Best Environmental Science Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Environmental Science

#176 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

2

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Environmental Science

#230 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

3

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Environmental Science

#273 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

4

South Africa | Stellenbosch

University of Stellenbosch

For Environmental Science

#289 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1918 Founded

5

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Environmental Science

#290 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

6

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Environmental Science

#1 in Egypt #414 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

7

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Environmental Science

#557 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

8

Egypt | Cairo

Ain Shams University

For Environmental Science

#2 in Egypt #577 in the World

73% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

9

Egypt | Alexandria

Alexandria University

For Environmental Science

#3 in Egypt #606 in the World

60% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

1942 Founded

10

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Environmental Science

#643 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

11

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Environmental Science

#1 in Nigeria #668 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

12

Egypt | Mansoura

Mansoura University

For Environmental Science

#4 in Egypt #698 in the World

70% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1972 Founded

13

South Africa | Pretoria

University of South Africa

For Environmental Science

#732 in the World

61% Acceptance

420,000 Enrollment

1873 Founded

14

Egypt | Zagazig

Zagazig University

For Environmental Science

#5 in Egypt #740 in the World

75% Acceptance

117,299 Enrollment

1974 Founded

15

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa University

For Environmental Science

#1 in Ethiopia #742 in the World

64% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

16

South Africa | Bloemfontein

University of the Free State

For Environmental Science

#761 in the World

25% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

17

South Africa | Makhanda

Rhodes University

For Environmental Science

#772 in the World

61% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

1904 Founded

18

Tunisia | Sfax

University of Sfax

For Environmental Science

#1 in Tunisia #808 in the World

8% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

19

Egypt | Asyut

Assiut University

For Environmental Science

#6 in Egypt #852 in the World

74% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1957 Founded

20

Nigeria | Nsukka

University of Nigeria

For Environmental Science

#2 in Nigeria #875 in the World

38% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

21

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Environmental Science

#1 in Ghana #901 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

22

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

For Environmental Science

#1 in Uganda #902 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

23

Kenya | Nairobi

University of Nairobi

For Environmental Science

#1 in Kenya #935 in the World

66% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

24

Egypt | Cairo

Al-Azhar University

For Environmental Science

#7 in Egypt #941 in the World

77% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1961 Founded

25

Nigeria | Ife

Obafemi Awolowo University

For Environmental Science

#3 in Nigeria #956 in the World

7% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1962 Founded

26

Egypt | Tanta

Tanta University

For Environmental Science

#8 in Egypt #984 in the World

72% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

27

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Environmental Science

#1019 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

28

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Environmental Science

#2 in Ghana #1053 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

29

Tunisia | Tunis

Tunis University

For Environmental Science

#2 in Tunisia #1107 in the World

39% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

30

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Tunis El Manar

For Environmental Science

#3 in Tunisia #1117 in the World

45% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

31

Morocco | Rabat

Mohammed V University

For Environmental Science

#1 in Morocco #1119 in the World

50% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

32

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam

For Environmental Science

#1 in Tanzania #1121 in the World

10% Acceptance

45,155 Enrollment

1970 Founded

33

Nigeria | Akure

Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Environmental Science

#4 in Nigeria #1135 in the World

49% Acceptance

23,100 Enrollment

1981 Founded

34

Nigeria | Lagos

University of Lagos

For Environmental Science

#5 in Nigeria #1165 in the World

11% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1962 Founded

35

Nigeria | Zaria

Ahmadu Bello University

For Environmental Science

#6 in Nigeria #1169 in the World

8% Acceptance

49,436 Enrollment

1962 Founded

36

Egypt | Benha

Benha University

For Environmental Science

#9 in Egypt #1179 in the World

90% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1976 Founded

37

Egypt | Ismailia

Suez Canal University

For Environmental Science

#10 in Egypt #1183 in the World

77% Acceptance

40,317 Enrollment

1976 Founded

38

Morocco | Marrakesh

Cadi Ayyad University

For Environmental Science

#2 in Morocco #1201 in the World

59% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

39

Zimbabwe | Harare

University of Zimbabwe

For Environmental Science

#1 in Zimbabwe #1206 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,399 Enrollment

1955 Founded

40

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Environmental Science

#1263 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

41

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

Menoufia University

For Environmental Science

#11 in Egypt #1278 in the World

71% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

42

Tunisia | Monastir

University of Monastir

For Environmental Science

#4 in Tunisia #1299 in the World

51% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

43

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt

For Environmental Science

#7 in Nigeria #1317 in the World

15% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

44

South Africa | Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology

For Environmental Science

#1336 in the World

89% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2003 Founded

45

Egypt | Minya

Minia University

For Environmental Science

#12 in Egypt #1339 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1976 Founded

46

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Environmental Science

#8 in Nigeria #1345 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

47

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Environmental Science

#1351 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

48

Egypt | Cairo

Helwan University

For Environmental Science

#13 in Egypt #1353 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

1975 Founded

49

Botswana | Gaborone

University of Botswana

For Environmental Science

#1 in Botswana #1359 in the World

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

50

Algeria | Algiers

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

For Environmental Science

#1 in Algeria #1373 in the World

55% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

51

Morocco | Fez

Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Environmental Science

#3 in Morocco #1462 in the World

60% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

52

Nigeria | Benin

University of Benin

For Environmental Science

#9 in Nigeria #1486 in the World

70% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

53

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

Kafrelsheikh University

For Environmental Science

#14 in Egypt #1489 in the World

80% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

54

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

Bahir Dar University

For Environmental Science

#2 in Ethiopia #1499 in the World

50% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

55

Nigeria | Abeokuta

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Environmental Science

#10 in Nigeria #1504 in the World

32% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

56

Ethiopia | Jimma

Jimma University

For Environmental Science

#3 in Ethiopia #1521 in the World

78% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1983 Founded

57

Nigeria | Ota

Covenant University

For Environmental Science

#11 in Nigeria #1529 in the World

89% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

58

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Carthage

For Environmental Science

#5 in Tunisia #1578 in the World

53% Acceptance

50,314 Enrollment

59

Morocco | Casablanca

Hassan II University of Casablanca

For Environmental Science

#4 in Morocco #1592 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,000 Enrollment

60

Senegal | Dakar

Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Environmental Science

#1 in Senegal #1595 in the World

68% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1918 Founded

61

Egypt | Qena

South Valley University – Qena

For Environmental Science

#15 in Egypt #1617 in the World

64% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1995 Founded

62

Egypt | Beni Suef

Beni-Suef University

For Environmental Science

#16 in Egypt #1632 in the World

79% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

2005 Founded

63

Nigeria | Calabar

University of Calabar

For Environmental Science

#12 in Nigeria #1657 in the World

30% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

1975 Founded

64

Tanzania | Morogoro

Sokoine University of Agriculture

For Environmental Science

#2 in Tanzania #1660 in the World

44% Acceptance

117 Enrollment

1984 Founded

65

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Environmental Science

#1686 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

66

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Environmental Science

#13 in Nigeria #1707 in the World

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

67

Cameroon | Dschang

University of Dschang

For Environmental Science

#1 in Cameroon #1717 in the World

34% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

68

Ethiopia | Haramaya

Haramaya University

For Environmental Science

#4 in Ethiopia #1737 in the World

78% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1954 Founded

69

Morocco | Tetouan

Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Environmental Science

#5 in Morocco #1742 in the World

60% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

70

Ghana | Cape Coast

University of Cape Coast

For Environmental Science

#3 in Ghana #1750 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

71

South Africa | Mankweng

University of Limpopo

For Environmental Science

#1762 in the World

45% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1959 Founded

72

South Africa | Cape Town

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Environmental Science

#1765 in the World

91% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

2005 Founded

73

Ethiopia | Gondar

University of Gondar

For Environmental Science

#5 in Ethiopia #1779 in the World

19% Acceptance

49,103 Enrollment

1954 Founded

74

Sudan | Khartoum

University of Khartoum

For Environmental Science

#1 in Sudan #1782 in the World

9% Acceptance

41,030 Enrollment

1956 Founded

75

Kenya | Nairobi

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Environmental Science

#2 in Kenya #1818 in the World

16% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

76

Tunisia | Sousse

University of Sousse

For Environmental Science

#6 in Tunisia #1826 in the World

34% Acceptance

19,311 Enrollment

77

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Environmental Science

#14 in Nigeria #1829 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1990 Founded

78

Morocco | Kenitra

Ibn Tofail University

For Environmental Science

#6 in Morocco #1844 in the World

61% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

79

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Environmental Science

#3 in Tanzania #1845 in the World

25% Acceptance

2,100 Enrollment

2007 Founded

80

Ethiopia | Awasa

Hawassa University

For Environmental Science

#6 in Ethiopia #1848 in the World

55% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1976 Founded

81

Ethiopia | Mekelle

Mekelle University

For Environmental Science

#7 in Ethiopia #1850 in the World

88% Acceptance

17,030 Enrollment

1991 Founded

82

Kenya | Nairobi

Kenyatta University

For Environmental Science

#3 in Kenya #1852 in the World

70% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

83

Mauritius | Reduit

University of Mauritius

For Environmental Science

#1 in Mauritius #1867 in the World

70% Acceptance

19,200 Enrollment

1965 Founded

84

Algeria | Annaba

University of Annaba

For Environmental Science

#2 in Algeria #1924 in the World

64% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

85

Egypt | Faiyum

Fayoum University

For Environmental Science

#17 in Egypt #1938 in the World

76% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

2005 Founded

86

Egypt | New Cairo

American University in Cairo

For Environmental Science

#18 in Egypt #1951 in the World

90% Acceptance

6,857 Enrollment

1919 Founded

87

Egypt | Nasser City

Sohag university

For Environmental Science

#19 in Egypt #1962 in the World

75% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

88

Algeria | Constantine

University of Constantine 1

For Environmental Science

#3 in Algeria #1980 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

89

Zambia | Lusaka

University of Zambia

For Environmental Science

#1 in Zambia #1994 in the World

60% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

90

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

For Environmental Science

#1 in Ivory Coast #2018 in the World

32% Acceptance

60,189 Enrollment

1964 Founded

91

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

Rivers State University

For Environmental Science

#15 in Nigeria #2057 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

92

Nigeria | Umuahia

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Environmental Science

#16 in Nigeria #2061 in the World

39% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

93

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

University of Ouagadougou

For Environmental Science

#1 in Burkina Faso #2086 in the World

50% Acceptance

44,860 Enrollment

1974 Founded

94

Ghana | Tamale

University for Development Studies

For Environmental Science

#4 in Ghana #2096 in the World

16% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

1992 Founded

95

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

University of Abomey-Calavi

For Environmental Science

#1 in Benin #2116 in the World

63% Acceptance

20,400 Enrollment

1970 Founded

96

Egypt | Aswan

Aswan University

For Environmental Science

#20 in Egypt #2126 in the World

74% Acceptance

1,898 Enrollment

2012 Founded

97

Malawi | Zomba

University of Malawi

For Environmental Science

#1 in Malawi #2127 in the World

59% Acceptance

10,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

98

South Africa | Thohoyandou

University of Venda

For Environmental Science

#2169 in the World

72% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1982 Founded

99

Nigeria | Minna

Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Environmental Science

#17 in Nigeria #2190 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

1982 Founded

100

Nigeria | Uyo

University of Uyo

For Environmental Science

#18 in Nigeria #2196 in the World

41% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

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