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Africa Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years Citations)

"AD Scientific Index" is the only university/institution ranking system that analyzes the distribution of scientists in an institution according to the 3, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 percentiles. In addition to the country, continent and world ranking of all institutions, the "Type of Institution" section provides the ranking of universities separately among All Universities, Private Universities and Public Universities is given separately. You can also find the rankings of institutions, companies and hospitals. The "AD Scientific Index" University Ranking will not only show the areas in which a university is best or focused, but also reflect the results of the institutions' scientist recruitment policies. This feature reveals the ability of institutions to attract successful scientists and the ability of institutions to promote advances and retain scientists. See also: University Subject Rankings

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University of Cape Town

Cape Town , South Africa - Public 1874

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Last 6 Years Citation			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024				Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	In top %3	In top %10	In top %30	In top %50	In top %70	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	281	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	58	231	587	963	1,348	1,692
2	2	379	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	31	133	436	797	1,185	1,735
3	3	394	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	33	116	374	727	1,161	1,797
4	4	482	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	19	86	290	569	946	1,454
1	5	589	Cairo University	Egypt	1908	Public	9	68	382	763	1,529	2,587
5	6	676	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	17	98	375	692	1,016	1,435
1	7	759	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	1950	Public	6	29	82	201	384	688
2	8	770	University of Gondar	Ethiopia	1954	Public	0	6	38	133	211	337
2	9	787	Mansoura University	Egypt	1972	Public	7	60	383	879	1,618	2,380
6	10	824	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	10	69	252	590	1,061	1,734
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3	11	842	Ain Shams University	Egypt	1950	Public	8	39	264	583	1,320	2,420
4	12	843	Assiut University	Egypt	1957	Public	6	37	268	453	472	481
3	13	859	Mekelle University	Ethiopia	1993	Public	0	3	28	84	178	301
7	14	955	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8	48	197	446	801	1,270
1	15	1040	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	1948	Public	5	29	236	574	879	1,440
4	16	1139	Bahir Dar University	Ethiopia	2001	Public	0	6	46	118	202	335
5	17	1192	Tanta University	Egypt	1972	Public	3	30	203	582	1,223	2,305
8	18	1201	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	4	23	130	433	922	1,817
6	19	1209	Kafr El Sheikh University	Egypt	2006	Public	7	22	93	260	526	884
7	20	1263	Zagazig University	Egypt	1974	Public	6	28	165	418	880	1,748
8	21	1269	Alexandria University	Egypt	1942	Public	3	27	224	493	989	1,561
9	22	1333	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	3	14	33	46	49	59
5	23	1347	Haramaya University	Ethiopia	1954	Public	0	1	21	52	100	175
10	24	1372	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	5	31	119	256	393	536
1	25	1376	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	Ghana	1952	Public	0	19	164	436	716	1,178
11	26	1425	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	4	13	36	58	67	72
9	27	1443	Menoufia University	Egypt	1976	Public	4	12	92	324	773	1,300
2	28	1446	Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano	Nigeria	2021	Private	3	13	42	78	95	186
2	29	1507	University of Ghana	Ghana	1948	Public	3	38	176	447	723	1,244
10	30	1531	Beni Suef University	Egypt	2005	Public	6	24	135	264	547	917
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1	31	1573	Makerere University	Uganda	1922	Public	3	19	102	243	397	592
1	32	1594	World Agroforestry (ICRAF)	Kenya	1978	Institution	5	17	45	61	72	72
1	33	1596	Université de Sfax	Tunisia	1986	Public	4	24	176	434	704	898
3	34	1611	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	1962	Public	1	11	100	433	708	997
11	35	1619	American University in Cairo	Egypt	1919	Private	3	13	84	182	333	615
1	36	1746	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Morocco	1957	Public	2	18	103	192	355	666
12	37	1759	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	3	19	101	246	404	594
13	38	1778	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	1	12	68	170	275	371
4	39	1797	University of Lagos	Nigeria	1962	Public	0	10	134	516	877	1,299
14	40	1844	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	2	8	44	109	205	353
3	41	1864	University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	2011	Public	3	10	30	85	136	204
15	42	1922	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	3	5	7	12	19	23
6	43	1928	Debre Markos University	Ethiopia	2005	Public	0	2	9	35	85	156
2	44	1945	University of Nairobi	Kenya	1970	Public	0	30	242	483	949	1,743
12	45	1952	National Research Center, Egypt	Egypt	1956	Institution	2	29	198	435	576	667
13	46	1981	Al Azhar University	Egypt	1961	Public	0	21	102	311	726	1,249
16	47	1990	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	3	26	106	177	263	404
5	48	1997	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	1960	Public	2	17	269	900	1,561	2,039
17	49	2006	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	1	15	54	134	237	380
2	50	2041	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Morocco	2014	Private	2	14	39	117	202	383
14	51	2064	Helwan University	Egypt	1975	Public	1	12	85	233	484	1,136
18	52	2066	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	2	13	48	117	218	382
15	53	2067	South Valley University	Egypt	1995	Public	1	11	53	160	327	556
4	54	2123	University of Cape Coast	Ghana	1962	Public	0	5	77	215	509	1,057
3	55	2126	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco	1975	Public	2	11	40	165	370	803
16	56	2203	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	Public	2	6	37	151	312	538
1	57	2239	Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria	1989	Public	3	7	23	47	89	522
17	58	2257	British University in Egypt	Egypt	2005	Private	3	6	29	69	149	249
19	59	2289	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	2	6	7	8	10	14
7	60	2315	Debre Berhan University	Ethiopia	2007	Public	0	0	8	35	69	130
18	61	2409	Suez Canal University	Egypt	1976	Public	1	11	75	209	428	668
6	62	2461	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	1981	Public	2	10	103	324	587	852
3	63	2482	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)	Kenya	1994	Institution	2	11	29	47	57	58
7	64	2495	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	1962	Public	1	10	92	362	764	1,354
4	65	2518	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology	Kenya	1965	Institution	2	9	24	41	66	73
19	66	2576	Aswan University	Egypt	2012	Public	1	7	56	120	226	335
20	67	2609	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1	9	54	125	247	412
20	68	2699	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt	2011	Public	2	8	20	47	97	184
8	69	2720	Jimma University	Ethiopia	1952	Public	0	6	43	117	235	360
1	70	2735	University of Mauritius	Mauritius	1965	Public	2	4	22	53	92	124
21	71	2746	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	2	6	37	98	195	316
2	72	2747	Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria	1978	Public	2	5	44	77	102	617
22	73	2754	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	3	6	28	54	74	92
21	74	2811	University of Sadat City	Egypt	2013	Public	0	2	31	98	177	316
1	75	2855	Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia	Gambia	1913	Institution	0	4	5	10	12	16
8	76	2858	University of Benin	Nigeria	1970	Public	2	2	64	272	571	1,099
9	77	2869	University of Jos	Nigeria	1975	Public	0	0	36	210	480	1,009
9	78	2870	Arba Minch University	Ethiopia	1986	Public	0	0	15	42	105	231
1	79	2880	National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania	Tanzania	2017	Institution	0	4	12	19	23	43
10	80	2896	Redeemer's University	Nigeria	2005	Private	0	3	14	71	147	268
4	81	2899	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Morocco	2012	Private	1	3	10	14	26	51
22	82	2933	Future University	Egypt	2006	Private	2	4	26	77	143	292
10	83	2954	Wollega University	Ethiopia	2007	Public	0	0	8	23	55	130
23	84	2975	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	1	3	12	18	24	30
1	85	3016	University of Namibia	Namibia	1992	Public	2	4	31	84	122	125
3	86	3020	Université de Mascara	Algeria	1986	Public	2	2	15	47	86	425
11	87	3067	Centre for Healthy Start Initiative	Nigeria	2011	Institution	1	2	2	2	2	2
23	88	3087	Benha University	Egypt	1976	Public	0	13	137	346	881	1,893
12	89	3105	University of Ilorin	Nigeria	1975	Public	0	10	142	530	928	1,427
5	90	3132	Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech	Morocco	1978	Public	1	13	54	137	257	470
6	91	3188	Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah Fes	Morocco	1975	Public	0	7	69	217	478	945
2	92	3206	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	2007	Public	2	12	36	72	109	159
24	93	3241	Sohag University	Egypt	2006	Public	2	8	39	62	63	63
25	94	3255	Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Egypt	2010	Public	1	8	27	50	89	200
13	95	3288	Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Nigeria	1991	Public	1	6	81	515	1,139	2,406
5	96	3289	Kenyatta University	Kenya	1985	Public	0	6	52	143	364	864
1	97	3318	University of Malawi	Malawi	1964	Public	2	5	23	38	57	73
26	98	3328	Nile University	Egypt	2006	Public	1	6	13	36	84	222
2	99	3356	Université de Tunis el Manar	Tunisia	1987	Public	2	11	42	53	55	55
24	100	3363	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	0	6	35	80	131	225

Top 100 Institutions

Africa Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years Citations)

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Ranking and analysis of universities by subject in 12 fields such as health, engineering, natural sciences, education, business, economics, social sciences, etc.