Best Universities for Urology 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 Urology. A graph of 360K citations received by 27.8K academic papers made by 87 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

#110 in the World

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

3. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Urology

#3 in Egypt

#245 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

#282 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. Ain Shams University

For Urology

#4 in Egypt

#295 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

6. Assiut University

For Urology

#5 in Egypt

#312 in the World

Founded: 1957

7. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Urology

#6 in Egypt

#369 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

8. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Urology

#2 in South Africa

#406 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

#449 in the World

Founded: 1961

12. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Urology

#3 in South Africa

#486 in the World

Founded: 1874

13. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Urology

#9 in Egypt

#563 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

14. Benha University

For Urology

#10 in Egypt

#582 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

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

16. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Urology

#11 in Egypt

#663 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

#677 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

#711 in the World

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

19. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Urology

#723 in the World

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

20. Minia University

For Urology

#12 in Egypt

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

21. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Urology

#13 in Egypt

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

22. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Urology

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

23. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Urology

#829 in the World

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

24. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Urology

#14 in Egypt

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

25. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Urology

#876 in the World

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

26. University of Sfax

For Urology

#910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

27. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Urology

#7 in South Africa

#912 in the World

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

28. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Urology

#1 in Ethiopia

#951 in the World

Founded: 1950

29. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Urology

#15 in Egypt

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

30. South Valley University - Qena

For Urology

#16 in Egypt

#969 in the World

Founded: 1995

31. University of Ghana

For Urology

#1 in Ghana

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

32. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Urology

#1046 in the World

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

33. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Urology

#1056 in the World

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

34. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Urology

#1066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

35. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Urology

#1 in Kenya

#1073 in the World

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

36. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Urology

#1088 in the World

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

37. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Urology

#1 in Sudan

#1104 in the World

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

38. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Urology

#1110 in the World

39. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Urology

#1111 in the World

40. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Urology

#1 in Senegal

#1121 in the World

Enrollment: 89,589
Founded: 1918

41. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Urology

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

42. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Urology

#10 in Nigeria

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

43. Fayoum University

For Urology

#17 in Egypt

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

44. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Urology

#8 in South Africa

#1248 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

45. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Urology

#9 in South Africa

#1251 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

46. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Urology

#1269 in the World

47. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Urology

#11 in Nigeria

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

48. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Urology

#18 in Egypt

#1312 in the World

Founded: 2010

49. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Urology

#12 in Nigeria

#1321 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

#1343 in the World

Founded: 1993

52. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Urology

#14 in Nigeria

#1356 in the World

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

53. University of Sadat City

For Urology

#19 in Egypt

#1402 in the World

Founded: 2013

54. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Urology

#10 in South Africa

#1406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

55. Osun State University

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Urology

#15 in Nigeria

#1418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 2007

56. Helwan University

For Urology

#20 in Egypt

#1420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

57. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Urology

#1 in Zimbabwe

#1423 in the World

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

58. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Urology

#1 in Uganda

#1456 in the World

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

59. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Urology

#1485 in the World

60. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Urology

#11 in South Africa

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

61. Lagos State University

For Urology

#16 in Nigeria

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

62. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Urology

#1 in Mali

#1504 in the World

Founded: 2011

63. Bayero University Kano

For Urology

#17 in Nigeria

#1549 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

64. University of Jos

For Urology

#18 in Nigeria

#1576 in the World

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

65. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Urology

#19 in Nigeria

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

66. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Urology

#2 in Ghana

#1590 in the World

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

67. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Urology

#20 in Nigeria

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

68. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Urology

#1593 in the World

69. Aswan University

For Urology

#21 in Egypt

#1599 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

70. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Urology

#21 in Nigeria

#1616 in the World

Founded: 1975

71. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Urology

#1 in Tanzania

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

72. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

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Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Urology

#1 in Ivory Coast

#1627 in the World

Enrollment: 60,189
Founded: 1964

73. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Urology

#22 in Egypt

#1671 in the World

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

74. Misr University for Science and Technology

Egypt | 6th of October City

For Urology

#23 in Egypt

#1675 in the World

Founded: 1996

75. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Urology

#12 in South Africa

#1684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

76. University of Uyo

For Urology

#22 in Nigeria

#1689 in the World

Founded: 1991

77. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Urology

#1695 in the World

Founded: 1977

78. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Urology

#23 in Nigeria

#1698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

79. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Urology

#1 in Libya

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

80. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Urology

#24 in Nigeria

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

81. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Urology

#25 in Nigeria

#1734 in the World

Enrollment: 35,372
Founded: 1988

82. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Urology

#26 in Nigeria

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

83. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Urology

#1749 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

84. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Urology

#1757 in the World

85. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Urology

#27 in Nigeria

#1761 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

86. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Urology

#1 in Algeria

#1766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

87. Ondo State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Okitipupa

For Urology

#28 in Nigeria

#1794 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