Best Surgeons Medical Schools 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 Surgery. A graph of 2.54M citations received by 225K academic papers made by 246 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 Surgery

#1 in South Africa

#217 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. Cairo University

For Surgery

#1 in Egypt

#223 in the World

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

3. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Surgery

#2 in South Africa

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

4. Ain Shams University

For Surgery

#2 in Egypt

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

5. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Surgery

#3 in Egypt

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

6. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Surgery

#3 in South Africa

#397 in the World

Founded: 1918

7. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Surgery

#4 in Egypt

#410 in the World

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

8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Surgery

#4 in South Africa

#453 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

9. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Surgery

#5 in South Africa

#547 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

10. Assiut University

For Surgery

#5 in Egypt

#549 in the World

Founded: 1957

11. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Surgery

#6 in Egypt

#566 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

12. Al-Azhar University

For Surgery

#7 in Egypt

#575 in the World

Founded: 1961

13. Tanta University

For Surgery

#8 in Egypt

#614 in the World

Founded: 1972

14. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Surgery

#9 in Egypt

#676 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

15. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Surgery

#1 in Uganda

#734 in the World

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

16. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Surgery

#745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

17. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Surgery

#10 in Egypt

#767 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

18. Benha University

For Surgery

#11 in Egypt

#785 in the World

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

19. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Surgery

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

20. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Surgery

#1 in Kenya

#816 in the World

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

21. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Surgery

#840 in the World

Founded: 1950

22. Minia University

For Surgery

#12 in Egypt

#904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

23. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Surgery

#1 in Sudan

#935 in the World

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

24. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Surgery

#936 in the World

25. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Surgery

#972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

26. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Surgery

#981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

27. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Surgery

#1002 in the World

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

28. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Surgery

#13 in Egypt

#1007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

29. University of Ghana

For Surgery

#1 in Ghana

#1013 in the World

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

30. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Surgery

#1023 in the World

31. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Surgery

#1040 in the World

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

32. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Surgery

#6 in South Africa

#1053 in the World

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

33. University of Malawi

For Surgery

#1 in Malawi

#1054 in the World

Founded: 1964

34. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Surgery

#14 in Egypt

#1107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

35. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Surgery

#7 in South Africa

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

36. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Surgery

#1157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

37. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Surgery

#1171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

38. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Surgery

#1173 in the World

39. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Surgery

#8 in South Africa

#1184 in the World

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

40. University of Sfax

For Surgery

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

41. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#2 in Ghana

#1275 in the World

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

42. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Surgery

#1291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

43. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Surgery

#1297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

44. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Surgery

#9 in South Africa

#1305 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

45. Bayero University Kano

For Surgery

#1320 in the World

Founded: 1975

46. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Surgery

#10 in South Africa

#1326 in the World

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

47. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Surgery

#1 in Zambia

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

48. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Surgery

#1339 in the World

Founded: 1975

49. Fayoum University

For Surgery

#15 in Egypt

#1397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

50. Helwan University

For Surgery

#16 in Egypt

#1407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

51. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Surgery

#1412 in the World

Founded: 1918

52. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Surgery

#1415 in the World

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

53. South Valley University - Qena

For Surgery

#17 in Egypt

#1430 in the World

Founded: 1995

54. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Surgery

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

55. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Surgery

#1447 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

56. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Surgery

#10 in Nigeria

#1451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

57. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Surgery

#11 in South Africa

#1466 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

58. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Surgery

#2 in Uganda

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

59. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Surgery

#11 in Nigeria

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

60. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Surgery

#1 in the DR Congo

#1557 in the World

Founded: 1954

61. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Surgery

#1574 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

62. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Surgery

#2 in Kenya

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

63. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Surgery

#1607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

64. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Surgery

#1667 in the World

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

65. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Surgery

#1702 in the World

Founded: 1962

66. Aswan University

For Surgery

#18 in Egypt

#1706 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

67. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Surgery

#12 in South Africa

#1714 in the World

Founded: 1916

68. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Surgery

#1731 in the World

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

69. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Surgery

#1 in Mali

#1739 in the World

Founded: 2011

70. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Surgery

#12 in Nigeria

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

71. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Surgery

#1809 in the World

72. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Surgery

#1825 in the World

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

73. University of Benghazi

Libya | Benghazi

For Surgery

#1 in Libya

#1854 in the World

Founded: 1955

74. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Surgery

#1867 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Surgery

#1877 in the World

Founded: 1977

76. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Surgery

#3 in Ghana

#1879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

77. Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Mwanza

For Surgery

#1895 in the World

Founded: 1994

78. University of Jos

For Surgery

#13 in Nigeria

#1899 in the World

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

79. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Surgery

#19 in Egypt

#1905 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

80. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Surgery

#13 in South Africa

#1941 in the World

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

81. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Surgery

#1944 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

82. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Surgery

#1959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

83. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Surgery

#2 in Libya

#1998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

84. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Surgery

#14 in Nigeria

#2068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

85. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Surgery

#4 in Ghana

#2077 in the World

Founded: 2011

86. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Surgery

#2096 in the World

Founded: 2005

87. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Surgery

#1 in Botswana

#2131 in the World

Founded: 1964

88. Port Said University

Egypt | Port Said

For Surgery

#20 in Egypt

#2132 in the World

Founded: 2010

89. Lagos State University

For Surgery

#15 in Nigeria

#2180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

90. University of Blida 1

Algeria | Blida

For Surgery

#2186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%

91. University of Lome

For Surgery

#1 in Togo

#2187 in the World

Founded: 1970

92. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Surgery

#16 in Nigeria

#2188 in the World

Founded: 1975

93. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Surgery

#17 in Nigeria

#2225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

94. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Surgery

#14 in South Africa

#2263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

95. Walter Sisulu University

South Africa | Mthatha

For Surgery

#15 in South Africa

#2277 in the World

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

96. University of Antananarivo

Madagascar | Antananarivo

For Surgery

#1 in Madagascar

#2279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1961

97. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Surgery

#21 in Egypt

#2284 in the World

Founded: 1996

98. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Surgery

#22 in Egypt

#2285 in the World

Founded: 2010

99. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Surgery

#1 in Ivory Coast

#2308 in the World

Founded: 1964

100. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Surgery

#2315 in the World

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