Best Surgery Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Surgery

#1 in Egypt #197 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

2

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Surgery

#1 in South Africa #224 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

3

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Surgery

#2 in South Africa #316 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

4

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Surgery

#4 in South Africa #459 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

5

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Surgery

#5 in South Africa #569 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

6

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Surgery

#1 in Nigeria #763 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

7

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Surgery

#1 in Ghana #960 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

8

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#2 in Ghana #1173 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

9

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Surgery

#8 in South Africa #1228 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

10

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Surgery

#9 in South Africa #1306 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

11

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Surgery

#10 in South Africa #1349 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

12

Ethiopia | Haramaya

Haramaya University

For Surgery

#7 in Ethiopia #1737 in the World

78% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1954 Founded

13

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Surgery

#15 in South Africa #2318 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

14

Ghana | Tamale

University for Development Studies

For Surgery

#5 in Ghana #2391 in the World

16% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

1992 Founded

15

Chad | N'Djamena

University of N’Djamena

For Surgery

#1 in Chad #3840 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

16

Egypt | Nasser City

Sohag university

For Surgery

#13 in Egypt #981 in the World

75% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

17

Ghana | Sunyani

Catholic University College of Ghana

For Surgery

#7 in Ghana #4334 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

2003 Founded

18

Mali | Bamako

University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Surgery

#1 in Mali #1474 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

19

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

Niger Delta University

For Surgery

#24 in Nigeria #2544 in the World

38% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2000 Founded

20

Nigeria | Ojo

Lagos State University

For Surgery

#13 in Nigeria #1841 in the World

25% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1983 Founded

21

Sudan | Khartoum

University of Medical Sciences and Technology

For Surgery

#5 in Sudan #2724 in the World

71% Acceptance

20,463 Enrollment

1996 Founded

22

Uganda | Kampala

Kampala International University

For Surgery

#3 in Uganda #2747 in the World

82% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

23

Algeria | Blida

University of Blida 1

For Surgery

#1 in Algeria #2039 in the World

58% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

24

Egypt | Zagazig

Zagazig University

For Surgery

#5 in Egypt #515 in the World

75% Acceptance

117,299 Enrollment

1974 Founded

25

Kenya | Bondo

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#12 in Kenya #4828 in the World

62% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2009 Founded

26

Namibia | Windhoek

Namibia University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#2 in Namibia #4573 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

27

Nigeria | Abakaliki

Ebonyi State University

For Surgery

#19 in Nigeria #2184 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

2000 Founded

28

Senegal | Saint-Louis

University Gaston Berger

For Surgery

#2 in Senegal #3589 in the World

46% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1990 Founded

29

Tanzania | Mwanza

Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Surgery

#2 in Tanzania #1936 in the World

74% Acceptance

2,100 Enrollment

1994 Founded

30

Egypt | Cairo

Misr International University

For Surgery

#31 in Egypt #3026 in the World

60% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1996 Founded

31

Ethiopia | Adama

Adama Science and Technology University

For Surgery

#15 in Ethiopia #3503 in the World

68% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

32

Liberia | Monrovia

University of Liberia

For Surgery

#1 in Liberia #4543 in the World

83% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

33

Nigeria | Birnin Kebbi

Federal University, Birnin Kebbi

For Surgery

#45 in Nigeria #3668 in the World

52% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

2013 Founded

34

Nigeria | Sokoto

Usmanu Danfodio University

For Surgery

#14 in Nigeria #1844 in the World

29% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

35

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Surgery

#16 in South Africa #2580 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

36

Tunisia | Sfax

University of Sfax

For Surgery

#4 in Tunisia #1183 in the World

8% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

37

Cameroon | Buea

University of Buea

For Surgery

#1 in Cameroon #1705 in the World

46% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

38

Egypt | Qena

South Valley University – Qena

For Surgery

#16 in Egypt #1371 in the World

64% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1995 Founded

39

Ghana | Ho

Ho Technical University

For Surgery

#11 in Ghana #4860 in the World

71% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

40

Mauritania | Nouakchott

University of Science, Technology and Medicine

For Surgery

#1 in Mauritania #3865 in the World

58% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

41

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

For Surgery

#56 in Nigeria #4664 in the World

58% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

42

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt

For Surgery

#10 in Nigeria #1556 in the World

15% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

43

Sudan | Khartoum

Al Zaiem Al Azhari University

For Surgery

#7 in Sudan #3526 in the World

63% Acceptance

20,463 Enrollment

1993 Founded

44

Uganda | Mbarara

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#2 in Uganda #1541 in the World

8% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1989 Founded

45

Algeria | Algiers

University of Algiers 1

For Surgery

#4 in Algeria #2564 in the World

62% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

46

Egypt | Cairo

Al-Azhar University

For Surgery

#7 in Egypt #543 in the World

77% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1961 Founded

47

Kenya | Mombasa

Technical University of Mombasa

For Surgery

#8 in Kenya #4374 in the World

30% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

48

Namibia | Windhoek

University of Namibia

For Surgery

#1 in Namibia #3058 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1992 Founded

49

Nigeria | Abraka

Delta State University, Abraka

For Surgery

#22 in Nigeria #2332 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

50

Senegal | Dakar

Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Surgery

#1 in Senegal #1379 in the World

68% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1918 Founded

51

Tanzania | Arusha

Tumaini University Makumira

For Surgery

#6 in Tanzania #3635 in the World

72% Acceptance

2,100 Enrollment

1997 Founded

52

Algeria | Constantine

University of Constantine 1

For Surgery

#8 in Algeria #2981 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

53

Egypt | Alexandria

Pharos University in Alexandria

For Surgery

#29 in Egypt #2949 in the World

75% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

2006 Founded

54

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

Arba Minch University

For Surgery

#10 in Ethiopia #2429 in the World

71% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1986 Founded

55

Libya | Sirte

Sirte University

For Surgery

#6 in Libya #4671 in the World

87% Acceptance

21,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

56

Nigeria | Okada

Igbinedion University Okada

For Surgery

#49 in Nigeria #4243 in the World

68% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1999 Founded

57

Nigeria | Minna

Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Surgery

#53 in Nigeria #4475 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

1982 Founded

58

South Africa | Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology

For Surgery

#20 in South Africa #2925 in the World

89% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2003 Founded

59

Tunisia | Manouba

Manouba University

For Surgery

#6 in Tunisia #2040 in the World

40% Acceptance

17,040 Enrollment

60

Cameroon | Dschang

University of Dschang

For Surgery

#4 in Cameroon #3097 in the World

34% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

61

Egypt | Faiyum

Fayoum University

For Surgery

#15 in Egypt #1337 in the World

76% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

2005 Founded

62

Ghana | Kumasi

Kumasi Technical University

For Surgery

#10 in Ghana #4756 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

63

Mauritius | Reduit

University of Mauritius

For Surgery

#1 in Mauritius #3116 in the World

70% Acceptance

19,200 Enrollment

1965 Founded

64

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

Adekunle Ajasin University

For Surgery

#46 in Nigeria #3711 in the World

39% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1982 Founded

65

Nigeria | Benin

University of Benin

For Surgery

#6 in Nigeria #1181 in the World

70% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

66

Sudan | Khartoum

Nile Valley University

For Surgery

#12 in Sudan #4549 in the World

63% Acceptance

41,030 Enrollment

1990 Founded

67

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

For Surgery

#1 in Uganda #756 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

68

Algeria | Oran

University of Oran 1

For Surgery

#2 in Algeria #2325 in the World

64% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

69

Egypt | Mansoura

Mansoura University

For Surgery

#3 in Egypt #315 in the World

70% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1972 Founded

70

Kenya | Kilifi

Pwani University

For Surgery

#10 in Kenya #4808 in the World

54% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

71

Niger | Niamey

Abdou Moumouni University

For Surgery

#1 in Niger #3072 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,400 Enrollment

1974 Founded

72

Nigeria | Bauchi

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

For Surgery

#35 in Nigeria #3049 in the World

44% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

73

Sierra Leone | Freetown

University of Sierra Leone

For Surgery

#1 in Sierra Leone #3344 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

2005 Founded

74

Tanzania | Arusha

Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#7 in Tanzania #4698 in the World

40% Acceptance

117 Enrollment

2009 Founded

75

Botswana | Gaborone

University of Botswana

For Surgery

#1 in Botswana #2044 in the World

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

76

Egypt | Aswan

Aswan University

For Surgery

#18 in Egypt #1555 in the World

74% Acceptance

1,898 Enrollment

2012 Founded

77

Ethiopia | Mekelle

Mekelle University

For Surgery

#4 in Ethiopia #1567 in the World

88% Acceptance

17,030 Enrollment

1991 Founded

78

Libya | Misrata

Misurata University

For Surgery

#4 in Libya #3284 in the World

93% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

79

Nigeria | Osogbo

Osun State University

For Surgery

#30 in Nigeria #2823 in the World

26% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

2007 Founded

80

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

Babcock University

For Surgery

#25 in Nigeria #2588 in the World

11% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1999 Founded

81

South Africa | Makhanda

Rhodes University

For Surgery

#17 in South Africa #2668 in the World

61% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

1904 Founded

82

Tunisia | Sousse

University of Sousse

For Surgery

#5 in Tunisia #1658 in the World

34% Acceptance

19,311 Enrollment

83

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

University of Ngaoundere

For Surgery

#6 in Cameroon #3845 in the World

66% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1982 Founded

84

Egypt | El Shorouk

British University in Egypt

For Surgery

#24 in Egypt #2619 in the World

40% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2005 Founded

85

Ghana | Sunyani

University of Energy and Natural Resources

For Surgery

#9 in Ghana #4665 in the World

53% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

2011 Founded

86

Morocco | Tetouan

Abdelmalek Essaadi University

For Surgery

#6 in Morocco #3014 in the World

60% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

87

Nigeria | Iwo

Bowen University

For Surgery

#40 in Nigeria #3391 in the World

47% Acceptance

4,751 Enrollment

2001 Founded

88

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Surgery

#11 in Nigeria #1580 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

89

Sudan | El-Obeid

University of Kordofan

For Surgery

#13 in Sudan #4675 in the World

71% Acceptance

22,500 Enrollment

1990 Founded

90

Zambia | Lusaka

University of Lusaka

For Surgery

#2 in Zambia #3760 in the World

56% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

91

Egypt | Suez

Suez University

For Surgery

#30 in Egypt #2999 in the World

75% Acceptance

12,178 Enrollment

2012 Founded

92

Egypt | Alexandria

Alexandria University

For Surgery

#4 in Egypt #372 in the World

60% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

1942 Founded

93

Kenya | Kakamega

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#11 in Kenya #4812 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

94

Nigeria | Abeokuta

Crescent University, Abeokuta

For Surgery

#48 in Nigeria #4120 in the World

49% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

2005 Founded

95

Nigeria | Maiduguri

University of Maiduguri

For Surgery

#7 in Nigeria #1257 in the World

32% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

96

South Africa | Pretoria

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

For Surgery

#11 in South Africa #1570 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

2014 Founded

97

Tanzania | Dodoma

University of Dodoma

For Surgery

#4 in Tanzania #3030 in the World

30% Acceptance

28,949 Enrollment

2007 Founded

98

Cameroon | Bamenda

University of Bamenda

For Surgery

#5 in Cameroon #3425 in the World

58% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

99

Egypt | 6th of October City

Modern Sciences and Arts University

For Surgery

#28 in Egypt #2865 in the World

76% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1996 Founded

100

Ethiopia | Gondar

University of Gondar

For Surgery

#2 in Ethiopia #914 in the World

19% Acceptance

49,103 Enrollment

1954 Founded

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