Best Universities for Urology 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 Urology. A graph of 336K citations received by 26.9K academic papers made by 85 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. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Urology

#1 in Egypt

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

2. Cairo University

For Urology

#2 in Egypt

#112 in the World

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

3. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Urology

#3 in Egypt

#243 in the World

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

4. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Urology

#1 in South Africa

#279 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. Ain Shams University

For Urology

#4 in Egypt

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. Assiut University

For Urology

#5 in Egypt

#317 in the World

Founded: 1957

7. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Urology

#6 in Egypt

#378 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

8. University of Pretoria

South Africa Flag

South Africa | Pretoria

For Urology

#2 in South Africa

#400 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

9. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Urology

#434 in the World

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

10. Tanta University

For Urology

#7 in Egypt

#441 in the World

Founded: 1972

11. Al-Azhar University

For Urology

#8 in Egypt

#451 in the World

Founded: 1961

12. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Urology

#3 in South Africa

#478 in the World

Founded: 1874

13. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Urology

#9 in Egypt

#556 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

14. Benha University

For Urology

#10 in Egypt

#591 in the World

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

15. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Urology

#4 in South Africa

#624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

16. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Urology

#11 in Egypt

#666 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

17. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Urology

#5 in South Africa

#676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

18. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Urology

#6 in South Africa

#723 in the World

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

19. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Urology

#730 in the World

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

20. Minia University

For Urology

#12 in Egypt

#769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

21. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Urology

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

22. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Urology

#13 in Egypt

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

23. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Urology

#852 in the World

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

24. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Urology

#863 in the World

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

25. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Urology

#14 in Egypt

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

26. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Urology

#7 in South Africa

#891 in the World

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

27. University of Sfax

For Urology

#908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

28. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Urology

#15 in Egypt

#972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

29. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Urology

#1 in Ethiopia

#978 in the World

Founded: 1950

30. South Valley University - Qena

For Urology

#16 in Egypt

#982 in the World

Founded: 1995

31. University of Ghana

For Urology

#1 in Ghana

#1022 in the World

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

32. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Urology

#1041 in the World

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

33. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Urology

#1 in Kenya

#1044 in the World

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

34. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Urology

#1052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

35. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Urology

#1 in Sudan

#1076 in the World

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

36. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Urology

#1078 in the World

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

37. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Urology

#1 in Senegal

#1093 in the World

Founded: 1918

38. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Urology

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

39. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Urology

#1124 in the World

40. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Urology

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

41. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Urology

#1139 in the World

42. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Urology

#10 in Nigeria

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

43. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Urology

#8 in South Africa

#1216 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

44. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Urology

#9 in South Africa

#1229 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

45. Fayoum University

For Urology

#17 in Egypt

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

46. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Urology

#1269 in the World

47. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Urology

#11 in Nigeria

#1307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

48. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Urology

#18 in Egypt

#1311 in the World

Founded: 2010

49. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Urology

#12 in Nigeria

#1319 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

50. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Urology

#13 in Nigeria

#1336 in the World

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

51. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Urology

#1344 in the World

Founded: 1993

52. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Urology

#14 in Nigeria

#1345 in the World

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

53. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Urology

#10 in South Africa

#1380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

54. University of Sadat City

For Urology

#19 in Egypt

#1408 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

55. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Urology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1413 in the World

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

56. Helwan University

For Urology

#20 in Egypt

#1424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

57. Osun State University

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Urology

#15 in Nigeria

#1446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 2007

58. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Urology

#1 in Uganda

#1450 in the World

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

59. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Urology

#1 in Mali

#1482 in the World

Founded: 2011

60. Lagos State University

For Urology

#16 in Nigeria

#1485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

61. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Urology

#11 in South Africa

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

62. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Urology

#1500 in the World

63. Bayero University Kano

For Urology

#17 in Nigeria

#1540 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

64. University of Jos

For Urology

#18 in Nigeria

#1549 in the World

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

65. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Urology

#19 in Nigeria

#1565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

66. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Urology

#20 in Nigeria

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

67. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Urology

#1 in Tanzania

#1602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

68. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Urology

#21 in Nigeria

#1603 in the World

Founded: 1975

69. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Urology

#2 in Ghana

#1606 in the World

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

70. Aswan University

For Urology

#21 in Egypt

#1628 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

71. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Urology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1630 in the World

Founded: 1964

72. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Urology

#12 in South Africa

#1652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

73. University of Uyo

For Urology

#22 in Nigeria

#1665 in the World

Founded: 1991

74. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Urology

#22 in Egypt

#1666 in the World

Founded: 1996

75. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Urology

#1674 in the World

Founded: 1977

76. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Urology

#23 in Egypt

#1676 in the World

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

77. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Urology

#1696 in the World

Founded: 1992

78. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Urology

#1 in Libya

#1697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

79. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Urology

#23 in Nigeria

#1698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

80. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Urology

#24 in Nigeria

#1703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

81. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Urology

#25 in Nigeria

#1711 in the World

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

82. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Urology

#26 in Nigeria

#1714 in the World

Enrollment: 35,372
Founded: 1988

83. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Urology

#1724 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

84. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Urology

#27 in Nigeria

#1725 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

85. Ondo State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Okitipupa

For Urology

#28 in Nigeria

#1763 in the World

Founded: 2008

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