2015 Best Universities in Africa
Our rankings of the 2015 Best Universities in Africa are based exclusively on factors actual college freshmen said were most important to their college decision. According to the most recent nationwide survey published by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA , these factors include academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the post-college job market. Each of these factors were weighted equally in our ranking and data was derived from a variety of publicly available sources, including U.S. News & World Report , the National Center for Education Statistics , Teaching, Research, Citation Flow, Industry Income, International Outlook, Referring Domains, Google Page Rank, Alexa Traffic Rank, and Trust Flow.
1 University of Cape Town, South Africa
2 Cairo University, Egypt
3 University of South Africa, South Africa
4 University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
5 University of Pretoria, South Africa
6 Stellenbosch University, South Africa
7 Universiteit Stellenbosch, South Africa
8 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
9 University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
10 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
11 University of the Western Cape, South Africa
12 Ain Shams University, Egypt
13 Alexandria University, Egypt
14 Mansoura University, Egypt
15 Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
16 Makerere University, Uganda
17 University of Botswana, Botswana
18 The American University in Cairo, Egypt
19 Rhodes University, South Africa
20 Assiut University, Egypt
21 Université Mohammed V - Agdal, Morocco
22 University of Nairobi, Kenya
23 Zagazig University, Egypt
24 Université de Ouagadougou Burkina, Faso
25 University of Johannesburg, South Africa
26 Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
27 University of Zambia, Zambia
28 University of Ghana, Ghana
29 North-West University, South Africa
30 Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
31 University of Lagos, Nigeria
32 Tanta University, Egypt
33 University of Khartoum, Sudan
34 Université Mentouri de Constantine, Algeria
35 Université de la Reunion, Reunion
36 Benha University, Egypt
37 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
38 The German University in Cairo, Egypt
39 Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
40 Université d’Antananarivo, Madagascar
41 Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
42 University of Ibadan, Nigeria
43 Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
44 Kenyatta University, Kenya
45 Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Algeria
46 University of Namibia, Namibia
47 Universiteit van die Vrystaat, South Africa
48 Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
49 University of Nigeria, Nigeria
50 College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Rwanda, Rwanda
51 University of Limpopo, South Africa
52 Helwan University, Egypt
53 Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
54 Université de Batna, Algeria
55 University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
56 École Nationale d’Architecture, Morocco
57 Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem, Algeria
58 University of Fort Hare, South Africa
59 Université Abdelmalek Essadi, Morocco
60 Université Nationale du Rwanda, Rwanda
61 Université d'Alger, Algeria
62 Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, Benin
63 Moi University, Kenya
64 Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
65 Université Mohammed V - Souissi, Morocco
66 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
67 South Valley University, Egypt
68 Minia University, Egypt
69 Fayoum University, Egypt
70 Al-Azhar University, Egypt
71 University of Ilorin, Nigeria
72 October 6 University, Egypt
73 Minoufiya University, Egypt
74 Université M'hamed Bouguerra de Boumerdes, Algeria
75 Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
76 Université d'Oran, Algeria
77 Suez Canal University, Egypt
78 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
79 Université Cadi Ayyad, Morocco
80 Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
81 Misurata University, Libya
82 University of Swaziland, Swaziland
83 Université Ibn Tofail, Morocco
84 Strathmore University, Kenya
85 Université Hassan II Mohammedia – Casablanca, Morocco
86 Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia
87 Kafr el-Sheikh University, Egypt
88 University of Cape Coast, Ghana
89 University of Malawi, Malawi
90 The British University in Egypt, Egypt
91 Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène, Algeria
92 Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
93 University of Zululand, South Africa
94 University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
95 Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
96 Libyan International Medical University, Libya
97 Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
98 Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroon
99 University of Mauritius, Mauritius
100 Egerton University, Kenya