Best Universities for Toxicology 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 Toxicology. A graph of 481K citations received by 33.2K academic papers made by 158 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 Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Toxicology

#1 in Benin

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

2. Cairo University

For Toxicology

#1 in Egypt

#74 in the World

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

3. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Toxicology

#79 in the World

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

4. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Toxicology

#2 in Egypt

#80 in the World

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

5. University of Pretoria

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#1 in South Africa

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Toxicology

#3 in Egypt

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

7. Ain Shams University

For Toxicology

#4 in Egypt

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Toxicology

#1 in Ghana

#228 in the World

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

9. University of Ghana

For Toxicology

#2 in Ghana

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

10. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Toxicology

#260 in the World

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

11. Assiut University

For Toxicology

#5 in Egypt

#264 in the World

Founded: 1957

12. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#1 in Kenya

#267 in the World

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

13. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Toxicology

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

14. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Toxicology

#2 in South Africa

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

15. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Toxicology

#3 in South Africa

#305 in the World

Founded: 1918

16. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Toxicology

#315 in the World

Founded: 1950

17. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Toxicology

#319 in the World

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

18. Benha University

For Toxicology

#6 in Egypt

#339 in the World

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

19. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Toxicology

#343 in the World

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

20. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Toxicology

#348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

21. Al-Azhar University

For Toxicology

#7 in Egypt

#349 in the World

Founded: 1961

22. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Toxicology

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

23. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Toxicology

#4 in South Africa

#361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

24. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Toxicology

#8 in Egypt

#362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

25. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Toxicology

#9 in Egypt

#364 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

26. North-West University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Toxicology

#5 in South Africa

#369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

27. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Toxicology

#376 in the World

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

28. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Toxicology

#1 in Uganda

#409 in the World

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

29. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Toxicology

#10 in Egypt

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

30. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Toxicology

#437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

31. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Toxicology

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

32. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Toxicology

#10 in Nigeria

#451 in the World

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

33. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Toxicology

#507 in the World

Founded: 1993

34. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Toxicology

#541 in the World

35. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Toxicology

#557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

36. Tanta University

For Toxicology

#11 in Egypt

#586 in the World

Founded: 1972

37. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Toxicology

#6 in South Africa

#592 in the World

Founded: 1874

38. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Toxicology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#598 in the World

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

39. University of Sfax

For Toxicology

#600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

40. University of Uyo

For Toxicology

#11 in Nigeria

#606 in the World

Founded: 1991

41. South Valley University - Qena

For Toxicology

#12 in Egypt

#630 in the World

Founded: 1995

42. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Toxicology

#631 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

43. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Toxicology

#12 in Nigeria

#637 in the World

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

44. University of Jos

For Toxicology

#13 in Nigeria

#640 in the World

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

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Toxicology

#14 in Nigeria

#666 in the World

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

46. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Toxicology

#15 in Nigeria

#674 in the World

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

47. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Toxicology

#16 in Nigeria

#679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

48. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Toxicology

#13 in Egypt

#699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

49. Bayero University Kano

For Toxicology

#17 in Nigeria

#703 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

50. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#2 in Kenya

#713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

51. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Toxicology

#3 in Ghana

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

52. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Toxicology

#14 in Egypt

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

53. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Toxicology

#7 in South Africa

#754 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

54. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso Flag

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Toxicology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#834 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

55. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Toxicology

#1 in Senegal

#837 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

56. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#3 in Kenya

#846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

57. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Toxicology

#848 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

58. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Toxicology

#8 in South Africa

#850 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

59. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Toxicology

#18 in Nigeria

#858 in the World

Founded: 1992

60. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#9 in South Africa

#867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

61. University of Fort Hare

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Alice

For Toxicology

#10 in South Africa

#869 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

62. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Toxicology

#19 in Nigeria

#871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

63. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Toxicology

#1 in Sudan

#884 in the World

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

64. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Toxicology

#20 in Nigeria

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

65. Egerton University

For Toxicology

#4 in Kenya

#907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

66. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Toxicology

#21 in Nigeria

#922 in the World

Founded: 1988

67. University for Development Studies

For Toxicology

#4 in Ghana

#928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 13,132
Founded: 1992

68. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Toxicology

#22 in Nigeria

#934 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

69. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Toxicology

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

70. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Toxicology

#973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

71. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Toxicology

#15 in Egypt

#998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

72. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Toxicology

#16 in Egypt

#1010 in the World

Founded: 2010

73. University of Lome

For Toxicology

#1 in Togo

#1029 in the World

Founded: 1970

74. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Toxicology

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

75. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Toxicology

#11 in South Africa

#1038 in the World

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

76. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#12 in South Africa

#1044 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

77. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Toxicology

#1058 in the World

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

78. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Toxicology

#1059 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

79. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Toxicology

#1077 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1982

80. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Toxicology

#23 in Nigeria

#1090 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

81. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Toxicology

#1091 in the World

82. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast Flag

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Toxicology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1093 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

83. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Toxicology

#1100 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1992

84. Covenant University

For Toxicology

#24 in Nigeria

#1106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

85. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Toxicology

#25 in Nigeria

#1117 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

86. Helwan University

For Toxicology

#17 in Egypt

#1127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

87. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Toxicology

#1128 in the World

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

88. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Toxicology

#26 in Nigeria

#1131 in the World

Founded: 1975

89. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Toxicology

#1133 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

90. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Toxicology

#1134 in the World

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

91. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Toxicology

#27 in Nigeria

#1137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

92. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Toxicology

#28 in Nigeria

#1140 in the World

Founded: 2000

93. Aswan University

For Toxicology

#18 in Egypt

#1141 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

94. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Toxicology

#29 in Nigeria

#1150 in the World

Founded: 1988

95. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Toxicology

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

96. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Toxicology

#30 in Nigeria

#1166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

97. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Toxicology

#13 in South Africa

#1200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

98. Minia University

For Toxicology

#19 in Egypt

#1201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

99. Fayoum University

For Toxicology

#20 in Egypt

#1205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

100. Ondo State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Okitipupa

For Toxicology

#31 in Nigeria

#1212 in the World

Founded: 2008

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

Pharmacology222

Physical Therapy161

Plastic Surgery33

Public Health334

Radiation Therapy61

Radiology and Nuclear medicine235

Respiratory Therapy33

Sonography and Ultrasound33

Sports / Exercise science31

Sports Medicine74