List of Top 5 Best Universities in Africa for 2023

List of Top 5 Best Universities in Africa for 2023

Ferdinand | EducationGhana |May 01| List of Top 5 Best Universities in Africa for 2023

 

 

Ranking of Universities has become one way of ensuring higher education institutions lead up to their expectations over the years.

This article relates to the 2023 ranking by Edurank, an independent metric-based ranking of 14,131 universities from 183 countries.

Edurank uses a proprietary database with an index of 44,909,300 scientific publications and 1,237,541,960 citations to rank universities across 246 research topics. In the overall rankings, add non-academic prominence and alumni popularity indicators. Always check official university websites for the latest enrollment information.

For the Year 2023, the Top 5 universities in Africa ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence.

The rankings are determined by analyzing 13.9M citations received by 954K academic publications made by 1,104 universities from Africa, the popularity of 2,895 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

Below are the Top 5 Universities in Africa according to Edurank

1. University of Cape Town

 

#1 in South Africa
#236 in the World
Founded 1874
Type Non-profit
Funding Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree Doctorate
Languages English
Acceptance rate 48%

* The University of Cape Town is among the institutions that don’t provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because a university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don’t necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

2. University of the Witwatersrand

#2 in South Africa
#389 in the World
Acceptance Rate 25%
Founded 1922
Websitewits.ac.za
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3. The University of Stellenbosch

#3 in South Africa
#418 in the World
University of Stellenbosch logo
Founded 1918
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4. The University of Pretoria

#4 in South Africa
#422 in the World
University of Pretoria logo
Acceptance Rate 13%
Enrollment 56,483
Male: Female 42:58
Founded 1908

5. Cairo University

#1 in Egypt
#592 in the World
Cairo University logo
Acceptance Rate 90%
Enrollment 257,200
Founded 1908

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