Ten Best Universitites to Study Engineering Programmes in Africa

African Continent is home to thousands of Universities. From Egypt to South Africa, from Nigeria to Libya, from Senegal to Ethiopia they are very many.

Among this numerous of number, some are outstanding in offering Engineering  programme to  students.

When it comes to best of universities in Africa, Egypt and South Africa are always well represented. This case is no different. South Africa dominate the list, the country is represented by five universities. Egypt is represented by two universities, Nigeria two universities while  Algeria is represented by one university.

Listed below are ten best universities where engineering can best be offered as a programme in Africa. The list is not much different from the list of best overall universities on the continent.

  • University of Cape Town

Engineering programme: 1st
South Africa: 1
Africa: 1
World: 136

  •  University of Witwatersrand

Engineering Programme: 2nd
South Africa: 2nd
Africa: 2nd
World: 184

  •   Stellenbosch University

Engineering Programmes: 3rd
South Africa: 3rd
Africa: 3rd
World: 251

Engineering Programmes: 4th
Nigeria: 1st
Africa: 4th
World: 401

  •     KwaZulu-Natal University


Engineering Programme: 5th
South Africa: 4th
Africa: 5th
World: 401


Engineering Programme: 6th
Nigeria: 2nd
Africa: 6th
World: 501

  •     Suez Canal University


Engineering Programme: 7th
Egypt: 3rd
Africa: 10th
World: 501

  •     Beni Suef University


Engineering Programme: 8th
Egypt: 4th
Africa: 11th
World: 601

  •     Cairo University


Engineering Programme: 9th
Egypt: 5th
Africa: 12th
World: 601

  •     Ferhat Abbas Setif University


Engineering Programme: 10th
Algeria: 1st
Africa: 13th
World: 601

This list is according to the Time Higher Education's World University Ranking 2020 publication, using 13 performance indicators

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