961

8. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pharmacology

#2 in South Africa

#451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

9. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Pharmacology

#7 in Egypt

#456 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

10. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Pharmacology

#3 in South Africa

#461 in the World

Founded: 1918

11. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Pharmacology

#4 in South Africa

#479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Pharmacology

#493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. Tanta University

For Pharmacology

#8 in Egypt

#575 in the World

Founded: 1972

14. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Pharmacology

#9 in Egypt

#625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

15. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pharmacology

#5 in South Africa

#662 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

16. Minia University

For Pharmacology

#10 in Egypt

#694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

17. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Pharmacology

#11 in Egypt

#711 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

18. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Pharmacology

#6 in South Africa

#752 in the World

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

19. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Pharmacology

#758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

20. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Pharmacology

#861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

21. Helwan University

For Pharmacology

#12 in Egypt

#874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

22. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Pharmacology

#13 in Egypt

#892 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

23. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Pharmacology

#926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

24. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Pharmacology

#948 in the World

25. Benha University

For Pharmacology

#14 in Egypt

#981 in the World

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

26. University of Sfax

For Pharmacology

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

27. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Pharmacology

#1006 in the World

Founded: 1950

28. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Pharmacology

#1012 in the World

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

29. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Pharmacology

#1 in Uganda

#1030 in the World

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

30. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Pharmacology

#1082 in the World

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

31. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Pharmacology

#7 in South Africa

#1088 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

32. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Pharmacology

#8 in South Africa

#1099 in the World

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

33. University of Ghana

For Pharmacology

#1 in Ghana

#1132 in the World

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

34. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Pharmacology

#9 in South Africa

#1136 in the World

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

35. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Pharmacology

#1168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

36. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Pharmacology

#1217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

37. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Pharmacology

#1 in Kenya

#1241 in the World

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

38. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Pharmacology

#1280 in the World

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

39. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Pharmacology

#1287 in the World

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

40. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Pharmacology

#2 in Ghana

#1297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

41. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pharmacology

#1305 in the World

42. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Pharmacology

#15 in Egypt

#1327 in the World

Founded: 2010

43. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Pharmacology

#3 in Ghana

#1336 in the World

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

44. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Pharmacology

#1340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

45. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pharmacology

#1367 in the World

46. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Pharmacology

#16 in Egypt

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

47. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Pharmacology

#10 in South Africa

#1391 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

48. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Pharmacology

#17 in Egypt

#1392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

49. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Pharmacology

#11 in South Africa

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

50. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Pharmacology

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

51. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Pharmacology

#1430 in the World

Founded: 1962

52. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Pharmacology

#10 in Nigeria

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

53. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Pharmacology

#1 in Sudan

#1478 in the World

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

54. University of Uyo

For Pharmacology

#11 in Nigeria

#1505 in the World

Founded: 1991

55. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Pharmacology

#1518 in the World

Founded: 1993

56. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Pharmacology

#12 in Nigeria

#1528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

57. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Pharmacology

#12 in South Africa

#1545 in the World

Founded: 1916

58. University of Jos

For Pharmacology

#13 in Nigeria

#1571 in the World

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

59. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Pharmacology

#1599 in the World

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

60. South Valley University - Qena

For Pharmacology

#18 in Egypt

#1605 in the World

Founded: 1995

61. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Pharmacology

#1627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

62. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Pharmacology

#19 in Egypt

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

63. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Pharmacology

#1674 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

64. Lagos State University

For Pharmacology

#14 in Nigeria

#1686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

65. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Pharmacology

#1692 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

66. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Pharmacology

#1 in Mauritius

#1694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

67. Fayoum University

For Pharmacology

#20 in Egypt

#1725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

68. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Pharmacology

#15 in Nigeria

#1754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

69. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Pharmacology

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

70. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Pharmacology

#16 in Nigeria

#1791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

71. University of Sadat City

For Pharmacology

#21 in Egypt

#1804 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

72. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Pharmacology

#22 in Egypt

#1837 in the World

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

73. Modern Sciences and Arts University

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Pharmacology

#23 in Egypt

#1844 in the World

Founded: 1996

74. Pharos University in Alexandria

Egypt | Alexandria

For Pharmacology

#24 in Egypt

#1852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

75. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Pharmacology

#17 in Nigeria

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

76. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Pharmacology

#18 in Nigeria

#1901 in the World

Founded: 1975

77. Future University in Egypt

Egypt | New Cairo

For Pharmacology

#25 in Egypt

#1918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 9,085
Founded: 2006

78. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Pharmacology

#1931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

79. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Pharmacology

#26 in Egypt

#1936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 9,228
Founded: 2005

80. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Pharmacology

#1947 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

81. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Pharmacology

#27 in Egypt

#1949 in the World

Founded: 1996

82. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Pharmacology

#1 in Libya

#1989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

83. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Pharmacology

#2 in Uganda

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

84. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Pharmacology

#13 in South Africa

#2011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

85. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Pharmacology

#1 in Senegal

#2020 in the World

Founded: 1918

86. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Pharmacology

#2039 in the World

87. Egyptian Russian University

For Pharmacology

#28 in Egypt

#2087 in the World

Founded: 2006

88. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Pharmacology

#14 in South Africa

#2091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

89. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Pharmacology

#2098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

90. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Pharmacology

#15 in South Africa

#2100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

91. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Pharmacology

#2 in Libya

#2101 in the World

Founded: 1955

92. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Pharmacology

#19 in Nigeria

#2113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

93. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Pharmacology

#2119 in the World

94. University of Malawi

For Pharmacology

#1 in Malawi

#2132 in the World

Founded: 1964

95. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Pharmacology

#20 in Nigeria

#2134 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

96. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Pharmacology

#16 in South Africa

#2137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

97. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Pharmacology

#21 in Nigeria

#2140 in the World

Founded: 1975

98. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Pharmacology

#2159 in the World

99. Covenant University

For Pharmacology

#22 in Nigeria

#2175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

100. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Pharmacology

#29 in Egypt

#2177 in the World

Founded: 2010

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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

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Public Health310

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