Best Universities for Psychology in Africa

Updated: July 18, 2023

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Psychology. A graph of 20.1M citations received by 1.83M academic papers made by 334 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 Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Psychology

#1 in South Africa

#236 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Psychology

#2 in South Africa

#332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1922

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Psychology

#3 in South Africa

#384 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Psychology

#4 in South Africa

#439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

5. Cairo University

For Psychology

#1 in Egypt

#455 in the World

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

6. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychology

#5 in South Africa

#484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 56,483
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1908

7. Ain Shams University

For Psychology

#2 in Egypt

#588 in the World

Founded: 1950

8. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychology

#6 in South Africa

#644 in the World

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

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Psychology

#3 in Egypt

#694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1942

10. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Psychology

#7 in South Africa

#712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Enrollment: 26,439
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 2004

11. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Psychology

#4 in Egypt

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

12. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Psychology

#792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Psychology

#8 in South Africa

#819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

14. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Psychology

#1 in Uganda

#893 in the World

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

15. Assiut University

For Psychology

#5 in Egypt

#901 in the World

Founded: 1957

16. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Psychology

#6 in Egypt

#962 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

17. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Psychology

#9 in South Africa

#995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 18,720
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1959

18. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Psychology

#10 in South Africa

#1014 in the World

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

19. University of Ghana

For Psychology

#1 in Ghana

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 67,914
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1948

20. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Psychology

#1157 in the World

Founded: 1950

21. Tanta University

For Psychology

#7 in Egypt

#1166 in the World

Founded: 1972

22. University of Sfax

For Psychology

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

23. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Psychology

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

24. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Psychology

#8 in Egypt

#1256 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

25. Al-Azhar University

For Psychology

#9 in Egypt

#1262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1961

26. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Psychology

#1 in Kenya

#1293 in the World

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

27. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Psychology

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

28. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Psychology

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 18,040
Founded: 1955

29. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Psychology

#1343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

30. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Psychology

#11 in South Africa

#1350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

31. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Psychology

#10 in Egypt

#1392 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

32. Benha University

For Psychology

#11 in Egypt

#1416 in the World

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

33. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Psychology

#1431 in the World

Founded: 1964

34. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Psychology

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

35. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Psychology

#1535 in the World

36. Minia University

For Psychology

#12 in Egypt

#1536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

37. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Psychology

#12 in South Africa

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

38. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Psychology

#13 in South Africa

#1627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

39. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Psychology

#1634 in the World

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

40. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Psychology

#2 in Ghana

#1646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1951

41. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Psychology

#1664 in the World

42. University of Malawi

For Psychology

#1 in Malawi

#1665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1964

43. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Psychology

#13 in Egypt

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2005

44. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Psychology

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

45. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Psychology

#1761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

46. Helwan University

For Psychology

#14 in Egypt

#1763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

47. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Psychology

#3 in Ghana

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

48. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Psychology

#1 in Zambia

#1820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

49. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Psychology

#1848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

50. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Psychology

#1851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

51. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Psychology

#1 in Sudan

#1894 in the World

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

52. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Psychology

#1938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

53. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Psychology

#1972 in the World

54. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Psychology

#14 in South Africa

#1981 in the World

Founded: 1916

55. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychology

#15 in South Africa

#2031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

56. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Psychology

#15 in Egypt

#2052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

57. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Psychology

#2093 in the World

58. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Psychology

#2131 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

59. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Psychology

#2158 in the World

60. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Psychology

#2182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

61. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Psychology

#2 in Kenya

#2206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

62. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Psychology

#2211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1975

63. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Psychology

#16 in Egypt

#2213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1919

64. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Psychology

#10 in Nigeria

#2238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

65. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Psychology

#16 in South Africa

#2257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

66. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Psychology

#2260 in the World

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

67. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Psychology

#2280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

68. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Psychology

#2 in Uganda

#2337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

69. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Psychology

#2338 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

70. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Psychology

#3 in Kenya

#2341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

71. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Psychology

#17 in South Africa

#2416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

72. Fayoum University

For Psychology

#17 in Egypt

#2430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

73. Covenant University

For Psychology

#11 in Nigeria

#2435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Founded: 2002

74. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Psychology

#18 in South Africa

#2502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

75. Lagos State University

For Psychology

#12 in Nigeria

#2508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

76. Bayero University Kano

For Psychology

#13 in Nigeria

#2557 in the World

Founded: 1975

77. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Psychology

#2582 in the World

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

78. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Psychology

#2591 in the World

Founded: 1918

79. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Psychology

#14 in Nigeria

#2619 in the World

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

80. South Valley University - Qena

For Psychology

#18 in Egypt

#2629 in the World

Founded: 1995

81. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Psychology

#15 in Nigeria

#2655 in the World

Founded: 1975

82. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Psychology

#2657 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

83. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa | Pretoria

For Psychology

#19 in South Africa

#2701 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2014

84. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Psychology

#2726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

85. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Psychology

#16 in Nigeria

#2741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1982

86. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Psychology

#2742 in the World

Enrollment: 22,270
Male:Female: 52:48

87. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Psychology

#2745 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

88. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Psychology

#1 in Mauritius

#2754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

89. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Psychology

#20 in South Africa

#2768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

90. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Psychology

#21 in South Africa

#2777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Founded: 1966

91. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Psychology

#2790 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

92. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Psychology

#4 in Ghana

#2806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

93. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Psychology

#2865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

94. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Psychology

#17 in Nigeria

#2891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1990

95. University of Namibia

Namibia | Windhoek

For Psychology

#2904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1992

96. University of Jos

For Psychology

#18 in Nigeria

#2930 in the World

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

97. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Psychology

#19 in Nigeria

#2934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

98. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Psychology

#5 in Ghana

#2946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 2011

99. University of Uyo

For Psychology

#20 in Nigeria

#2996 in the World

Founded: 1991

100. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Psychology

#21 in Nigeria

#3047 in the World

Founded: 1992

Psychology subfields in Africa

Child Psychology135

Clinical Psychology114

Cognitive Science128

Education Majors166

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution30

Neuroscience206

Occupational Therapy17

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology38

Social Psychology224

Special Education24