Best Psychiatry Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Psychiatry

#1 in South Africa #226 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

2

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Psychiatry

#1 in Egypt #366 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

3

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Psychiatry

#3 in South Africa #367 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

4

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Psychiatry

#4 in South Africa #472 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

5

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Psychiatry

#5 in South Africa #581 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

6

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Psychiatry

#1 in Nigeria #691 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

7

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Psychiatry

#6 in South Africa #857 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

8

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Psychiatry

#1 in Ghana #952 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

9

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Psychiatry

#7 in South Africa #1074 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

10

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Psychiatry

#8 in South Africa #1083 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

11

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Psychiatry

#2 in Ghana #1382 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

12

Ethiopia | Haramaya

Haramaya University

For Psychiatry

#5 in Ethiopia #1931 in the World

78% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1954 Founded

13

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Psychiatry

#15 in South Africa #2103 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

14

Ghana | Tamale

University for Development Studies

For Psychiatry

#5 in Ghana #2723 in the World

16% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

1992 Founded

15

Algeria | Blida

University of Blida 1

For Psychiatry

#3 in Algeria #3313 in the World

58% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

16

Egypt | Cairo

Al-Azhar University

For Psychiatry

#7 in Egypt #902 in the World

77% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1961 Founded

17

Ivory Coast | Bouake

Alassane Ouattara University

For Psychiatry

#3 in Ivory Coast #5041 in the World

35% Acceptance

60,189 Enrollment

1992 Founded

18

Malawi | Zomba

University of Malawi

For Psychiatry

#1 in Malawi #1415 in the World

59% Acceptance

10,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

19

Nigeria | Yola

American University of Nigeria

For Psychiatry

#67 in Nigeria #5482 in the World

60% Acceptance

35,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

20

Nigeria | Minna

Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Psychiatry

#49 in Nigeria #4610 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

1982 Founded

21

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Psychiatry

#13 in South Africa #1942 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

22

Togo | Lome

University of Lome

For Psychiatry

#1 in Togo #3066 in the World

50% Acceptance

44,860 Enrollment

1970 Founded

23

Algeria | Oran

University of Oran 1

For Psychiatry

#2 in Algeria #3261 in the World

64% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

24

Egypt | Aswan

Aswan University

For Psychiatry

#21 in Egypt #2721 in the World

74% Acceptance

1,898 Enrollment

2012 Founded

25

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

Debre Berhan University

For Psychiatry

#9 in Ethiopia #2992 in the World

68% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

26

Kenya | Meru

Kenya Methodist University

For Psychiatry

#16 in Kenya #5365 in the World

93% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1997 Founded

27

Mozambique | Maputo

Eduardo Mondlane University

For Psychiatry

#1 in Mozambique #2507 in the World

20% Acceptance

37,968 Enrollment

1962 Founded

28

Nigeria | Iwo

Bowen University

For Psychiatry

#41 in Nigeria #4105 in the World

47% Acceptance

4,751 Enrollment

2001 Founded

29

Nigeria | Benin

University of Benin

For Psychiatry

#5 in Nigeria #1328 in the World

70% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

30

Sudan | Omdurman

Karary University

For Psychiatry

#14 in Sudan #5566 in the World

71% Acceptance

11,203 Enrollment

1994 Founded

31

Uganda | Mukono

Uganda Christian University

For Psychiatry

#8 in Uganda #5547 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

32

DR Congo | Kisangani

University of Kisangani

For Psychiatry

#3 in DR Congo #5166 in the World

64% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1963 Founded

33

Egypt | El Shorouk

British University in Egypt

For Psychiatry

#27 in Egypt #3535 in the World

40% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2005 Founded

34

Ghana | Sunyani

Catholic University College of Ghana

For Psychiatry

#10 in Ghana #5134 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

2003 Founded

35

Lesotho | Maseru

National University of Lesotho

For Psychiatry

#1 in Lesotho #4588 in the World

45% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1945 Founded

36

Nigeria | Auta Balifi

Bingham University

For Psychiatry

#50 in Nigeria #4627 in the World

49% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

2005 Founded

37

Nigeria | Bauchi

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

For Psychiatry

#46 in Nigeria #4311 in the World

44% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

38

Sierra Leone | Freetown

Njala University

For Psychiatry

#2 in Sierra Leone #5527 in the World

43% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

1964 Founded

39

Sudan | Khartoum

Sudan University of Science and Technology

For Psychiatry

#6 in Sudan #4006 in the World

57% Acceptance

13,160 Enrollment

1990 Founded

40

Zimbabwe | Bindura

Bindura University of Science Education

For Psychiatry

#6 in Zimbabwe #5022 in the World

69% Acceptance

22,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

41

Algeria | Mostaganem

University of Mostaganem

For Psychiatry

#14 in Algeria #5125 in the World

63% Acceptance

24,214 Enrollment

42

Egypt | New Cairo

American University in Cairo

For Psychiatry

#22 in Egypt #2865 in the World

90% Acceptance

6,857 Enrollment

1919 Founded

43

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

Nangui Abrogoua University

For Psychiatry

#2 in Ivory Coast #4702 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

1995 Founded

44

Mali | Bamako

University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Psychiatry

#1 in Mali #2713 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

45

Nigeria | Uli

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Psychiatry

#42 in Nigeria #4200 in the World

61% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2000 Founded

46

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

Babcock University

For Psychiatry

#23 in Nigeria #2840 in the World

11% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1999 Founded

47

South Africa | Mankweng

University of Limpopo

For Psychiatry

#11 in South Africa #1347 in the World

45% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1959 Founded

48

Tunisia | Kairouan

University of Kairouan

For Psychiatry

#11 in Tunisia #5309 in the World

50% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

49

Algeria | Tlemcen

University of Tlemcen

For Psychiatry

#1 in Algeria #3142 in the World

58% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

50

Egypt | 6th of October City

Modern Sciences and Arts University

For Psychiatry

#29 in Egypt #3757 in the World

76% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1996 Founded

51

Ethiopia | Adama

Adama Science and Technology University

For Psychiatry

#15 in Ethiopia #4361 in the World

68% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

52

Kenya | Eldoret

University of Eldoret

For Psychiatry

#17 in Kenya #5410 in the World

52% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2010 Founded

53

Namibia | Windhoek

Namibia University of Science and Technology

For Psychiatry

#2 in Namibia #5039 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

54

Nigeria | Ibadan

Lead City University

For Psychiatry

#35 in Nigeria #3804 in the World

59% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

2005 Founded

55

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Psychiatry

#6 in Nigeria #1475 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

56

Sudan | El-Gadarif

University of Gadarif

For Psychiatry

#12 in Sudan #5411 in the World

56% Acceptance

10,716 Enrollment

1994 Founded

57

Uganda | Busitema

Busitema University

For Psychiatry

#6 in Uganda #4694 in the World

10% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

58

Congo | Brazzaville

Marien Ngouabi University

For Psychiatry

#1 in Congo #4062 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,054 Enrollment

1958 Founded

59

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

Menoufia University

For Psychiatry

#9 in Egypt #1008 in the World

71% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

60

Ghana | Ho

Ho Technical University

For Psychiatry

#14 in Ghana #5449 in the World

71% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

61

Liberia | Monrovia

University of Liberia

For Psychiatry

#1 in Liberia #4440 in the World

83% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

62

Nigeria | Ede

Adeleke University

For Psychiatry

#61 in Nigeria #5361 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

2011 Founded

63

Nigeria | Maiduguri

University of Maiduguri

For Psychiatry

#12 in Nigeria #1974 in the World

32% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

64

Sierra Leone | Freetown

University of Sierra Leone

For Psychiatry

#1 in Sierra Leone #4169 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

2005 Founded

65

Sudan | Khartoum

University of Khartoum

For Psychiatry

#1 in Sudan #1406 in the World

9% Acceptance

41,030 Enrollment

1956 Founded

66

Zimbabwe | Chinhoyi

Chinhoyi University of Technology

For Psychiatry

#7 in Zimbabwe #5435 in the World

59% Acceptance

22,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

67

Egypt | Sadat

University of Sadat City

For Psychiatry

#28 in Egypt #3560 in the World

73% Acceptance

40,317 Enrollment

2013 Founded

68

Egypt | Mansoura

Mansoura University

For Psychiatry

#4 in Egypt #616 in the World

70% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1972 Founded

69

Ivory Coast | Abidjan

Felix Houphouet-Boigny University

For Psychiatry

#1 in Ivory Coast #3101 in the World

32% Acceptance

60,189 Enrollment

1964 Founded

70

Mauritania | Nouakchott

University of Science, Technology and Medicine

For Psychiatry

#1 in Mauritania #4933 in the World

58% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

71

Nigeria | Owerri

Imo State University

For Psychiatry

#37 in Nigeria #3862 in the World

30% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1981 Founded

72

Nigeria | Abuja

University of Abuja

For Psychiatry

#34 in Nigeria #3728 in the World

21% Acceptance

35,372 Enrollment

1988 Founded

73

South Africa | Cape Town

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Psychiatry

#21 in South Africa #3086 in the World

91% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

2005 Founded

74

Tunisia | Gafsa

Gafsa University

For Psychiatry

#10 in Tunisia #5257 in the World

39% Acceptance

9,092 Enrollment

75

Cameroon | Bamenda

University of Bamenda

For Psychiatry

#4 in Cameroon #3761 in the World

58% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

76

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

Kafrelsheikh University

For Psychiatry

#18 in Egypt #2362 in the World

80% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

77

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

Arba Minch University

For Psychiatry

#10 in Ethiopia #3091 in the World

71% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1986 Founded

78

Kenya | Nairobi

Catholic University of Eastern Africa

For Psychiatry

#9 in Kenya #4622 in the World

92% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1984 Founded

79

Namibia | Windhoek

University of Namibia

For Psychiatry

#1 in Namibia #2990 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1992 Founded

80

Nigeria | Ekpoma

Ambrose Alli University

For Psychiatry

#32 in Nigeria #3685 in the World

47% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

81

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Psychiatry

#10 in Nigeria #1848 in the World

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

82

Sudan | Khartoum

University of Medical Sciences and Technology

For Psychiatry

#5 in Sudan #3553 in the World

71% Acceptance

20,463 Enrollment

1996 Founded

83

Uganda | Gulu

Gulu University

For Psychiatry

#4 in Uganda #3520 in the World

40% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

84

Chad | N'Djamena

University of N’Djamena

For Psychiatry

#1 in Chad #4791 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

85

Egypt | Minya

Minia University

For Psychiatry

#12 in Egypt #1148 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1976 Founded

86

Ghana | Kumasi

Kumasi Technical University

For Psychiatry

#11 in Ghana #5253 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

87

Libya | Misrata

Misurata University

For Psychiatry

#4 in Libya #4894 in the World

93% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

88

Nigeria | Yola

Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Psychiatry

#58 in Nigeria #5067 in the World

56% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

89

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

Rivers State University

For Psychiatry

#26 in Nigeria #3135 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

90

Somalia | Mogadishu

Somali National University

For Psychiatry

#1 in Somalia #5195 in the World

55% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

91

Tanzania | Mwanza

Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Psychiatry

#4 in Tanzania #3568 in the World

74% Acceptance

2,100 Enrollment

1994 Founded

92

Zimbabwe | Gweru

Midlands State University

For Psychiatry

#3 in Zimbabwe #4247 in the World

59% Acceptance

22,000 Enrollment

2000 Founded

93

Algeria | Constantine

University of Constantine 1

For Psychiatry

#6 in Algeria #3808 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

94

Egypt | Alexandria

Alexandria University

For Psychiatry

#3 in Egypt #583 in the World

60% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

1942 Founded

95

Kenya | Kisumu

Great Lakes University of Kisumu

For Psychiatry

#11 in Kenya #5078 in the World

83% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

2005 Founded

96

Mauritius | Reduit

University of Mauritius

For Psychiatry

#1 in Mauritius #3605 in the World

70% Acceptance

19,200 Enrollment

1965 Founded

97

Nigeria | Gombe

Gombe State University

For Psychiatry

#53 in Nigeria #4885 in the World

59% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

98

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Psychiatry

#14 in Nigeria #2067 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1990 Founded

99

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Psychiatry

#17 in South Africa #2599 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

100

Tunisia | Jendouba

University of Jendouba

For Psychiatry

#9 in Tunisia #4536 in the World

38% Acceptance

19,311 Enrollment

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