Top 100 Medical Schools in Africa – Best and Cheap Medical Schools in Africa Included…Ranking of Medical Schools in Africa….
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In broad terms, medical schools are educational institutions that train doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and other health care providers. A medical school could be a department or a faculty where medicine is taught. After completion of the degree program for a period of six years or more, professional degrees like MBBS or MBchB are then awarded to newly graduated or qualified medical doctors.
Highlighted below is a list of top 100 medical schools in Africa. The compilation includes medical schools that have both teaching hospitals and carry out medical researches. These schools were selectively ranked based on their performance in medicine.
Top 100 Medical Schools in Africa
1. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa: This university ranks #1 in South Africa and #191 worldwide.
2. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa: This university ranks #2 in South Africa and #253 worldwide.
3. Cairo University, Gaza, Egypt: This university ranks #1 in Egypt and #306 worldwide.
4. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa: This university ranks #3 in South Africa and #378 worldwide.
5. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa: This university ranks #4 in South Africa and #430 worldwide.
6. Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt: This university ranks #2 in Egypt and #444 worldwide.
7. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa: This university ranks #5 in South Africa and #482 worldwide.
8. Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt: This university ranks #3 in Egypt and #529 worldwide.
9. Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt: This university ranks #4 in Egypt and #539 worldwide.
10. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda: This university ranks #1 in Uganda and #600 worldwide.
11. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria: This university ranks #1 in Nigeria and #605 worldwide.
12. Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt: This university ranks #5 in Egypt and #690 worldwide.
13. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria: This university ranks #2 in Nigeria and #718 worldwide.
14. University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya: This university ranks #1 in Kenya and #752 worldwide.
15. Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt: This university ranks #6 in Egypt and #761 worldwide.
16. Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt: This university ranks #7 in Egypt Africa and #787 worldwide.
17. Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: This university ranks #1 in Ethiopia and #800 worldwide.
18. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria: This university ranks #3 in Nigeria and #826 worldwide.
19. University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa: This university ranks #6 in South Africa and #837 worldwide.
20. University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana: This university ranks #1 in Ghana and #839 worldwide.
21. Ahmadu Bello Unibersity, Zaria, Nigeria: This university ranks #4 in Nigeria and #856 worldwide.
22. Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt: This university ranks #8 in Egypt and #858 worldwide.
23. University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa: This university ranks #7 in South Africa and #880 worldwide.
24. University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria: This university ranks #5 in Nigeria and #889 worldwide.
25. University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria: This university ranks #6 in Nigeria and #899 worldwide.
26. University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe: This university ranks #1 in Zimbabwe and #924 worldwide.
27. North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa: This university ranks #8 in South Africa and #937 worldwide.
28. University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan: This university ranks #1 in Sudan and #955 worldwide.
29. University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia: This university ranks #2 in Ethiopia and #995 worldwide.
30. Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt: This university ranks #9 in Egypt and #997 worldwide.
31. University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi: This university ranks #1 in Malawi and #1010 worldwide.
32. University of Limpopo, Mankweng, South Africa: This university ranks #9 in South Africa and #1019 worldwide.
33. Minia University, Minya, Egypt: This university ranks #10 in Egypt and #1053 worldwide.
34. University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria: This university ranks #7 in Nigeria and #1063 worldwide.
35. University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa: This university ranks #10 in South Africa and #1099 worldwide.
36. Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt: This university ranks #11 in Egypt and #1122 worldwide.
37. Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia: This university ranks #3 in Ethiopia and #1128 worldwide.
38. University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia: This university ranks #1 in Zambia and #1140 worldwide.
39. University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa: This university ranks #11 in South Africa and #1144 worldwide.
40. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana: This university ranks #2 in Ghana and #1149 worldwide.
41. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.,. Dar es Salaam: This university ranks #1 in Tanzania and #1199 worldwide.
42. University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria: This university ranks #8 in Nigeria and #1224 worldwide.
43. Benha University, Benha, Egypt: This university ranks #12 in South Africa and #1238 worldwide.
44. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa: This university ranks #12 in South Africa and #1315 worldwide.
45. Tunis University, Tunis, Tunisia: This university ranks #1 in Tunisia and #1337 worldwide.
46. Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Nigeria: This university ranks #9 in Nigeria and #1368 worldwide.
47. Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria: This university ranks #10 in Nigeria and #1372 worldwide.
48. University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria: This university ranks #11 in Nigeria and #1379 worldwide.
49. Beni-Seuf University, Beni-Seuf, Egypt: This university ranks #13 in Egypt and #1398 worldwide.
50. University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria: This university ranks #12 in Nigeria and #1400 worldwide.
51. University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana: This university ranks #1 in Botswana and #1417 worldwide.
52. Pedagogical University, Maputo, Mozambique: This university ranks #1 in Mozambique and #1448 worldwide.
53. University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana: This university ranks #3 in Ghana and #1450 worldwide.
54. Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria: This university ranks #6 in Nigeria and #899 worldwide.
55. Sohag University, Nasser City, Egypt: This university ranks #14 in Egypt and #1462 worldwide.
56. Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal: This university ranks #1 in Senegal and #1467 worldwide.
57. Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya: This university ranks #2 in Kenya and #1490 worldwide.
58. University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa: This university ranks #13 in South Africa and #1499 worldwide.
59. Mbarara University of Science and Technology: This university ranks #2 in Uganda and #1503 worldwide.
60. University of Education, Winneba, Winneba, Ghana: This university ranks #4 in Ghana and #1513 worldwide.
61. University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia: This university ranks #2 in Tunisia and #1534 worldwide.
62. Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania: This university ranks #2 in Tanzania and #1583 worldwide.
63. University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon: This university ranks #1 in Cameroon and #1609 worldwide.
64. University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria: This university ranks #14 in Nigeria and #1611 worldwide.
65. University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia: This university ranks #3 in Tunisia and #1642 worldwide.
66. Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt: This university ranks #15 in Egypt and #1659 worldwide.
67. Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa: This university ranks #14 in South Africa and #1666 worldwide.
68. Hawassa University, Awasa, Ethiopia: This university ranks #4 in Ethiopia and #1677 worldwide.
69. University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: This university ranks #3 in Tanzania and #1691 worldwide.
70. University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon: This university ranks #2 in Cameroon and #1695 worldwide.
71. Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: This university ranks #5 in Ethiopia and #1709 worldwide.
72. Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia: This university ranks #6 in Ethiopia and #1723 worldwide.
73. Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria: This university ranks #15 in Nigeria and #1725 worldwide.
74. South Valley University, Qena, Egypt: This university ranks #16 in Egypt and #1801 worldwide.
75. Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Nigeria: This university ranks #16 in Nigeria and #1804 worldwide.
76. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (Now Ladoke Akintola University), Ogbomosho, Nigeria: This university ranks #17 in Nigeria and #1818 worldwide.
77. Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa: This university ranks #15 in South Africa and #1839 worldwide.
78. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya: This university ranks #3 in Kenya and #1855 worldwide.
79. University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DR Congo: This university ranks #1 in DR Congo and #1865 worldwide.
80. University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic: This university ranks #1 in Benin and #1922 worldwide.
81. Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique: This university ranks #2 in Mozambique and #1925 worldwide.
82. University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako, Bamako, Mali: This university ranks #1 in Mali and #1955 worldwide.
83. University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa: This university ranks #16 in South Africa and #1968 worldwide.
84. University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria: This university ranks #18 in Nigeria and #1973 worldwide.
85. Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria: This university ranks #19 in Nigeria and #1985 worldwide.
86. Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco: This university ranks #1 in Morocco and #1992 worldwide.
87. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa: This university ranks #17 in South Africa and #2050 worldwide.
88. Fayoum University, Faiyum, Egypt: This university ranks #17 in Egypt and #2053 worldwide.
89. National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: This university ranks #2 in Zimbabwe and #2066 worldwide.
90. Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa: This university ranks #18 in South Africa and #2075 worldwide.
91. University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius: This university ranks #1 in Mauritius and #2090 worldwide.
92. Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia: This university ranks #7 in Ethiopia and #2093 worldwide.
93. Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Eggypt: This university ranks #18 in Egypt and #2110 worldwide.
94. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya: This university ranks #4 in kenya and #2117 worldwide.
95. University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon: This university ranks #3 in Cameroon and #2116 worldwide.
96. University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana: This university ranks #5 in Ghana and #2136 worldwide.
97. Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa: This university ranks #19 in South Africa and #2143 worldwide.
98. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria: This university ranks #20 in Nigeria and #2170 worldwide.
99. University of Zululand, Kwadlangezwa, South Africa: This university ranks #20 in South Africa and #2172 worldwide.
100. University of Namibia, Windheok, Namibia: This university ranks #1 in Namibia and #2198 worldwide.
Conclusion:
Here, you have it; the top 100 medical schools in Africa. This list above comprises medical schools all over countries in the African continent. Is any highly ranked school of medicine in Africa omitted? Let me know in the comments below.
SOURCE:
EduRank 2021
CREDIT:
Stella-marris Achumba
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