Best Chemistry Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Chemistry

#1 in Egypt #377 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

2

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Chemistry

#433 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

3

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Chemistry

#454 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

4

South Africa | Stellenbosch

University of Stellenbosch

For Chemistry

#522 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1918 Founded

5

Egypt | Cairo

Ain Shams University

For Chemistry

#2 in Egypt #550 in the World

73% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

6

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Chemistry

#553 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

7

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Chemistry

#556 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

8

Egypt | Alexandria

Alexandria University

For Chemistry

#3 in Egypt #599 in the World

60% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

1942 Founded

9

Egypt | Mansoura

Mansoura University

For Chemistry

#4 in Egypt #603 in the World

70% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1972 Founded

10

Egypt | Zagazig

Zagazig University

For Chemistry

#5 in Egypt #763 in the World

75% Acceptance

117,299 Enrollment

1974 Founded

11

Egypt | Asyut

Assiut University

For Chemistry

#6 in Egypt #819 in the World

74% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1957 Founded

12

Egypt | Cairo

Al-Azhar University

For Chemistry

#7 in Egypt #839 in the World

77% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1961 Founded

13

Tunisia | Sfax

University of Sfax

For Chemistry

#1 in Tunisia #846 in the World

8% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

14

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Chemistry

#856 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

15

Egypt | Tanta

Tanta University

For Chemistry

#8 in Egypt #893 in the World

72% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

16

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Chemistry

#1 in Nigeria #984 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

17

Tunisia | Monastir

University of Monastir

For Chemistry

#2 in Tunisia #1049 in the World

51% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

18

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Chemistry

#1058 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

19

South Africa | Bloemfontein

University of the Free State

For Chemistry

#1110 in the World

25% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

20

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

Menoufia University

For Chemistry

#9 in Egypt #1146 in the World

71% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

21

Tunisia | Tunis

Tunis University

For Chemistry

#3 in Tunisia #1178 in the World

39% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

22

Egypt | Benha

Benha University

For Chemistry

#10 in Egypt #1180 in the World

90% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1976 Founded

23

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Tunis El Manar

For Chemistry

#4 in Tunisia #1181 in the World

45% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

24

Egypt | Minya

Minia University

For Chemistry

#11 in Egypt #1225 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1976 Founded

25

Morocco | Rabat

Mohammed V University

For Chemistry

#1 in Morocco #1256 in the World

50% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

26

Egypt | Ismailia

Suez Canal University

For Chemistry

#12 in Egypt #1260 in the World

77% Acceptance

40,317 Enrollment

1976 Founded

27

Nigeria | Nsukka

University of Nigeria

For Chemistry

#2 in Nigeria #1270 in the World

38% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

28

Egypt | Beni Suef

Beni-Suef University

For Chemistry

#13 in Egypt #1299 in the World

79% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

2005 Founded

29

South Africa | Pretoria

University of South Africa

For Chemistry

#1336 in the World

61% Acceptance

420,000 Enrollment

1873 Founded

30

South Africa | Makhanda

Rhodes University

For Chemistry

#1351 in the World

61% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

1904 Founded

31

Algeria | Algiers

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

For Chemistry

#1 in Algeria #1381 in the World

55% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

32

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa University

For Chemistry

#1 in Ethiopia #1394 in the World

64% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

33

Nigeria | Ife

Obafemi Awolowo University

For Chemistry

#3 in Nigeria #1400 in the World

7% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1962 Founded

34

Nigeria | Akure

Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Chemistry

#4 in Nigeria #1414 in the World

49% Acceptance

23,100 Enrollment

1981 Founded

35

Morocco | Marrakesh

Cadi Ayyad University

For Chemistry

#2 in Morocco #1417 in the World

59% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

36

Egypt | Cairo

Helwan University

For Chemistry

#14 in Egypt #1432 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

1975 Founded

37

Nigeria | Zaria

Ahmadu Bello University

For Chemistry

#5 in Nigeria #1478 in the World

8% Acceptance

49,436 Enrollment

1962 Founded

38

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Chemistry

#1492 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

39

South Africa | Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology

For Chemistry

#1520 in the World

89% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2003 Founded

40

Nigeria | Lagos

University of Lagos

For Chemistry

#6 in Nigeria #1566 in the World

11% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1962 Founded

41

Morocco | Fez

Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Chemistry

#3 in Morocco #1568 in the World

60% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

42

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

Kafrelsheikh University

For Chemistry

#15 in Egypt #1577 in the World

80% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

43

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Chemistry

#1 in Ghana #1600 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

44

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

For Chemistry

#1 in Uganda #1610 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

45

Nigeria | Benin

University of Benin

For Chemistry

#7 in Nigeria #1640 in the World

70% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

46

Kenya | Nairobi

University of Nairobi

For Chemistry

#1 in Kenya #1654 in the World

66% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

47

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Chemistry

#8 in Nigeria #1674 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

48

Morocco | Casablanca

Hassan II University of Casablanca

For Chemistry

#4 in Morocco #1675 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,000 Enrollment

49

Egypt | Qena

South Valley University – Qena

For Chemistry

#16 in Egypt #1681 in the World

64% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1995 Founded

50

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Chemistry

#2 in Ghana #1693 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

51

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt

For Chemistry

#9 in Nigeria #1719 in the World

15% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

52

Egypt | Nasser City

Sohag university

For Chemistry

#17 in Egypt #1741 in the World

75% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

53

Nigeria | Abeokuta

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Chemistry

#10 in Nigeria #1744 in the World

32% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

54

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Carthage

For Chemistry

#5 in Tunisia #1751 in the World

53% Acceptance

50,314 Enrollment

55

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Chemistry

#1786 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

56

Algeria | Constantine

University of Constantine 1

For Chemistry

#2 in Algeria #1841 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

57

Algeria | Setif

Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

For Chemistry

#3 in Algeria #1864 in the World

78% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

58

Algeria | Annaba

University of Annaba

For Chemistry

#4 in Algeria #1877 in the World

64% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

59

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Chemistry

#11 in Nigeria #1893 in the World

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

60

Morocco | Kenitra

Ibn Tofail University

For Chemistry

#5 in Morocco #1913 in the World

61% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

61

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Chemistry

#12 in Nigeria #1919 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1990 Founded

62

Egypt | Faiyum

Fayoum University

For Chemistry

#18 in Egypt #1954 in the World

76% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

2005 Founded

63

Sudan | Khartoum

University of Khartoum

For Chemistry

#1 in Sudan #1956 in the World

9% Acceptance

41,030 Enrollment

1956 Founded

64

Nigeria | Ota

Covenant University

For Chemistry

#13 in Nigeria #1987 in the World

89% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

65

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Chemistry

#1995 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

66

Zimbabwe | Harare

University of Zimbabwe

For Chemistry

#1 in Zimbabwe #2025 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,399 Enrollment

1955 Founded

67

Nigeria | Calabar

University of Calabar

For Chemistry

#14 in Nigeria #2050 in the World

30% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

1975 Founded

68

Egypt | New Cairo

American University in Cairo

For Chemistry

#19 in Egypt #2062 in the World

90% Acceptance

6,857 Enrollment

1919 Founded

69

Egypt | Damietta

Damietta University

For Chemistry

#20 in Egypt #2083 in the World

76% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2012 Founded

70

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Chemistry

#2084 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

71

Morocco | Tetouan

Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Chemistry

#6 in Morocco #2087 in the World

60% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

72

Algeria | Tlemcen

University of Tlemcen

For Chemistry

#5 in Algeria #2110 in the World

58% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

73

South Africa | Cape Town

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Chemistry

#2117 in the World

91% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

2005 Founded

74

Cameroon | Dschang

University of Dschang

For Chemistry

#1 in Cameroon #2154 in the World

34% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

75

Algeria | Bejaia

University of Bejaia

For Chemistry

#6 in Algeria #2188 in the World

50% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

76

Nigeria | Owerri

Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Chemistry

#15 in Nigeria #2190 in the World

20% Acceptance

23,100 Enrollment

1980 Founded

77

Senegal | Dakar

Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Chemistry

#1 in Senegal #2213 in the World

68% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1918 Founded

78

Nigeria | Umuahia

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Chemistry

#16 in Nigeria #2237 in the World

39% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

79

Tunisia | Gabes

Gabes University

For Chemistry

#6 in Tunisia #2255 in the World

28% Acceptance

15,263 Enrollment

80

Ethiopia | Gondar

University of Gondar

For Chemistry

#2 in Ethiopia #2278 in the World

19% Acceptance

49,103 Enrollment

1954 Founded

81

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam

For Chemistry

#1 in Tanzania #2287 in the World

10% Acceptance

45,155 Enrollment

1970 Founded

82

Nigeria | Uyo

University of Uyo

For Chemistry

#17 in Nigeria #2298 in the World

41% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

83

Botswana | Gaborone

University of Botswana

For Chemistry

#1 in Botswana #2309 in the World

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

84

Ethiopia | Jimma

Jimma University

For Chemistry

#3 in Ethiopia #2317 in the World

78% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1983 Founded

85

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

Bahir Dar University

For Chemistry

#4 in Ethiopia #2319 in the World

50% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

86

Egypt | Port Said

Port Said University

For Chemistry

#21 in Egypt #2351 in the World

66% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

2010 Founded

87

Egypt | Aswan

Aswan University

For Chemistry

#22 in Egypt #2363 in the World

74% Acceptance

1,898 Enrollment

2012 Founded

88

Algeria | Oran

University of Oran 1

For Chemistry

#7 in Algeria #2373 in the World

64% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

89

Egypt | Suez

Suez University

For Chemistry

#23 in Egypt #2375 in the World

75% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2012 Founded

90

Nigeria | Minna

Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Chemistry

#18 in Nigeria #2377 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

1982 Founded

91

Mauritius | Reduit

University of Mauritius

For Chemistry

#1 in Mauritius #2379 in the World

70% Acceptance

19,200 Enrollment

1965 Founded

92

Algeria | Algiers

National Polytechnic School, Algeria

For Chemistry

#8 in Algeria #2388 in the World

78% Acceptance

1,400 Enrollment

93

Tunisia | Sousse

University of Sousse

For Chemistry

#7 in Tunisia #2389 in the World

34% Acceptance

19,311 Enrollment

94

South Africa | Mankweng

University of Limpopo

For Chemistry

#2418 in the World

45% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1959 Founded

95

Algeria | Oran

University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Chemistry

#9 in Algeria #2423 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,484 Enrollment

96

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

University of Ouagadougou

For Chemistry

#1 in Burkina Faso #2462 in the World

50% Acceptance

44,860 Enrollment

1974 Founded

97

Nigeria | Kano

Bayero University Kano

For Chemistry

#19 in Nigeria #2463 in the World

29% Acceptance

45,810 Enrollment

1975 Founded

98

Egypt | Damanhur

Damanhour University

For Chemistry

#24 in Egypt #2477 in the World

71% Acceptance

40,317 Enrollment

2010 Founded

99

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

Rivers State University

For Chemistry

#20 in Nigeria #2513 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

100

Algeria | Blida

University of Blida 1

For Chemistry

#10 in Algeria #2514 in the World

58% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

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