Best Universities for Toxicology 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 Toxicology. A graph of 279K citations received by 24.6K academic papers made by 127 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

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 86,694
Male:Female: 73:27
Founded: 1970

2. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Toxicology

#1 in Egypt

#97 in the World

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

3. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Toxicology

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

4. Cairo University

For Toxicology

#2 in Egypt

#102 in the World

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

5. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#1 in South Africa

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. Ain Shams University

For Toxicology

#3 in Egypt

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

7. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Toxicology

#2 in South Africa

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

8. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#1 in Kenya

#262 in the World

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

9. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Toxicology

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

10. University of Ghana

For Toxicology

#1 in Ghana

#272 in the World

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

11. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Toxicology

#4 in Egypt

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

12. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Toxicology

#3 in South Africa

#278 in the World

Founded: 1918

13. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Toxicology

#2 in Ghana

#292 in the World

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

14. Assiut University

For Toxicology

#5 in Egypt

#295 in the World

Founded: 1957

15. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Toxicology

#4 in South Africa

#322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

16. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Toxicology

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

17. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Toxicology

#5 in South Africa

#342 in the World

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

18. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Toxicology

#6 in Egypt

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

19. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Toxicology

#365 in the World

Founded: 1950

20. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Toxicology

#397 in the World

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

21. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Toxicology

#7 in Egypt

#403 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

22. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Toxicology

#1 in Uganda

#420 in the World

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

23. Benha University

For Toxicology

#8 in Egypt

#430 in the World

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

24. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Toxicology

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

25. Al-Azhar University

For Toxicology

#9 in Egypt

#441 in the World

Founded: 1961

26. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Toxicology

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

27. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Toxicology

#6 in South Africa

#467 in the World

Founded: 1874

28. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Toxicology

#480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

29. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Toxicology

#484 in the World

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

30. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Toxicology

#10 in Egypt

#501 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

31. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Toxicology

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

32. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Toxicology

#537 in the World

Founded: 1993

33. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Toxicology

#542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

34. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Toxicology

#564 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

35. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Toxicology

#10 in Nigeria

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

36. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Toxicology

#573 in the World

37. South Valley University - Qena

For Toxicology

#11 in Egypt

#586 in the World

Founded: 1995

38. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Toxicology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#592 in the World

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

39. Tanta University

For Toxicology

#12 in Egypt

#654 in the World

Founded: 1972

40. University of Uyo

For Toxicology

#11 in Nigeria

#680 in the World

Founded: 1991

41. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Toxicology

#13 in Egypt

#708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

42. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Toxicology

#3 in Ghana

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

43. University of Sfax

For Toxicology

#721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

44. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Toxicology

#12 in Nigeria

#749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

45. University of Jos

For Toxicology

#13 in Nigeria

#767 in the World

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

46. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Toxicology

#7 in South Africa

#788 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

47. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Toxicology

#1 in Sudan

#809 in the World

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

48. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#8 in South Africa

#811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

49. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Toxicology

#9 in South Africa

#846 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

50. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Toxicology

#1 in Algeria

#847 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

51. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Toxicology

#14 in Nigeria

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

52. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Toxicology

#15 in Nigeria

#853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

53. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Toxicology

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

54. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Toxicology

#16 in Nigeria

#874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

55. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#2 in Kenya

#901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

56. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Toxicology

#10 in South Africa

#911 in the World

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

57. Bayero University Kano

For Toxicology

#17 in Nigeria

#927 in the World

Founded: 1975

58. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Toxicology

#14 in Egypt

#930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

59. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Toxicology

#3 in Kenya

#939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

60. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Toxicology

#18 in Nigeria

#958 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Toxicology

#15 in Egypt

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

62. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Toxicology

#11 in South Africa

#973 in the World

Founded: 1916

63. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Toxicology

#1 in Burkina Faso

#984 in the World

Founded: 1974

64. Egerton University

For Toxicology

#4 in Kenya

#999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

65. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Toxicology

#1 in Senegal

#1002 in the World

Founded: 1918

66. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Toxicology

#1009 in the World

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

67. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Toxicology

#16 in Egypt

#1018 in the World

Founded: 2010

68. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Toxicology

#1025 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

69. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Toxicology

#19 in Nigeria

#1050 in the World

Founded: 1988

70. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Toxicology

#20 in Nigeria

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

71. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Toxicology

#21 in Nigeria

#1067 in the World

Founded: 1975

72. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Toxicology

#1101 in the World

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

73. Covenant University

For Toxicology

#22 in Nigeria

#1106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

74. Helwan University

For Toxicology

#17 in Egypt

#1129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

75. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Toxicology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1131 in the World

Founded: 1964

76. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Toxicology

#1140 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

77. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Toxicology

#23 in Nigeria

#1143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

78. University for Development Studies

For Toxicology

#4 in Ghana

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

79. Maseno University

For Toxicology

#5 in Kenya

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1991

80. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Toxicology

#24 in Nigeria

#1150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

81. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Toxicology

#1 in Zambia

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

82. University of Lome

For Toxicology

#1 in Togo

#1158 in the World

Founded: 1970

83. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Toxicology

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

84. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Toxicology

#1163 in the World

85. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Tanzania | Arusha

For Toxicology

#1178 in the World

Enrollment: 117
Founded: 2009

86. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Toxicology

#12 in South Africa

#1181 in the World

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

87. Fayoum University

For Toxicology

#18 in Egypt

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

88. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Toxicology

#1200 in the World

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

89. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Toxicology

#1202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

90. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Toxicology

#13 in South Africa

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

91. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Toxicology

#1234 in the World

Founded: 1992

92. University of Malawi

For Toxicology

#1 in Malawi

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1964

93. Lagos State University

For Toxicology

#25 in Nigeria

#1237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

94. Abia State University

Nigeria | Uturu

For Toxicology

#26 in Nigeria

#1246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

95. Minia University

For Toxicology

#19 in Egypt

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

96. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Toxicology

#20 in Egypt

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2012

97. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Toxicology

#1 in the DR Congo

#1270 in the World

Founded: 1954

98. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Toxicology

#27 in Nigeria

#1272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

99. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Toxicology

#14 in South Africa

#1278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

100. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Toxicology

#28 in Nigeria

#1282 in the World

Founded: 2000

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