These are the Top forty three Universities in Africa. This list is the recent updates and was compiled in the month of April.Below are the details

43. Covenant University – Nigeria

Covenant University is a Private Christian University and a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. In January 2015, it was ranked as the best university in Nigeria according to Webometrics.

42. Université Mentouri de Constantine – Algeria

The Université Constantine 1, formerly the University of Mentouri, is a university located in Constantine, Algeria.

41. University of Ilorin – Nigeria

The University of Ilorin, also known as Unilorin was established by a decree of the Federal Military Government in 1975 and is a federal government-owned tertiary institution of education. In August 2014, the school was ranked as the best university in Nigeria by 4icu.

40. Sudan University of Science and Technology – Sudan

Sudan University of Science and Technology, or SUSTech, is one of the main public universities in Khartoum, Sudan with five campuses located in the state of Khartoum. SUSTech is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.

39. Helwan University – Egypt

Helwan University is a public university based in Helwan, Egypt, which is part of Greater Cairo. It comprises 21 faculties as well as 50 research centers. It is generally known for its engineering and business study courses.

38. University of Ibadan – Nigeria

The University of Ibadan(UI) is the oldest and one of the most prestigious Nigerian universities, and is located five miles (8 kilometers) from the center of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria.

37. University of Khartoum – Sudan

University of Khartoum is a multi-campus, co-educational, public university located in Khartoum. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan.

36. Université Cheikh Anta Diop – Senegal

Cheikh Anta Diop University, also known as the University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese, Physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop

35. Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen – Algeria

The University of Abou Bakr Belkaïd is a university located in Tlemcen, Algeria.

34. University of Namibia – Namibia

The University of Namibia (UNAM) is the national university of Namibia, located in the Pioneers Park residential area of Windhoek. It was established by an act of National Assembly on 31 August 1992. It is the only University in Namibia that offers a doctorate in the study of the Khoekhoe language.

33. Al Akhawayn University – Morocco

Al Akhawayn University was founded by a Royal Decree in 1993 and officially inaugurated by the former King Hassan II of Morocco, on January 16, 1995. The university is an independent, public, not-for-profit, coeducational university for the education of students through an English language, liberal-arts curriculum based on the American system.

32. University of Botswana – Bostwana

The University of Botswana, or UB was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university has four campuses: two in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun.

31. Université de la Reunion – Reunion

The University of La Réunion is a French university in the Academy of Réunion. It is the first European university in the Indian Ocean

25. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane – Mozambique

The Eduardo Mondlane University is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. The institution was set up as a center for higher education in 1962 in what was then Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portugal’s overseas province of Mozambique. Founded by the time of Overseas Minister Adriano Moreira, it was called Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique (Mozambique General University Studies). After Mozambique became independent in 1975, the city was renamed “Maputo” and the university was renamed in honor of Frelimo leader Eduardo Mondlane in 1976

24. University of Ghana – Ghana

The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian universities and tertiary institutions. It was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast, and was originally an affiliate college of the University of London, which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees. It gained full university status in 1961, and now has nearly 40,000 students.

23. Obafemi Awolowo University – Nigeria

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government-owned and operated Nigerian university. The school offers undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in fields of specialization spanning the humanities, the arts, the natural sciences, the social sciences, the medical sciences, engineering and technology.

30. Zagazig University – Egypt

Zagazig University is an Egyptian university in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Ash Sharqiyah governorate.

29. Benha University – Egypt

Banha University is an Egyptian university in the Egyptian city of Banha, the capital of Al Qalyubiyah governorate.

It was established according to a decree in 25 November 1976 as a branch from Zagazig University in Banha, with the faculties of Commerce, Education, Agriculture of Moshtohor, Engineering of Shobra and Medicine.

28. North-West University – South Africa

The North-West University is a merged institution with three campuses at Potchefstroom, Mahikeng and Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. The Potchefstroom Campus (founded in 1869) is the largest, and the head office of the University is situated at this location. With its merged status, the North-West University became one of the largest universities in South Africa and has 64 081 students (full-time and distance education).

27. The German University in Cairo – Egypt

The German University in Cairo is a university in New Cairo City, Cairo, Egypt. The language of instruction is English. Presidential decree 27/2002 established the university.

26. Misurata University – Libya

Misrata University is a university based in the city of Misrata, Libya. It was formed in 2010 by the merger of Seventh of October University and Almergab University. The university’s main campus is located in downtown Misrata.
22. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University – South Africa

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) is a South African tertiary education institution with its main administration in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. NMMU was founded through a merger of three institutions in January 2005, but its history dates back to 1882, with the foundation of the Port Elizabeth Art School. The University draws international students from all over the world.

21. Makerere University Kampala – Uganda

Makerere University Kampala is Uganda’s largest and third-oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922, and is now part of Uganda Christian University. In 1963, it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees from the University of London.

20. University of Lagos – Nigeria

The University of Lagos – popularly known as Unilag – is a federal government university in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. The University has remained one of the most competitive in the country in terms of admissions. Notwithstanding, with approximately 45,000 students as of 2010, the University of Lagos has one of the largest student populations of any University in the country.

19. University of Nairobi – Kenya

The inception of the University of Nairobi is traced back to 1956, with the establishment of the Royal Technical College which admitted its first group of A-level graduates for technical courses in April the same year.

It is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution goes back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970 when the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Nairobi.

18. Université de Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso
Founded in 1974, the University of Ouagadougou is located in the area of Dawn Van Noord in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In 1995 a second campus for professional education known as University Polytechnique of Bobo (UPB) was opened in the city of Bobo Dioulassoand a third campus for teacher training in Koudougou in 1996 and in 2005 it became the University of Koudougou. The UO consist of seven Training and Research Units (UFR) and one institute.

17. University of Johannesburg – South Africa

The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.

16. University Mohammed V – Agdal – Morocco

Mohammed V University (Agdal, Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan university which was founded in 1957. It was split in 1993 to become two independent universities, Mohammed V University at Agdal and Mohammed V University at Souissi.Mohammed V University at Agdal offers a wide-set of degrees both in the undergraduate and graduate levels

15. UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

The University of the Western Cape is a national university and has a history of creative struggle against oppression, discrimination and disadvantage. The institution was established in 1960 by the South African government as a university for Colored people only.

14. Assiut University – Egypt

Assiut University is a university located in Assiut, Egypt. Assiut University was established in October 1957 as the first university in Upper Egypt

13. Ain Shams University – Egypt

Ain Shams University is an institute of higher education located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.

12. RHODES UNIVERSITY – South Africa

Established May 31, 1904, Rhodes University is located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Rhodes is a small university when compared to some other African Universities but the institution enjoys the distinction of having among the best undergraduate pass and graduation rates in South Africa, outstanding postgraduate success rates, and the best research output per academic staff member.

11. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL – South Africa

The two KwaZulu-Natal universities were among the first batch of South African institutions to merge in 2004 in accordance with the government’s higher educational restructuring plans that will eventually see the number of higher educational institutions in South Africa reduced from 36 to 21. The University was established in 2004 through the merger of the University of Durban-Westville and the University of Natal bringing together the rich histories of both the former Universities. The South Africa government rates KwaZulu-Natal as one of five research-intensive universities in South Africa. Nearly 75 per cent of its academics are research-active.

10. University of Dar es Salaam – Tanzania

The University of Dar es Salaam is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London.

The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1963, shortly after Tanzania gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

9. Alexandria University – Egypt
Alexandria University is a public research university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fuad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University until the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria. Taha Hussein was the founding rector of Alexandria University. It is now the second largest university in Egypt and has many affiliations to various universities for ongoing research.

8. Mansoura University – Egypt

Mansoura University was founded in 1972 in Mansoura city, Egypt. Mansoura University is located at the middle of the Nile Delta in Egypt. It is one of the biggest Egyptian universities and has contributed much to the cultural and scientific life in Mansoura and Egypt

7. CAIRO UNIVERSITY

The Cairo University was founded on the 21st of December, 1908 as a European-inspired civil university, in contrast to the religious university of al-Azhar, and became the prime indigenous model for other state universities. The idea came in an effort to establish a national center for educational thought. The standards maintained by this university put it among the top 50 most respected universities in Africa.

6. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO – Egypt

The American University in Cairo was established by Americans who were devoted to education and service in the Middle East in 1919 with a motive to create an English-language based university that will uphold very high standards of learning, conduct and scholarship and to ultimately contribute to the intellectual growth, discipline, and character of the future leaders of Egypt and the region. The founding president, Dr. Charles A. Watson helped shape the institution for the first 27 years.

Initially The American University in Cairo (AUC) was intended to be both a preparatory school and a university. With a population of 142 students in two classes that were equivalent to the last two years of an American high school, the preparatory school was opened in 1920 and awarded Junior college-level certificates to 20 students in 1923 as her first diploma certificate.
5. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

University of South Africa was established in 1918. Before this time, the University of the Cape of Good Hope was established in Cape Town in 1873 and received a royal charter in 1877 and in 1918, was incorporated into University of South Africa (UNISA). in 2004, Unisa merged with South Africa’s two other major distance education service providers, Technikon Southern Africa and Vista University. Following the merger, Unisa becomes the sole provider of distance education in the country. It is the largest distance institution in Africa and among the largest in the world.
4. UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND

The University of Witwatersrand is one of the top ranking universities in Africa. The institution has a reputation built on research and academic excellence. It is one of only two universities in Africa rated by two separate international rankings as a leading world institution. It has grown from around 1,000 students to more than 28,000 by 2010. It boasts five faculties, comprising 34 schools. Witwatersrand is the recipient of the highest levels of external financial support of all South African universities. It is not only famous for its academic excellence but its National Heritage sites, rock arts museums, among others

3. STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY

Stellenbosch University is one of the oldest universities in South Africa. Stellenbosch University (or Universiteit Stellenbosch) is one of South Africa’s foremost research universities. Established in 1866, Stellenbosch boasts the privilege of designing and manufacturing Africa’s first micro-satellite, SUNSAT, launched in 1999. A century-long tradition of quality teaching and research has ensured the University a place among the finest academic institutions in Africa.

2. UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

The University of Pretoria commenced its activities in 1908 with a staff of four professors and three lecturers. Thirty-two students enrolled for courses at the first campus, Kya Rosa, a house in the centre of the Pretoria. The University of Pretoria became a fully fledged university in 1930. The name Tuks, for the University of Pretoria, derives from the acronym for the College, namely TUC. The institution has proven its worth over the years by maintaining a high standard and world-class talents.

1. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Established 1st October 1829, optimism is the official creed of this university, which has the motto “Spes Bona” (“Good Hope”). The University of Cape Town has consistently ranked at the top of best universities in Africa. The University of Cape Town started off as a College with a small tertiary-education facility that grew substantially after 1880, when the discovery of gold and diamonds in the north – and the resulting demand for skills in mining – gave it the financial boost it needed to grow. The College developed into a fully fledged university during the period 1880 to 1900

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