Best Biology Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Biology

#276 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

2

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Biology

#1 in Egypt #336 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

3

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Biology

#365 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

4

South Africa | Stellenbosch

University of Stellenbosch

For Biology

#378 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1918 Founded

5

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Biology

#386 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

6

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Biology

#394 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

7

Egypt | Cairo

Ain Shams University

For Biology

#2 in Egypt #495 in the World

73% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

8

Egypt | Mansoura

Mansoura University

For Biology

#3 in Egypt #570 in the World

70% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1972 Founded

9

Egypt | Alexandria

Alexandria University

For Biology

#4 in Egypt #571 in the World

60% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

1942 Founded

10

Egypt | Zagazig

Zagazig University

For Biology

#5 in Egypt #706 in the World

75% Acceptance

117,299 Enrollment

1974 Founded

11

Egypt | Asyut

Assiut University

For Biology

#6 in Egypt #756 in the World

74% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1957 Founded

12

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Biology

#1 in Nigeria #757 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

13

Egypt | Cairo

Al-Azhar University

For Biology

#7 in Egypt #811 in the World

77% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1961 Founded

14

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Biology

#886 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

15

Egypt | Tanta

Tanta University

For Biology

#8 in Egypt #891 in the World

72% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

16

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa University

For Biology

#1 in Ethiopia #892 in the World

64% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

17

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

For Biology

#1 in Uganda #922 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

18

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Biology

#923 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

19

South Africa | Bloemfontein

University of the Free State

For Biology

#944 in the World

25% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

20

Tunisia | Sfax

University of Sfax

For Biology

#1 in Tunisia #965 in the World

8% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

21

South Africa | Makhanda

Rhodes University

For Biology

#1043 in the World

61% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

1904 Founded

22

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

Menoufia University

For Biology

#9 in Egypt #1058 in the World

71% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

23

Nigeria | Nsukka

University of Nigeria

For Biology

#2 in Nigeria #1061 in the World

38% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

24

Kenya | Nairobi

University of Nairobi

For Biology

#1 in Kenya #1063 in the World

66% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

25

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Biology

#1 in Ghana #1071 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

26

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Tunis El Manar

For Biology

#2 in Tunisia #1118 in the World

45% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

27

Egypt | Ismailia

Suez Canal University

For Biology

#10 in Egypt #1134 in the World

77% Acceptance

40,317 Enrollment

1976 Founded

28

South Africa | Pretoria

University of South Africa

For Biology

#1151 in the World

61% Acceptance

420,000 Enrollment

1873 Founded

29

Egypt | Benha

Benha University

For Biology

#11 in Egypt #1168 in the World

90% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1976 Founded

30

Nigeria | Ife

Obafemi Awolowo University

For Biology

#3 in Nigeria #1169 in the World

7% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1962 Founded

31

Morocco | Rabat

Mohammed V University

For Biology

#1 in Morocco #1170 in the World

50% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

32

Tunisia | Tunis

Tunis University

For Biology

#3 in Tunisia #1204 in the World

39% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

33

Tunisia | Monastir

University of Monastir

For Biology

#4 in Tunisia #1205 in the World

51% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

34

Egypt | Minya

Minia University

For Biology

#12 in Egypt #1219 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1976 Founded

35

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Biology

#1240 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

36

Nigeria | Zaria

Ahmadu Bello University

For Biology

#4 in Nigeria #1268 in the World

8% Acceptance

49,436 Enrollment

1962 Founded

37

Egypt | Beni Suef

Beni-Suef University

For Biology

#13 in Egypt #1299 in the World

79% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

2005 Founded

38

Nigeria | Lagos

University of Lagos

For Biology

#5 in Nigeria #1314 in the World

11% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1962 Founded

39

Zimbabwe | Harare

University of Zimbabwe

For Biology

#1 in Zimbabwe #1339 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,399 Enrollment

1955 Founded

40

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Biology

#2 in Ghana #1361 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

41

Morocco | Marrakesh

Cadi Ayyad University

For Biology

#2 in Morocco #1416 in the World

59% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

42

Ethiopia | Gondar

University of Gondar

For Biology

#2 in Ethiopia #1456 in the World

19% Acceptance

49,103 Enrollment

1954 Founded

43

Sudan | Khartoum

University of Khartoum

For Biology

#1 in Sudan #1464 in the World

9% Acceptance

41,030 Enrollment

1956 Founded

44

Nigeria | Akure

Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Biology

#6 in Nigeria #1466 in the World

49% Acceptance

23,100 Enrollment

1981 Founded

45

Nigeria | Benin

University of Benin

For Biology

#7 in Nigeria #1494 in the World

70% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

46

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Biology

#1526 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

47

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Biology

#8 in Nigeria #1549 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

48

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

Kafrelsheikh University

For Biology

#14 in Egypt #1579 in the World

80% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

49

Ethiopia | Jimma

Jimma University

For Biology

#3 in Ethiopia #1592 in the World

78% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1983 Founded

50

Nigeria | Abeokuta

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Biology

#9 in Nigeria #1595 in the World

32% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

51

Egypt | Cairo

Helwan University

For Biology

#15 in Egypt #1606 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

1975 Founded

52

Morocco | Fez

Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Biology

#3 in Morocco #1619 in the World

60% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

53

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt

For Biology

#10 in Nigeria #1654 in the World

15% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

54

South Africa | Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology

For Biology

#1655 in the World

89% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2003 Founded

55

Egypt | Nasser City

Sohag university

For Biology

#16 in Egypt #1665 in the World

75% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

56

Nigeria | Calabar

University of Calabar

For Biology

#11 in Nigeria #1674 in the World

30% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

1975 Founded

57

Morocco | Casablanca

Hassan II University of Casablanca

For Biology

#4 in Morocco #1675 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,000 Enrollment

58

Algeria | Algiers

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

For Biology

#1 in Algeria #1688 in the World

55% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

59

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Biology

#1689 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

60

Senegal | Dakar

Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Biology

#1 in Senegal #1690 in the World

68% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1918 Founded

61

Egypt | Qena

South Valley University – Qena

For Biology

#17 in Egypt #1705 in the World

64% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1995 Founded

62

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

Bahir Dar University

For Biology

#4 in Ethiopia #1739 in the World

50% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

63

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Biology

#12 in Nigeria #1747 in the World

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

64

South Africa | Mankweng

University of Limpopo

For Biology

#1785 in the World

45% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1959 Founded

65

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam

For Biology

#1 in Tanzania #1795 in the World

10% Acceptance

45,155 Enrollment

1970 Founded

66

Malawi | Zomba

University of Malawi

For Biology

#1 in Malawi #1796 in the World

59% Acceptance

10,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

67

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Carthage

For Biology

#5 in Tunisia #1804 in the World

53% Acceptance

50,314 Enrollment

68

Botswana | Gaborone

University of Botswana

For Biology

#1 in Botswana #1850 in the World

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

69

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Biology

#13 in Nigeria #1857 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1990 Founded

70

Cameroon | Dschang

University of Dschang

For Biology

#1 in Cameroon #1869 in the World

34% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

71

Ethiopia | Haramaya

Haramaya University

For Biology

#5 in Ethiopia #1870 in the World

78% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1954 Founded

72

Zambia | Lusaka

University of Zambia

For Biology

#1 in Zambia #1901 in the World

60% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

73

Egypt | Faiyum

Fayoum University

For Biology

#18 in Egypt #1908 in the World

76% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

2005 Founded

74

Ghana | Cape Coast

University of Cape Coast

For Biology

#3 in Ghana #1963 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

75

Ethiopia | Mekelle

Mekelle University

For Biology

#6 in Ethiopia #1968 in the World

88% Acceptance

17,030 Enrollment

1991 Founded

76

Ethiopia | Awasa

Hawassa University

For Biology

#7 in Ethiopia #1993 in the World

55% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1976 Founded

77

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Biology

#2002 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

78

Tanzania | Morogoro

Sokoine University of Agriculture

For Biology

#2 in Tanzania #2011 in the World

44% Acceptance

117 Enrollment

1984 Founded

79

Morocco | Kenitra

Ibn Tofail University

For Biology

#5 in Morocco #2031 in the World

61% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

80

Nigeria | Maiduguri

University of Maiduguri

For Biology

#14 in Nigeria #2071 in the World

32% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

81

Algeria | Annaba

University of Annaba

For Biology

#2 in Algeria #2082 in the World

64% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

82

Algeria | Constantine

University of Constantine 1

For Biology

#3 in Algeria #2090 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

83

Nigeria | Kano

Bayero University Kano

For Biology

#15 in Nigeria #2100 in the World

29% Acceptance

45,810 Enrollment

1975 Founded

84

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Biology

#3 in Tanzania #2101 in the World

25% Acceptance

2,100 Enrollment

2007 Founded

85

Morocco | Tetouan

Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Biology

#6 in Morocco #2111 in the World

60% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

86

Tunisia | Sousse

University of Sousse

For Biology

#6 in Tunisia #2114 in the World

34% Acceptance

19,311 Enrollment

87

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

University of Abomey-Calavi

For Biology

#1 in Benin #2115 in the World

63% Acceptance

20,400 Enrollment

1970 Founded

88

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

For Biology

#1 in Ivory Coast #2138 in the World

32% Acceptance

60,189 Enrollment

1964 Founded

89

Kenya | Nairobi

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Biology

#2 in Kenya #2139 in the World

16% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

90

South Africa | Cape Town

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Biology

#2152 in the World

91% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

2005 Founded

91

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

University of Ouagadougou

For Biology

#1 in Burkina Faso #2156 in the World

50% Acceptance

44,860 Enrollment

1974 Founded

92

Egypt | Damietta

Damietta University

For Biology

#19 in Egypt #2193 in the World

76% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2012 Founded

93

Mauritius | Reduit

University of Mauritius

For Biology

#1 in Mauritius #2196 in the World

70% Acceptance

19,200 Enrollment

1965 Founded

94

Nigeria | Umuahia

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Biology

#16 in Nigeria #2199 in the World

39% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

95

Egypt | New Cairo

American University in Cairo

For Biology

#20 in Egypt #2208 in the World

90% Acceptance

6,857 Enrollment

1919 Founded

96

Cameroon | Buea

University of Buea

For Biology

#2 in Cameroon #2215 in the World

46% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

97

Kenya | Nairobi

Kenyatta University

For Biology

#3 in Kenya #2242 in the World

70% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

98

Nigeria | Ota

Covenant University

For Biology

#17 in Nigeria #2248 in the World

89% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

99

Nigeria | Uyo

University of Uyo

For Biology

#18 in Nigeria #2275 in the World

41% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

100

DR Congo | Kinshasa

University of Kinshasa

For Biology

#1 in DR Congo #2303 in the World

65% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1954 Founded

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