Best Archaeology Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Archaeology

#1 in South Africa #117 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

2

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Archaeology

#2 in South Africa #173 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

3

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Archaeology

#3 in South Africa #219 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

4

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Archaeology

#5 in South Africa #290 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

5

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Archaeology

#6 in South Africa #372 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

6

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Archaeology

#7 in South Africa #448 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

7

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Archaeology

#1 in Egypt #570 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

8

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Archaeology

#1 in Ghana #697 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

9

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Archaeology

#1 in Nigeria #702 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

10

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Archaeology

#10 in South Africa #740 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

11

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#2 in Ghana #895 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

12

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Archaeology

#12 in South Africa #1052 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

13

Ghana | Tamale

University for Development Studies

For Archaeology

#4 in Ghana #1456 in the World

16% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

1992 Founded

14

Ethiopia | Haramaya

Haramaya University

For Archaeology

#4 in Ethiopia #1503 in the World

78% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1954 Founded

15

Chad | N'Djamena

University of N’Djamena

For Archaeology

#1 in Chad #4531 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

16

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

Kafrelsheikh University

For Archaeology

#17 in Egypt #2388 in the World

80% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

17

Ethiopia | Adama

Adama Science and Technology University

For Archaeology

#14 in Ethiopia #4190 in the World

68% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

18

Kenya | Nairobi

Africa International University

For Archaeology

#20 in Kenya #5640 in the World

56% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

2011 Founded

19

Malawi | Mzuzu

Mzuzu University

For Archaeology

#2 in Malawi #4562 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,500 Enrollment

1997 Founded

20

Nigeria | Yola

Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Archaeology

#42 in Nigeria #3611 in the World

56% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

21

Nigeria | Abakaliki

Ebonyi State University

For Archaeology

#32 in Nigeria #3025 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

2000 Founded

22

Senegal | Thies

University of Thies

For Archaeology

#3 in Senegal #5472 in the World

54% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

2007 Founded

23

Sudan | Khartoum

International University of Africa

For Archaeology

#14 in Sudan #6187 in the World

55% Acceptance

11,203 Enrollment

1992 Founded

24

Uganda | Mukono

Uganda Christian University

For Archaeology

#9 in Uganda #5620 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

25

Algeria | Ouargla

University of Ouargla

For Archaeology

#16 in Algeria #3721 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

26

Egypt | El Shorouk

British University in Egypt

For Archaeology

#20 in Egypt #2706 in the World

40% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2005 Founded

27

Ghana | Santasi-Kumasi

Christian Service University College

For Archaeology

#21 in Ghana #6090 in the World

64% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

28

Kenya | Meru

Kenya Methodist University

For Archaeology

#21 in Kenya #5845 in the World

93% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1997 Founded

29

Morocco | Marrakesh

Cadi Ayyad University

For Archaeology

#2 in Morocco #1339 in the World

59% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

30

Nigeria | Makurdi

University of Agriculture, Makurdi

For Archaeology

#28 in Nigeria #2848 in the World

61% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

31

Nigeria | Uyo

University of Uyo

For Archaeology

#18 in Nigeria #2416 in the World

41% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

32

South Africa | Mthatha

Walter Sisulu University

For Archaeology

#21 in South Africa #2681 in the World

67% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

2005 Founded

33

Tanzania | Arusha

Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#3 in Tanzania #2938 in the World

40% Acceptance

117 Enrollment

2009 Founded

34

Zimbabwe | Harare

Harare Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#9 in Zimbabwe #5827 in the World

60% Acceptance

20,399 Enrollment

1988 Founded

35

Cape Verde | Praia

University of Cape Verde

For Archaeology

#1 in Cape Verde #5098 in the World

58% Acceptance

4,650 Enrollment

2006 Founded

36

Algeria | Oran

University of Oran 1

For Archaeology

#8 in Algeria #2910 in the World

64% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

37

Egypt | Mansoura

Mansoura University

For Archaeology

#4 in Egypt #1015 in the World

70% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1972 Founded

38

Ghana | Ho

University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Archaeology

#11 in Ghana #4421 in the World

48% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

39

Kenya | Nairobi

University of Nairobi

For Archaeology

#1 in Kenya #901 in the World

66% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

40

Nigeria | Mubi

Adamawa State University

For Archaeology

#63 in Nigeria #5088 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

41

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

For Archaeology

#38 in Nigeria #3461 in the World

58% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

42

Nigeria | Ojo

Lagos State University

For Archaeology

#22 in Nigeria #2542 in the World

25% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1983 Founded

43

South Sudan | Juba

University of Juba

For Archaeology

#1 in South Sudan #5699 in the World

63% Acceptance

8,975 Enrollment

1975 Founded

44

Tunisia | Manouba

Manouba University

For Archaeology

#7 in Tunisia #1700 in the World

40% Acceptance

17,040 Enrollment

45

Cameroon | Dschang

University of Dschang

For Archaeology

#1 in Cameroon #2426 in the World

34% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

46

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

Nile University

For Archaeology

#29 in Egypt #3684 in the World

90% Acceptance

500 Enrollment

2006 Founded

47

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

Arba Minch University

For Archaeology

#8 in Ethiopia #2651 in the World

71% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1986 Founded

48

Kenya | Karatina

Karatina University

For Archaeology

#17 in Kenya #5538 in the World

61% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2010 Founded

49

Malawi | Zomba

University of Malawi

For Archaeology

#1 in Malawi #1737 in the World

59% Acceptance

10,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

50

Nigeria | Lafia

Federal University, Lafia

For Archaeology

#52 in Nigeria #4399 in the World

53% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

51

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

Landmark University

For Archaeology

#30 in Nigeria #2991 in the World

100% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

2011 Founded

52

Senegal | Saint-Louis

University Gaston Berger

For Archaeology

#2 in Senegal #4487 in the World

46% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1990 Founded

53

Sudan | Khartoum

Neelain University

For Archaeology

#5 in Sudan #5119 in the World

71% Acceptance

11,203 Enrollment

1993 Founded

54

Uganda | Busitema

Busitema University

For Archaeology

#6 in Uganda #4990 in the World

10% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

55

Algeria | Mostaganem

University of Mostaganem

For Archaeology

#17 in Algeria #3878 in the World

63% Acceptance

24,214 Enrollment

56

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

Menoufia University

For Archaeology

#13 in Egypt #1791 in the World

71% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

57

Ghana | Cape Coast

Cape Coast Technical University

For Archaeology

#17 in Ghana #5411 in the World

68% Acceptance

26,703 Enrollment

1986 Founded

58

Kenya | Eldoret

University of Eldoret

For Archaeology

#8 in Kenya #4242 in the World

52% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2010 Founded

59

Morocco | Rabat

Mohammed V University

For Archaeology

#1 in Morocco #1072 in the World

50% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

60

Nigeria | Yola

American University of Nigeria

For Archaeology

#58 in Nigeria #4853 in the World

60% Acceptance

35,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

61

Nigeria | Sokoto

Usmanu Danfodio University

For Archaeology

#26 in Nigeria #2746 in the World

29% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

62

South Africa | Thohoyandou

University of Venda

For Archaeology

#19 in South Africa #2183 in the World

72% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1982 Founded

63

Tanzania | Dodoma

University of Dodoma

For Archaeology

#5 in Tanzania #3343 in the World

30% Acceptance

28,949 Enrollment

2007 Founded

64

Zimbabwe | Harare

Women’s University in Africa

For Archaeology

#10 in Zimbabwe #6078 in the World

69% Acceptance

5,434 Enrollment

2002 Founded

65

Congo | Brazzaville

Marien Ngouabi University

For Archaeology

#1 in Congo #4226 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,054 Enrollment

1958 Founded

66

Algeria | Batna

University of Batna 1

For Archaeology

#9 in Algeria #3077 in the World

60% Acceptance

31,588 Enrollment

67

Egypt | Alexandria

Alexandria University

For Archaeology

#3 in Egypt #762 in the World

60% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

1942 Founded

68

Ghana | Tarkwa

University of Mines and Technology

For Archaeology

#12 in Ghana #4538 in the World

19% Acceptance

15,570 Enrollment

2004 Founded

69

Lesotho | Maseru

National University of Lesotho

For Archaeology

#1 in Lesotho #3375 in the World

45% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1945 Founded

70

Nigeria | Imota

Caleb University

For Archaeology

#76 in Nigeria #5895 in the World

46% Acceptance

500 Enrollment

2007 Founded

71

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

Adekunle Ajasin University

For Archaeology

#31 in Nigeria #3016 in the World

39% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1982 Founded

72

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt

For Archaeology

#11 in Nigeria #1807 in the World

15% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

73

Sudan | Omdurman

Karary University

For Archaeology

#12 in Sudan #6155 in the World

71% Acceptance

11,203 Enrollment

1994 Founded

74

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Carthage

For Archaeology

#4 in Tunisia #1547 in the World

53% Acceptance

50,314 Enrollment

75

Cameroon | Douala

University of Douala

For Archaeology

#3 in Cameroon #3127 in the World

59% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

76

Egypt | New Cairo

Future University in Egypt

For Archaeology

#31 in Egypt #4117 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2006 Founded

77

Ethiopia | Mekelle

Mekelle University

For Archaeology

#5 in Ethiopia #1618 in the World

88% Acceptance

17,030 Enrollment

1991 Founded

78

Kenya | Machakos

Machakos University

For Archaeology

#22 in Kenya #6000 in the World

67% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

79

Mali | Bamako

University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Archaeology

#1 in Mali #4477 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

80

Nigeria | Benin

Benson Idahosa University

For Archaeology

#71 in Nigeria #5780 in the World

49% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

81

Nigeria | Abraka

Delta State University, Abraka

For Archaeology

#24 in Nigeria #2631 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

82

Senegal | Dakar

Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Archaeology

#1 in Senegal #1913 in the World

68% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1918 Founded

83

Sudan | Khartoum

Omdurman Islamic University

For Archaeology

#4 in Sudan #4933 in the World

64% Acceptance

41,030 Enrollment

1912 Founded

84

Uganda | Gulu

Gulu University

For Archaeology

#3 in Uganda #3902 in the World

40% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

85

Algeria | Setif

Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

For Archaeology

#11 in Algeria #3171 in the World

78% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

86

Algeria | Blida

University of Blida 1

For Archaeology

#4 in Algeria #2478 in the World

58% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

87

Egypt | Minya

Minia University

For Archaeology

#14 in Egypt #1796 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1976 Founded

88

Ghana | Abetifi

Presbyterian University College

For Archaeology

#16 in Ghana #5403 in the World

67% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

2003 Founded

89

Kenya | Nyeri

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

For Archaeology

#16 in Kenya #5263 in the World

83% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

90

Mozambique | Beira

Catholic University of Mozambique

For Archaeology

#3 in Mozambique #5939 in the World

56% Acceptance

37,968 Enrollment

1996 Founded

91

Nigeria | Uli

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Archaeology

#41 in Nigeria #3600 in the World

61% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2000 Founded

92

Nigeria | Minna

Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Archaeology

#21 in Nigeria #2522 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

1982 Founded

93

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Archaeology

#13 in South Africa #1117 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

94

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Archaeology

#4 in Tanzania #3119 in the World

25% Acceptance

2,100 Enrollment

2007 Founded

95

Zimbabwe | Masvingo

Great Zimbabwe University

For Archaeology

#5 in Zimbabwe #3441 in the World

65% Acceptance

22,000 Enrollment

1999 Founded

96

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

University of Ouagadougou

For Archaeology

#1 in Burkina Faso #2788 in the World

50% Acceptance

44,860 Enrollment

1974 Founded

97

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

University of Ngaoundere

For Archaeology

#5 in Cameroon #3797 in the World

66% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1982 Founded

98

Egypt | Cairo

Ain Shams University

For Archaeology

#2 in Egypt #696 in the World

73% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

99

Ghana | Accra

University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Archaeology

#8 in Ghana #4081 in the World

60% Acceptance

26,703 Enrollment

1965 Founded

100

Liberia | Monrovia

University of Liberia

For Archaeology

#1 in Liberia #5362 in the World

83% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

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