Best Universities for Psychiatry 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 Psychiatry. A graph of 2.73M citations received by 217K academic papers made by 278 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 Psychiatry

#1 in South Africa

#225 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Psychiatry

#2 in South Africa

#361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Psychiatry

#3 in South Africa

#370 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. Cairo University

For Psychiatry

#1 in Egypt

#398 in the World

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

5. Ain Shams University

For Psychiatry

#2 in Egypt

#462 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Psychiatry

#4 in South Africa

#500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychiatry

#5 in South Africa

#582 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

8. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Psychiatry

#3 in Egypt

#604 in the World

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

9. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Psychiatry

#4 in Egypt

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

10. Assiut University

For Psychiatry

#5 in Egypt

#744 in the World

Founded: 1957

11. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Psychiatry

#746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

12. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Psychiatry

#6 in Egypt

#778 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

13. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Psychiatry

#1 in Uganda

#831 in the World

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

14. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Psychiatry

#6 in South Africa

#849 in the World

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

15. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Psychiatry

#917 in the World

Founded: 1950

16. Al-Azhar University

For Psychiatry

#7 in Egypt

#929 in the World

Founded: 1961

17. Tanta University

For Psychiatry

#8 in Egypt

#957 in the World

Founded: 1972

18. University of Ghana

For Psychiatry

#1 in Ghana

#995 in the World

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

19. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Psychiatry

#9 in Egypt

#1019 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

20. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Psychiatry

#1 in Kenya

#1067 in the World

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

21. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Psychiatry

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

22. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Psychiatry

#7 in South Africa

#1075 in the World

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

23. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Psychiatry

#8 in South Africa

#1127 in the World

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

24. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Psychiatry

#10 in Egypt

#1129 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

25. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Psychiatry

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

26. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Psychiatry

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

27. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Psychiatry

#9 in South Africa

#1148 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

28. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Psychiatry

#1159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

29. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Psychiatry

#1176 in the World

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

30. Benha University

For Psychiatry

#11 in Egypt

#1180 in the World

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

31. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Psychiatry

#1181 in the World

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

32. Minia University

For Psychiatry

#12 in Egypt

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

33. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Psychiatry

#1203 in the World

34. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychiatry

#10 in South Africa

#1230 in the World

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

35. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Psychiatry

#1293 in the World

36. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Psychiatry

#11 in South Africa

#1340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

37. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Psychiatry

#1348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

38. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Psychiatry

#13 in Egypt

#1359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

39. University of Malawi

For Psychiatry

#1 in Malawi

#1378 in the World

Founded: 1964

40. University of Sfax

For Psychiatry

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

41. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Psychiatry

#1426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

42. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Psychiatry

#1 in Sudan

#1439 in the World

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

43. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Psychiatry

#2 in Ghana

#1459 in the World

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

44. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Psychiatry

#1 in Zambia

#1525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Psychiatry

#1569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

46. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Psychiatry

#1591 in the World

47. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Psychiatry

#14 in Egypt

#1597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

48. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Psychiatry

#1621 in the World

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

49. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Psychiatry

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

50. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Psychiatry

#1654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

51. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Psychiatry

#2 in Uganda

#1735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

52. Helwan University

For Psychiatry

#15 in Egypt

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

53. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Psychiatry

#12 in South Africa

#1771 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

54. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Psychiatry

#1808 in the World

Founded: 1964

55. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Psychiatry

#1831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

56. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Psychiatry

#1848 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

57. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychiatry

#13 in South Africa

#1861 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

58. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Psychiatry

#1869 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

59. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Psychiatry

#3 in Ghana

#1910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

60. Fayoum University

For Psychiatry

#16 in Egypt

#1948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

61. Bayero University Kano

For Psychiatry

#10 in Nigeria

#1949 in the World

Founded: 1975

62. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Psychiatry

#2 in Kenya

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

63. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Psychiatry

#11 in Nigeria

#2036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

64. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Psychiatry

#14 in South Africa

#2045 in the World

Founded: 1916

65. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Psychiatry

#1 in the DR Congo

#2051 in the World

Founded: 1954

66. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Psychiatry

#2068 in the World

67. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Psychiatry

#15 in South Africa

#2083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

68. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Psychiatry

#2087 in the World

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

69. Lagos State University

For Psychiatry

#12 in Nigeria

#2106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

70. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Psychiatry

#13 in Nigeria

#2130 in the World

Founded: 1975

71. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Psychiatry

#2142 in the World

Founded: 1918

72. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychiatry

#16 in South Africa

#2145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

73. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Psychiatry

#2177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

74. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Psychiatry

#2194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

75. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Psychiatry

#4 in Ghana

#2263 in the World

Founded: 2011

76. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Psychiatry

#14 in Nigeria

#2265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

77. South Valley University - Qena

For Psychiatry

#17 in Egypt

#2324 in the World

Founded: 1995

78. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Psychiatry

#2337 in the World

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

79. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Psychiatry

#2363 in the World

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

80. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Psychiatry

#15 in Nigeria

#2409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

81. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Psychiatry

#2420 in the World

Founded: 1992

82. University of Jos

For Psychiatry

#16 in Nigeria

#2446 in the World

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

83. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Psychiatry

#3 in Kenya

#2461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

84. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Psychiatry

#17 in South Africa

#2604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

85. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Psychiatry

#2621 in the World

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

86. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Psychiatry

#1 in Libya

#2628 in the World

Founded: 1955

87. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Psychiatry

#2 in Libya

#2652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

88. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Psychiatry

#17 in Nigeria

#2657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

89. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Psychiatry

#18 in Egypt

#2659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

90. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Psychiatry

#2660 in the World

Founded: 1977

91. University of Uyo

For Psychiatry

#18 in Nigeria

#2674 in the World

Founded: 1991

92. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Psychiatry

#19 in Nigeria

#2675 in the World

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

93. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Psychiatry

#2741 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

94. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Psychiatry

#2785 in the World

Enrollment: 22,270
Male:Female: 52:48

95. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Psychiatry

#1 in Mozambique

#2794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

96. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Psychiatry

#18 in South Africa

#2836 in the World

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

97. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Psychiatry

#19 in Egypt

#2837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 6,857
Founded: 1919

98. Aswan University

For Psychiatry

#20 in Egypt

#2863 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

99. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Psychiatry

#21 in Egypt

#2869 in the World

Founded: 2010

100. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Psychiatry

#22 in Egypt

#2889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

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