What are the top universities in Africa? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 uniRank African University Ranking, featuring the top 200 universities in Africa that meet the following selection criteria:
The uniRank African University Ranking aims to provide an objective league table of the top universities in Africa, based on reliable, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics from independent web intelligence sources, rather than on data submitted directly by the universities themselves, which might not be independently audited or verified.
world rank: 279 | country rank: 1 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in Western Cape
world rank: 342 | country rank: 2 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in Gauteng
world rank: 463 | country rank: 3 in South Africa | province rank: 2 in Western Cape
world rank: 465 | country rank: 4 in South Africa | province rank: 2 in Gauteng
world rank: 713 | country rank: 5 in South Africa | province rank: 3 in Gauteng
world rank: 762 | country rank: 6 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in KwaZulu-Natal
world rank: 1024 | country rank: 7 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in Eastern Cape
world rank: 1122 | country rank: 8 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in North West
world rank: 1164 | country rank: 1 in Ghana | region rank: 1 in Greater Accra
world rank: 1320 | country rank: 9 in South Africa | province rank: 3 in Western Cape
world rank: 1342 | country rank: 10 in South Africa | province rank: 4 in Gauteng
world rank: 1492 | country rank: 11 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in Free State
world rank: 1507 | country rank: 12 in South Africa | province rank: 4 in Western Cape
world rank: 1577 | country rank: 13 in South Africa | province rank: 2 in Eastern Cape
world rank: 1579 | country rank: 1 in Tanzania | region rank: 1 in Dar es Salaam
world rank: 1677 | country rank: 1 in Reunion | administrative division rank: 1 in
world rank: 1800 | country rank: 1 in Uganda | region rank: 1 in Central Region
world rank: 2106 | country rank: 1 in Morocco | region rank: 1 in Marrakesh-Safi
world rank: 2199 | country rank: 14 in South Africa | province rank: 2 in KwaZulu-Natal
world rank: 2257 | country rank: 1 in Ethiopia | region rank: 1 in Addis Ababa
world rank: 2349 | country rank: 6 in Egypt | governorate rank: 1 in Alexandria
world rank: 2642 | country rank: 2 in Morocco | region rank: 1 in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
world rank: 2795 | country rank: 3 in Ghana | region rank: 1 in Central Region
world rank: 2969 | country rank: 1 in Mozambique | province rank: 1 in Maputo City
world rank: 3000 | country rank: 8 in Egypt | governorate rank: 2 in Alexandria
world rank: 3046 | country rank: 2 in Uganda | region rank: 2 in Central Region
world rank: 3380 | country rank: 3 in Morocco | region rank: 1 in Casablanca-Settat
world rank: 3532 | country rank: 15 in South Africa | province rank: 2 in Free State
world rank: 3541 | country rank: 1 in Rwanda | province rank: 1 in Kigali Province
world rank: 3569 | country rank: 16 in South Africa | province rank: 3 in Eastern Cape
world rank: 3585 | country rank: 4 in Morocco | region rank: 1 in Fes-Meknes
world rank: 3596 | country rank: 5 in Morocco | region rank: 2 in Fes-Meknes
world rank: 3668 | country rank: 17 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in Limpopo
world rank: 3696 | country rank: 18 in South Africa | province rank: 3 in KwaZulu-Natal
world rank: 3697 | country rank: 6 in Morocco | region rank: 2 in Marrakesh-Safi
world rank: 3773 | country rank: 19 in South Africa | province rank: 4 in Eastern Cape
world rank: 3889 | country rank: 1 in Mauritius | district rank: 1 in Moka District
world rank: 3925 | country rank: 3 in Algeria | province rank: 1 in Constantine
world rank: 3929 | country rank: 20 in South Africa | province rank: 5 in Gauteng
world rank: 4390 | country rank: 4 in Algeria | province rank: 1 in Tizi-Ouzou
world rank: 4421 | country rank: 7 in Morocco | region rank: 1 in Souss-Massa
world rank: 4525 | country rank: 8 in Kenya | county rank: 1 in Uasin Gishu
world rank: 4598 | country rank: 9 in Morocco | region rank: 2 in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
world rank: 4607 | country rank: 21 in South Africa | province rank: 2 in Limpopo
world rank: 4822 | country rank: 12 in Algeria | province rank: 1 in Mostaganem
world rank: 4906 | country rank: 4 in Ghana | region rank: 1 in Eastern Region
world rank: 4958 | country rank: 2 in Ethiopia | region rank: 1 in Oromia Region
world rank: 5060 | country rank: 10 in Morocco | region rank: 3 in Fes-Meknes
world rank: 5330 | country rank: 3 in Zimbabwe | province rank: 1 in Manicaland
world rank: 5356 | country rank: 11 in Morocco | region rank: 3 in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
world rank: 5360 | country rank: 2 in Rwanda | province rank: 2 in Kigali Province
world rank: 5388 | country rank: 19 in Egypt | governorate rank: 3 in Alexandria
world rank: 5472 | country rank: 15 in Nigeria | state rank: 1 in Federal Capital Territory
world rank: 5474 | country rank: 5 in Tanzania | region rank: 2 in Dar es Salaam
world rank: 5578 | country rank: 2 in Senegal | region rank: 1 in Saint-Louis
world rank: 5598 | country rank: 3 in Rwanda | province rank: 3 in Kigali Province
world rank: 5647 | country rank: 22 in Egypt | governorate rank: 4 in Alexandria
world rank: 5666 | country rank: 3 in Ethiopia | region rank: 1 in Amhara Region
world rank: 5713 | country rank: 4 in Ethiopia | region rank: 2 in Amhara Region
world rank: 5744 | country rank: 12 in Morocco | region rank: 1 in Beni Mellal-Khenifra
world rank: 5844 | country rank: 22 in South Africa | province rank: 6 in Gauteng
world rank: 5853 | country rank: 3 in Uganda | region rank: 1 in Western Region
world rank: 5873 | country rank: 13 in Morocco | region rank: 1 in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
world rank: 5950 | country rank: 1 in Malawi | district rank: 1 in Southern Region
world rank: 5952 | country rank: 2 in Zambia | province rank: 1 in Copperbelt
world rank: 5974 | country rank: 6 in Tanzania | region rank: 1 in Mjini Magharibi
world rank: 6034 | country rank: 1 in Benin | department rank: 1 in Atlantique
world rank: 6052 | country rank: 5 in Ghana | region rank: 2 in Central Region
world rank: 6057 | country rank: 23 in South Africa | province rank: 4 in KwaZulu-Natal
world rank: 6078 | country rank: 25 in Egypt | governorate rank: 1 in Kafr el-Sheikh
world rank: 6120 | country rank: 23 in Algeria | province rank: 2 in Constantine
world rank: 6202 | country rank: 6 in Ghana | region rank: 1 in Northern Region
world rank: 6282 | country rank: 5 in Ethiopia | region rank: 1 in Sidama Region
world rank: 6319 | country rank: 4 in Zimbabwe | province rank: 1 in Matabeleland North
world rank: 6391 | country rank: 27 in Algeria | province rank: 1 in Oum El Bouaghi
world rank: 6410 | country rank: 14 in Morocco | region rank: 2 in Casablanca-Settat
world rank: 6427 | country rank: 1 in Burkina Faso | province rank: 1 in Kadiogo
world rank: 6476 | country rank: 4 in Uganda | region rank: 3 in Central Region
world rank: 6526 | country rank: 30 in Algeria | province rank: 1 in Sidi Bel Abbes
world rank: 6584 | country rank: 15 in Morocco | region rank: 2 in Beni Mellal-Khenifra
world rank: 6612 | country rank: 24 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in Northern Cape
world rank: 6670 | country rank: 1 in Madagascar | province rank: 1 in Antananarivo
world rank: 6807 | country rank: 27 in Nigeria | state rank: 2 in Federal Capital Territory
world rank: 6819 | country rank: 1 in Togo | region rank: 1 in Maritime Region
world rank: 6922 | country rank: 7 in Ghana | region rank: 2 in Greater Accra
world rank: 6926 | country rank: 29 in Nigeria | state rank: 1 in Kwara State
world rank: 6948 | country rank: 6 in Ethiopia | region rank: 1 in Tigray Region
world rank: 6983 | country rank: 25 in South Africa | province rank: 1 in Mpumalanga
world rank: 7044 | country rank: 1 in Cameroon | region rank: 1 in Southwest Region