Best Universities for Veterinary 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 Veterinary. A graph of 660K citations received by 55.8K academic papers made by 186 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 Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Veterinary

#1 in South Africa

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. Cairo University

For Veterinary

#1 in Egypt

#71 in the World

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

3. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Veterinary

#85 in the World

Founded: 1950

4. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Veterinary

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

5. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Veterinary

#90 in the World

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

6. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Veterinary

#1 in Benin

#114 in the World

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

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Veterinary

#2 in South Africa

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

8. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Veterinary

#1 in Kenya

#148 in the World

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

9. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Veterinary

#1 in Uganda

#158 in the World

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

10. Ain Shams University

For Veterinary

#2 in Egypt

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

11. Al-Azhar University

For Veterinary

#3 in Egypt

#167 in the World

Founded: 1961

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Veterinary

#4 in Egypt

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Veterinary

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

14. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Veterinary

#1 in Sudan

#188 in the World

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

15. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Veterinary

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

16. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Veterinary

#5 in Egypt

#217 in the World

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

17. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Veterinary

#3 in South Africa

#218 in the World

Founded: 1918

18. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Veterinary

#6 in Egypt

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

19. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Veterinary

#4 in South Africa

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

20. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Veterinary

#1 in Zimbabwe

#229 in the World

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

21. University of Ghana

For Veterinary

#1 in Ghana

#230 in the World

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

22. Assiut University

For Veterinary

#7 in Egypt

#243 in the World

Founded: 1957

23. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Veterinary

#1 in Zambia

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

24. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Veterinary

#299 in the World

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

25. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Veterinary

#312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

26. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Veterinary

#8 in Egypt

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

27. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Veterinary

#329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

28. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Veterinary

#5 in South Africa

#339 in the World

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

29. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Veterinary

#6 in South Africa

#355 in the World

Founded: 1874

30. Benha University

For Veterinary

#9 in Egypt

#368 in the World

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

31. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Veterinary

#381 in the World

Founded: 1975

32. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Veterinary

#10 in Egypt

#388 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

33. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Veterinary

#7 in South Africa

#391 in the World

Founded: 1916

34. Kafrelsheikh University

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

For Veterinary

#11 in Egypt

#409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2006

35. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Veterinary

#429 in the World

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

36. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Veterinary

#449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

37. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Veterinary

#456 in the World

Founded: 1962

38. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Veterinary

#501 in the World

Founded: 1992

39. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Veterinary

#2 in Ghana

#502 in the World

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

40. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Veterinary

#514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

41. South Valley University - Qena

For Veterinary

#12 in Egypt

#545 in the World

Founded: 1995

42. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Veterinary

#8 in South Africa

#548 in the World

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

43. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Veterinary

#612 in the World

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

44. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Veterinary

#625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

45. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Veterinary

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

46. Minia University

For Veterinary

#13 in Egypt

#636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

47. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Veterinary

#9 in South Africa

#652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

48. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Veterinary

#10 in South Africa

#675 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

49. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Veterinary

#676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

50. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Veterinary

#679 in the World

Founded: 1993

51. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Veterinary

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

52. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Veterinary

#1 in Senegal

#698 in the World

Founded: 1918

53. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Veterinary

#719 in the World

54. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Veterinary

#10 in Nigeria

#725 in the World

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

55. University of Sadat City

For Veterinary

#14 in Egypt

#739 in the World

Enrollment: 29,702
Founded: 2013

56. University of Jos

For Veterinary

#11 in Nigeria

#758 in the World

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

57. Egerton University

For Veterinary

#2 in Kenya

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

58. Tanta University

For Veterinary

#15 in Egypt

#769 in the World

Founded: 1972

59. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Veterinary

#12 in Nigeria

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

60. Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

For Veterinary

#1 in Ivory Coast

#788 in the World

Founded: 1964

61. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Veterinary

#793 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

62. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Veterinary

#796 in the World

63. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Veterinary

#16 in Egypt

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

64. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Veterinary

#11 in South Africa

#831 in the World

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

65. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Veterinary

#13 in Nigeria

#841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

66. University of Tripoli - Libya

Libya | Tripoli

For Veterinary

#1 in Libya

#858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1957

67. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Veterinary

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

68. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Veterinary

#874 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

69. Helwan University

For Veterinary

#17 in Egypt

#877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

70. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Veterinary

#14 in Nigeria

#884 in the World

Founded: 1988

71. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Veterinary

#3 in Kenya

#889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

72. Damanhour University

Egypt | Damanhur

For Veterinary

#18 in Egypt

#897 in the World

Founded: 2010

73. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Veterinary

#15 in Nigeria

#898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

74. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Veterinary

#899 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

75. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Veterinary

#12 in South Africa

#901 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

76. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Veterinary

#4 in Kenya

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

77. University for Development Studies

For Veterinary

#3 in Ghana

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

78. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Veterinary

#16 in Nigeria

#921 in the World

Founded: 1975

79. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Veterinary

#923 in the World

80. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Veterinary

#942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

81. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Veterinary

#17 in Nigeria

#945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

82. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Veterinary

#965 in the World

Enrollment: 98,720
Male:Female: 54:46

83. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Veterinary

#19 in Egypt

#993 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

84. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Veterinary

#18 in Nigeria

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

85. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Veterinary

#1 in Mali

#1040 in the World

Founded: 2011

86. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Veterinary

#19 in Nigeria

#1081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

87. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Veterinary

#1 in Namibia

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

88. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Veterinary

#1 in Mozambique

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

89. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Veterinary

#4 in Ghana

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

90. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Veterinary

#20 in Nigeria

#1126 in the World

Enrollment: 4,680
Founded: 1988

91. University of Ngaoundere

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

For Veterinary

#1136 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1982

92. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Veterinary

#1 in the DR Congo

#1155 in the World

Founded: 1954

93. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Veterinary

#1156 in the World

94. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Veterinary

#13 in South Africa

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

95. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Veterinary

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1196 in the World

Founded: 1974

96. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Veterinary

#21 in Nigeria

#1217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

97. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Veterinary

#20 in Egypt

#1241 in the World

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

98. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Veterinary

#14 in South Africa

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

99. University of Uyo

For Veterinary

#22 in Nigeria

#1257 in the World

Founded: 1991

100. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Veterinary

#23 in Nigeria

#1259 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

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