Best Universities for Toxicology 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 Toxicology. A graph of 431K citations received by 32.3K academic papers made by 154 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

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

2. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Toxicology

#77 in the World

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

3. Cairo University

For Toxicology

#1 in Egypt

#78 in the World

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

4. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Toxicology

#2 in Egypt

#81 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

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Toxicology

#1 in Ghana

#222 in the World

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

7. Ain Shams University

For Toxicology

#3 in Egypt

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

8. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Toxicology

#4 in Egypt

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

9. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#1 in Kenya

#255 in the World

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

10. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Toxicology

#256 in the World

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

11. Assiut University

For Toxicology

#5 in Egypt

#267 in the World

Founded: 1957

12. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Toxicology

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

13. University of Ghana

For Toxicology

#2 in Ghana

#275 in the World

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

14. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Toxicology

#2 in South Africa

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

15. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Toxicology

#3 in South Africa

#306 in the World

Founded: 1918

16. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Toxicology

#319 in the World

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

17. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Toxicology

#320 in the World

Founded: 1950

18. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Toxicology

#340 in the World

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

19. Benha University

For Toxicology

#6 in Egypt

#348 in the World

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

20. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Toxicology

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

21. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Toxicology

#352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

22. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Durban

For Toxicology

#4 in South Africa

#354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

23. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Toxicology

#7 in Egypt

#359 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

24. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Toxicology

#8 in Egypt

#363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

25. Al-Azhar University

For Toxicology

#9 in Egypt

#365 in the World

Founded: 1961

26. North-West University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Toxicology

#5 in South Africa

#381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

27. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Toxicology

#384 in the World

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

28. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Toxicology

#1 in Uganda

#415 in the World

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

29. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Toxicology

#10 in Egypt

#422 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

30. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Toxicology

#433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

31. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Toxicology

#10 in Nigeria

#450 in the World

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

32. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Toxicology

#453 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

33. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Toxicology

#504 in the World

Founded: 1993

34. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Toxicology

#547 in the World

35. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Toxicology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#576 in the World

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

36. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Toxicology

#6 in South Africa

#586 in the World

Founded: 1874

37. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Toxicology

#593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

38. University of Uyo

For Toxicology

#11 in Nigeria

#607 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Sfax

For Toxicology

#608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

40. Tanta University

For Toxicology

#11 in Egypt

#621 in the World

Founded: 1972

41. South Valley University - Qena

For Toxicology

#12 in Egypt

#625 in the World

Founded: 1995

42. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Toxicology

#634 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

43. University of Jos

For Toxicology

#12 in Nigeria

#637 in the World

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

44. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Toxicology

#13 in Nigeria

#645 in the World

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

45. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Toxicology

#14 in Nigeria

#667 in the World

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

46. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Toxicology

#15 in Nigeria

#680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

47. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Toxicology

#16 in Nigeria

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

48. Bayero University Kano

For Toxicology

#17 in Nigeria

#710 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

49. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Toxicology

#13 in Egypt

#712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

50. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#2 in Kenya

#728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

51. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Toxicology

#3 in Ghana

#740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

52. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Toxicology

#14 in Egypt

#751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

53. University of Johannesburg

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Toxicology

#7 in South Africa

#787 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

54. Rhodes University

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Makhanda

For Toxicology

#8 in South Africa

#821 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

55. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso Flag

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Toxicology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#833 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

56. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Toxicology

#1 in Senegal

#840 in the World

Founded: 1918

57. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Toxicology

#1 in Algeria

#841 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

58. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Toxicology

#1 in Sudan

#851 in the World

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

59. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#3 in Kenya

#855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

60. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Toxicology

#18 in Nigeria

#860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

61. University of Fort Hare

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Alice

For Toxicology

#9 in South Africa

#867 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

62. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#10 in South Africa

#883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

63. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Toxicology

#19 in Nigeria

#893 in the World

Founded: 1988

64. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Toxicology

#910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

65. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Toxicology

#20 in Nigeria

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

66. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Toxicology

#21 in Nigeria

#919 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

67. Egerton University

For Toxicology

#4 in Kenya

#924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

68. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Toxicology

#22 in Nigeria

#925 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. University for Development Studies

For Toxicology

#4 in Ghana

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

70. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Toxicology

#964 in the World

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

71. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Toxicology

#15 in Egypt

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

72. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Toxicology

#11 in South Africa

#1016 in the World

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

73. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Toxicology

#16 in Egypt

#1023 in the World

Founded: 2010

74. University of Lome

For Toxicology

#1 in Togo

#1032 in the World

Founded: 1970

75. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Toxicology

#1052 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

76. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Toxicology

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

77. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Toxicology

#1061 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

#1071 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

79. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Toxicology

#23 in Nigeria

#1081 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

80. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast Flag

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Toxicology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1087 in the World

Founded: 1964

81. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Toxicology

#1092 in the World

82. Covenant University

For Toxicology

#24 in Nigeria

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

83. University of South Africa

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#12 in South Africa

#1106 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

84. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Toxicology

#1109 in the World

Founded: 1992

85. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Toxicology

#25 in Nigeria

#1113 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

86. Helwan University

For Toxicology

#17 in Egypt

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

87. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Toxicology

#26 in Nigeria

#1119 in the World

Founded: 1975

88. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Toxicology

#27 in Nigeria

#1131 in the World

Founded: 1988

89. Aswan University

For Toxicology

#18 in Egypt

#1133 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

90. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Toxicology

#1134 in the World

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

91. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Toxicology

#1151 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

92. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Toxicology

#28 in Nigeria

#1154 in the World

Founded: 2000

93. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Toxicology

#13 in South Africa

#1167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

94. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Toxicology

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

95. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Toxicology

#29 in Nigeria

#1179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 130,000
Founded: 1999

96. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Toxicology

#1181 in the World

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

97. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Toxicology

#30 in Nigeria

#1198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

98. Minia University

For Toxicology

#19 in Egypt

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

99. Lagos State University

For Toxicology

#31 in Nigeria

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

100. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Toxicology

#1245 in the World

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