Best Surgeons Medical Schools in Africa

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Surgery. A graph of 3.73M citations received by 280K academic papers made by 268 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 Surgery

#1 in Egypt

#206 in the World

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

2. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Surgery

#1 in South Africa

#219 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. Ain Shams University

For Surgery

#2 in Egypt

#297 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

4. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Surgery

#2 in South Africa

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Surgery

#3 in Egypt

#325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

6. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Surgery

#4 in Egypt

#380 in the World

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

7. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Surgery

#3 in South Africa

#399 in the World

Founded: 1918

8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Surgery

#4 in South Africa

#451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

9. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Surgery

#5 in Egypt

#518 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

10. Assiut University

For Surgery

#6 in Egypt

#537 in the World

Founded: 1957

11. Al-Azhar University

For Surgery

#7 in Egypt

#549 in the World

Founded: 1961

12. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Surgery

#5 in South Africa

#563 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

13. Tanta University

For Surgery

#8 in Egypt

#582 in the World

Founded: 1972

14. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Surgery

#9 in Egypt

#649 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

15. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Surgery

#673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

16. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Surgery

#10 in Egypt

#753 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

17. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Surgery

#1 in Uganda

#756 in the World

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

18. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Surgery

#763 in the World

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

19. Benha University

For Surgery

#11 in Egypt

#770 in the World

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

20. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Surgery

#785 in the World

Founded: 1950

21. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Surgery

#1 in Kenya

#812 in the World

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

22. Minia University

For Surgery

#12 in Egypt

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

23. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Surgery

#875 in the World

24. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Surgery

#1 in Sudan

#912 in the World

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

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Surgery

#932 in the World

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

26. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Surgery

#937 in the World

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

27. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Surgery

#938 in the World

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

28. University of Ghana

For Surgery

#1 in Ghana

#966 in the World

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

29. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Surgery

#13 in Egypt

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

30. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Surgery

#1012 in the World

31. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Surgery

#6 in South Africa

#1055 in the World

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

32. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Surgery

#1058 in the World

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

33. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Surgery

#14 in Egypt

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

34. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Surgery

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

35. University of Malawi

For Surgery

#1 in Malawi

#1118 in the World

Founded: 1964

36. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Surgery

#1129 in the World

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

37. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Surgery

#1132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

38. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Surgery

#7 in South Africa

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

39. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Surgery

#1158 in the World

40. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Surgery

#1164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

41. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Surgery

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

42. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#2 in Ghana

#1185 in the World

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

43. University of Sfax

For Surgery

#1202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

44. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Surgery

#8 in South Africa

#1209 in the World

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

45. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Surgery

#1243 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

46. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Surgery

#1275 in the World

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

47. Bayero University Kano

For Surgery

#1291 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

48. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Surgery

#1292 in the World

49. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Surgery

#1313 in the World

50. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Surgery

#9 in South Africa

#1331 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

51. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Surgery

#10 in South Africa

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

52. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Surgery

#1362 in the World

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

53. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Surgery

#1364 in the World

Founded: 1918

54. Fayoum University

For Surgery

#15 in Egypt

#1365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

55. South Valley University - Qena

For Surgery

#16 in Egypt

#1373 in the World

Founded: 1995

56. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Surgery

#1 in Zambia

#1379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

57. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Surgery

#1 in Mali

#1443 in the World

Founded: 2011

58. Helwan University

For Surgery

#17 in Egypt

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

59. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Surgery

#1 in the DR Congo

#1483 in the World

Founded: 1954

60. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Surgery

#10 in Nigeria

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

61. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Surgery

#2 in Uganda

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

62. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Surgery

#11 in Nigeria

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

63. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Surgery

#2 in Kenya

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

64. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Surgery

#11 in South Africa

#1569 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

65. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Surgery

#1572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

66. Aswan University

For Surgery

#18 in Egypt

#1576 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

67. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Surgery

#1627 in the World

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

68. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Surgery

#1676 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

69. University of Fort Hare

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South Africa | Alice

For Surgery

#12 in South Africa

#1677 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

70. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Surgery

#1682 in the World

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

71. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Surgery

#12 in Nigeria

#1706 in the World

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

72. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Surgery

#1725 in the World

Founded: 1992

73. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Surgery

#1 in Libya

#1728 in the World

Founded: 1955

74. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Surgery

#1746 in the World

Founded: 1977

75. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Surgery

#3 in Ghana

#1751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

76. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Surgery

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

77. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Surgery

#19 in Egypt

#1786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

78. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Surgery

#13 in Nigeria

#1829 in the World

Founded: 1975

79. University of Jos

For Surgery

#14 in Nigeria

#1836 in the World

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

80. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Surgery

#2 in Libya

#1838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

81. Lagos State University

For Surgery

#15 in Nigeria

#1839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

82. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Surgery

#1878 in the World

Founded: 2005

83. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Surgery

#13 in South Africa

#1881 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

84. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Surgery

#4 in Ghana

#1894 in the World

Founded: 2011

85. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Surgery

#16 in Nigeria

#1904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

86. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Surgery

#1921 in the World

Founded: 1994

87. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Surgery

#1935 in the World

Founded: 1962

88. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Surgery

#17 in Nigeria

#1952 in the World

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

89. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Surgery

#18 in Nigeria

#1973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

90. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Surgery

#20 in Egypt

#2005 in the World

Founded: 2010

91. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Surgery

#2028 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

92. University of Lome

For Surgery

#1 in Togo

#2032 in the World

Founded: 1970

93. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Surgery

#2036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

94. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Surgery

#1 in Botswana

#2048 in the World

Founded: 1964

95. Walter Sisulu University

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South Africa | Mthatha

For Surgery

#14 in South Africa

#2119 in the World

Founded: 2005

96. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Surgery

#21 in Egypt

#2135 in the World

Founded: 2010

97. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Surgery

#22 in Egypt

#2142 in the World

Founded: 1996

98. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Surgery

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2149 in the World

Founded: 1964

99. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Surgery

#19 in Nigeria

#2157 in the World

Founded: 2000

100. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Surgery

#20 in Nigeria

#2238 in the World

Founded: 1981

Medicine subfields in Africa

Anatomy and Physiology219

Anesthesiology146

Bioethics/Medical Ethics50

Biomedical Engineering33

Clinical Psychology154

Critical Care Nursing127

Epidemiology123

Family medicine226

Forensic Science53

Gastroenterology and Hepatology161

Health Science226

Healthcare Management (MHA)201

Medical Physics27

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)188

Occupational Therapy28

Oncology and Cancer research187

Ophthalmology73

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine146

Pharmacology219

Physical Therapy157

Plastic Surgery30

Public Health331

Radiation Therapy59

Radiology and Nuclear medicine233

Respiratory Therapy31

Sonography and Ultrasound31

Sports / Exercise science29

Sports Medicine70