Top Universities in Africa 2021 – Did Your School Make the League?

2020 is coming to a close and it’s that time again where we find out Universities in Africa and how they have fared.

Last year, the top 10 were made up of 5 universities from South Africa, 3 from Egypt and 2 from Nigeria make the list. A total of 7 South African universities make top 20. 4 more Egyptian universities can be found occupying the 11th – 20th position bringing the total of Egyptian universities in top 20 to 7, ahead of Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco, all of which have universities occupying the top 20 position.

In previous years, only Universities in South Africa and Egypt made up the top 10 list.

This year’s top 10 sees 5 universities from South Africa, 2 from Egypt, 1 from Nigeria, Algeria and Uganda consecutively make the list. A total of 9 South African universities make top 20. 3 more Egyptian universities can be found occupying the 11th – 20th position bringing the total of Egyptian universities in top 20 to 5, ahead of Nigeria, Algeria and Kenya, all of which have universities occupying the top 20 position.

Remarkably, more universities from Eastern Africa make top 20 this year which is an improvement from last year where only one Eastern university smelt top 20 on the table.

Interesting, isn’t it?

Find out how your university ranks this year below.

Watch this Interesting Animated Video of the Top 10 Universities in Africa

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Position	Name of University	Country
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa
2	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa
3	Stellenbosch University	South Africa
4	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
5	Aswan University	Egypt
5	Durban University of Technology	South Africa
5	University of Ibadan	Nigeria
5	Makerere University	Uganda
5	Mansoura University	Egypt
10	Ferhat Abbas Sétif University 1	Algeria
10	Lagos State University	Nigeria
10	North-West University	South Africa
10	Suez Canal University	Egypt
14	Cairo University	Egypt
14	University of Johannesburg	South Africa
14	Kafrelsheikh University	Egypt
14	University of Lagos	Nigeria
14	University of Nairobi	Kenya
14	University of Pretoria	South Africa
14	University of the Western Cape	South Africa
21	American University in Cairo	Egypt
21	Benha University	Egypt
21	Beni-Suef University	Egypt
21	Covenant University	Nigeria
21	University of Oran 1	Algeria
21	Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University	Morocco
21	Sohag University	Egypt
27	Ain Shams University	Egypt
27	Al-Azhar University	Egypt
27	Alexandria University	Egypt
27	Assiut University	Egypt
27	University of Béjaïa	Algeria
27	University of Biskra	Algeria
27	Blida 1 University	Algeria
27	University of Botswana	Botswana
27	University of Carthage	Tunisia
27	University of Constantine 1	Algeria
27	Fayoum University	Egypt
27	University of Ghana	Ghana
27	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco
27	Helwan University	Egypt
27	Ibn Tofaïl University	Morocco
27	University of Manouba	Tunisia
27	University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad	Morocco
27	Menoufia University	Egypt
27	M'Hamed Bougara University of Boumerdès	Algeria
27	Minia University	Egypt
27	Mohammed V University of Rabat	Morocco
27	University of Monastir	Tunisia
27	University of Nigeria Nsukka	Nigeria
27	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria
27	Port Said University	Egypt
27	University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene	Algeria
27	University of Science and Technology of Oran Mohamed-Boudiaf	Algeria
27	University of Sfax	Tunisia
27	University of Sousse	Tunisia
27	University of South Africa	South Africa
27	South Valley University	Egypt
27	Tanta University	Egypt
27	University of Tlemcen	Algeria
27	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa
27	University of Tunis El Manar	Tunisia
27	Zagazig University	Egypt

University Ranking is provided by Times Higher Education – an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited Universities and Colleges in the world.