Best Law Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Law

#1 in South Africa #158 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

2

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Law

#2 in South Africa #207 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

3

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Law

#4 in South Africa #260 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

4

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Law

#5 in South Africa #294 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

5

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Law

#7 in South Africa #318 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

6

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Law

#8 in South Africa #445 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

7

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Law

#1 in Ghana #589 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

8

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Law

#1 in Nigeria #621 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

9

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Law

#9 in South Africa #631 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

10

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Law

#1 in Egypt #761 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

11

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Law

#2 in Ghana #989 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

12

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Law

#12 in South Africa #1006 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

13

Ghana | Tamale

University for Development Studies

For Law

#4 in Ghana #1845 in the World

16% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

1992 Founded

14

Ethiopia | Haramaya

Haramaya University

For Law

#5 in Ethiopia #2231 in the World

78% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1954 Founded

15

Cameroon | Douala

University of Douala

For Law

#3 in Cameroon #3580 in the World

59% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

16

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

Kafrelsheikh University

For Law

#20 in Egypt #3169 in the World

80% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

17

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

Debre Berhan University

For Law

#10 in Ethiopia #3651 in the World

68% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

18

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

For Law

#1 in Ivory Coast #3504 in the World

32% Acceptance

60,189 Enrollment

1964 Founded

19

Libya | Bayda

Omar Al-Mukhtar University

For Law

#5 in Libya #6017 in the World

93% Acceptance

40,317 Enrollment

1960 Founded

20

Nigeria | Awka

Paul University

For Law

#77 in Nigeria #5984 in the World

48% Acceptance

500 Enrollment

2009 Founded

21

Nigeria | Ibadan

Lead City University

For Law

#32 in Nigeria #3097 in the World

59% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

2005 Founded

22

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Law

#7 in Nigeria #1344 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

23

Sudan | Kassala

University of Kassala

For Law

#10 in Sudan #6384 in the World

64% Acceptance

10,716 Enrollment

1990 Founded

24

Tunisia | Sfax

University of Sfax

For Law

#1 in Tunisia #1091 in the World

8% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

25

Zimbabwe | Harare

University of Zimbabwe

For Law

#1 in Zimbabwe #1216 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,399 Enrollment

1955 Founded

26

Algeria | Algiers

University of Algiers 1

For Law

#11 in Algeria #4429 in the World

62% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

27

Algeria | Ouargla

University of Ouargla

For Law

#13 in Algeria #4571 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

28

Egypt | El Shorouk

British University in Egypt

For Law

#16 in Egypt #2854 in the World

40% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2005 Founded

29

Ghana | Accra

Islamic University College, Ghana

For Law

#17 in Ghana #5110 in the World

60% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

30

Kenya | Kilifi

Pwani University

For Law

#16 in Kenya #5345 in the World

54% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

31

Mauritius | Reduit

University of Mauritius

For Law

#1 in Mauritius #1867 in the World

70% Acceptance

19,200 Enrollment

1965 Founded

32

Nigeria | Katsina

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University

For Law

#73 in Nigeria #5754 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

33

Nigeria | Maiduguri

University of Maiduguri

For Law

#28 in Nigeria #2825 in the World

32% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

34

Sierra Leone | Freetown

University of Sierra Leone

For Law

#1 in Sierra Leone #3597 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

2005 Founded

35

Sudan | Khartoum

Neelain University

For Law

#4 in Sudan #5211 in the World

71% Acceptance

11,203 Enrollment

1993 Founded

36

Uganda | Kampala

Uganda Martyrs University

For Law

#7 in Uganda #4998 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1989 Founded

37

Egypt | Damietta

Damietta University

For Law

#24 in Egypt #3956 in the World

76% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2012 Founded

38

Algeria | Oran

University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Law

#10 in Algeria #4375 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,484 Enrollment

39

Egypt | Mansoura

Mansoura University

For Law

#4 in Egypt #1245 in the World

70% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1972 Founded

40

Ghana | Tema

Central University

For Law

#12 in Ghana #4249 in the World

45% Acceptance

26,703 Enrollment

1997 Founded

41

Kenya | Njoro

Egerton University

For Law

#5 in Kenya #2848 in the World

33% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1987 Founded

42

Namibia | Windhoek

Namibia University of Science and Technology

For Law

#2 in Namibia #2719 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

43

Nigeria | Effurun

Federal University of Petroleum Resources

For Law

#64 in Nigeria #4961 in the World

48% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

2007 Founded

44

Nigeria | Abuja

University of Abuja

For Law

#30 in Nigeria #3029 in the World

21% Acceptance

35,372 Enrollment

1988 Founded

45

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Law

#13 in South Africa #1231 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

46

Tanzania | Morogoro

Mzumbe University

For Law

#5 in Tanzania #3860 in the World

42% Acceptance

14,780 Enrollment

2003 Founded

47

Zimbabwe | Bindura

Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University

For Law

#11 in Zimbabwe #6242 in the World

100% Acceptance

22,000 Enrollment

2012 Founded

48

Cameroon | Bamenda

University of Bamenda

For Law

#4 in Cameroon #3715 in the World

58% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

49

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

Nile University

For Law

#23 in Egypt #3632 in the World

90% Acceptance

500 Enrollment

2006 Founded

50

Ethiopia | Adama

Adama Science and Technology University

For Law

#14 in Ethiopia #4707 in the World

68% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

51

Kenya | Nairobi

Adventist University of Africa

For Law

#27 in Kenya #6564 in the World

62% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

2005 Founded

52

Libya | Sabha

Sebha University

For Law

#4 in Libya #5788 in the World

80% Acceptance

9,092 Enrollment

1984 Founded

53

Nigeria | Osogbo

Fountain University, Osogbo

For Law

#74 in Nigeria #5755 in the World

48% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

54

Nigeria | Ekpoma

Ambrose Alli University

For Law

#29 in Nigeria #3012 in the World

47% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

55

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Law

#8 in Nigeria #1434 in the World

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

56

Sudan | Omdurman

Karary University

For Law

#12 in Sudan #6534 in the World

71% Acceptance

11,203 Enrollment

1994 Founded

57

Tunisia | Gabes

Gabes University

For Law

#8 in Tunisia #4009 in the World

28% Acceptance

15,263 Enrollment

58

Algeria | Setif

Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

For Law

#9 in Algeria #4106 in the World

78% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

59

Algeria | Bejaia

University of Bejaia

For Law

#7 in Algeria #3908 in the World

50% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

60

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

Menoufia University

For Law

#9 in Egypt #1902 in the World

71% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

61

Ghana | Santasi-Kumasi

Christian Service University College

For Law

#22 in Ghana #5913 in the World

64% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

62

Kenya | Nairobi

Daystar University

For Law

#15 in Kenya #5183 in the World

92% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1989 Founded

63

Morocco | Ifrane

Al Akhawayn University

For Law

#7 in Morocco #2981 in the World

60% Acceptance

4,216 Enrollment

64

Nigeria | Ikot Akpad

Akwa Ibom State University

For Law

#58 in Nigeria #4629 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2009 Founded

65

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

Rivers State University

For Law

#21 in Nigeria #2333 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

66

Somalia | Mogadishu

University of Somalia

For Law

#2 in Somalia #6397 in the World

65% Acceptance

11,760 Enrollment

67

Sudan | Khartoum

Omdurman Islamic University

For Law

#7 in Sudan #5878 in the World

64% Acceptance

41,030 Enrollment

1912 Founded

68

Uganda | Mukono

Uganda Christian University

For Law

#6 in Uganda #4997 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

69

Botswana | Palapye

Botswana International University of Science and Technology

For Law

#2 in Botswana #5078 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,966 Enrollment

2005 Founded

70

Algeria | Mostaganem

University of Mostaganem

For Law

#12 in Algeria #4487 in the World

63% Acceptance

24,214 Enrollment

71

Egypt | Alexandria

Alexandria University

For Law

#3 in Egypt #1103 in the World

60% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

1942 Founded

72

Ghana | Sunyani

University of Energy and Natural Resources

For Law

#10 in Ghana #4047 in the World

53% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

2011 Founded

73

Kenya | Nairobi

Strathmore University

For Law

#7 in Kenya #3417 in the World

52% Acceptance

8,189 Enrollment

2002 Founded

74

Namibia | Windhoek

University of Namibia

For Law

#1 in Namibia #2407 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1992 Founded

75

Nigeria | Gombe

Gombe State University

For Law

#59 in Nigeria #4656 in the World

59% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

76

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Law

#27 in Nigeria #2695 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1990 Founded

77

South Africa | Mankweng

University of Limpopo

For Law

#15 in South Africa #1453 in the World

45% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1959 Founded

78

Tanzania | Arusha

Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

For Law

#6 in Tanzania #4378 in the World

40% Acceptance

117 Enrollment

2009 Founded

79

Zimbabwe | Lupane

Lupane State University

For Law

#8 in Zimbabwe #5566 in the World

78% Acceptance

22,000 Enrollment

2005 Founded

80

Cameroon | Buea

University of Buea

For Law

#2 in Cameroon #2693 in the World

46% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

81

Egypt | New Cairo

Future University in Egypt

For Law

#30 in Egypt #4728 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2006 Founded

82

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

Arba Minch University

For Law

#9 in Ethiopia #3358 in the World

71% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1986 Founded

83

Kenya | Kericho

University of Kabianga

For Law

#18 in Kenya #5535 in the World

15% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2009 Founded

84

Libya | Tripoli

University of Tripoli – Libya

For Law

#1 in Libya #3618 in the World

76% Acceptance

44,338 Enrollment

1957 Founded

85

Nigeria | Okitipupa

Ondo State University of Science and Technology

For Law

#62 in Nigeria #4889 in the World

49% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

2008 Founded

86

Nigeria | Enugu

Enugu State University of Science and Technology

For Law

#38 in Nigeria #3207 in the World

41% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1981 Founded

87

Nigeria | Ota

Covenant University

For Law

#5 in Nigeria #1124 in the World

89% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

88

Sudan | El-Gadarif

University of Gadarif

For Law

#16 in Sudan #6633 in the World

56% Acceptance

10,716 Enrollment

1994 Founded

89

Tunisia | Manouba

Manouba University

For Law

#6 in Tunisia #2046 in the World

40% Acceptance

17,040 Enrollment

90

Algeria | Oran

University of Oran 1

For Law

#4 in Algeria #3357 in the World

64% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

91

Algeria | Laghouat

University of Laghouat

For Law

#19 in Algeria #5309 in the World

53% Acceptance

31,588 Enrollment

92

Egypt | Minya

Minia University

For Law

#13 in Egypt #2266 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1976 Founded

93

Ghana | Cape Coast

Cape Coast Technical University

For Law

#19 in Ghana #5298 in the World

68% Acceptance

26,703 Enrollment

1986 Founded

94

Kenya | Kitui

South Eastern Kenya University

For Law

#21 in Kenya #5721 in the World

48% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2008 Founded

95

Morocco | Tetouan

Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Law

#6 in Morocco #2600 in the World

60% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

96

Nigeria | Okada

Igbinedion University Okada

For Law

#65 in Nigeria #5003 in the World

68% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1999 Founded

97

Nigeria | Ilorin

Kwara State University

For Law

#51 in Nigeria #3983 in the World

27% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2009 Founded

98

Somalia | Hargeisa

University of Hargeisa

For Law

#3 in Somalia #6475 in the World

57% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

99

Sudan | Khartoum

Sudan University of Science and Technology

For Law

#2 in Sudan #4600 in the World

57% Acceptance

13,160 Enrollment

1990 Founded

100

Uganda | Busitema

Busitema University

For Law

#9 in Uganda #5304 in the World

10% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

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