QS Rankings 2025Data: QS June 2024

QS World University Rankings 2025

Explore the definitive global ranking of 1,300 universities across 89 countries — scored on academic reputation, employer opinion, research impact, and more.

1,300

Universities ranked

Countries

Regions

31 universities in Africa

Rank=226

University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

40.3

Academic Rep.

44.1

Employer Rep.

41.7

Faculty/Student

19.9

Citations/Faculty

51.2

Intl. Students

31.7

Rank=424

University of Witwatersrand

Johannesburg, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

27.1

Academic Rep.

24.9

Employer Rep.

30.3

Faculty/Student

12.4

Citations/Faculty

36.4

Intl. Students

9.5

Rank=434

University of Johannesburg

Johannesburg, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

26.7

Academic Rep.

14.5

Employer Rep.

18.6

Faculty/Student

40.7

Citations/Faculty

16.9

Intl. Students

55.9

Rank=445

The American University in Cairo

Cairo, EgyptAfrica

Overall

26.1

Academic Rep.

26.8

Employer Rep.

20.9

Faculty/Student

37.8

Citations/Faculty

4.2

Intl. Students

3.7

Rank=482

Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

24.6

Academic Rep.

24.5

Employer Rep.

27.4

Faculty/Student

3.6

Citations/Faculty

51.7

Intl. Students

9.7

Rank571-580

Cairo University

Giza, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

38.6

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

10.7

Citations/Faculty

2.7

Intl. Students

Rank601-650

University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

22.4

Employer Rep.

38.1

Faculty/Student

Citations/Faculty

23.2

Intl. Students

7.4

Rank701-750

Université de Sousse

Sousse, TunisiaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

3.1

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

76.3

Citations/Faculty

1.5

Intl. Students

2.1

Rank801-1000

Ain Shams University in Cairo (ASU, Cairo)

Cairo, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

18.9

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

8.7

Citations/Faculty

1.9

Intl. Students

3.8

Rank801-1000

Rhodes University

Grahamstown, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

6.7

Employer Rep.

7.8

Faculty/Student

14.9

Citations/Faculty

25.1

Intl. Students

40.6

Rank801-1000

University of Kwazulu-Natal

Pinetown, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

12.2

Employer Rep.

8.9

Faculty/Student

6.7

Citations/Faculty

20.3

Intl. Students

Rank1001-1200

Al-Azhar University

Cairo, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

8.8

Employer Rep.

4.7

Faculty/Student

11.4

Citations/Faculty

1.2

Intl. Students

8.4

Rank1001-1200

Alexandria University

Alexandria, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

18.7

Employer Rep.

9.7

Faculty/Student

6.9

Citations/Faculty

1.9

Intl. Students

Rank1001-1200

Assiut University

Asyut, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

9.6

Employer Rep.

4.7

Faculty/Student

14.2

Citations/Faculty

2.3

Intl. Students

2.3

Rank1001-1200

British University in Egypt

El Shorouk, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

4.2

Employer Rep.

3.5

Faculty/Student

18.7

Citations/Faculty

1.9

Intl. Students

3.1

Rank1001-1200

Makerere University

Kampala, UgandaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

9.4

Employer Rep.

8.3

Faculty/Student

3.9

Citations/Faculty

4.9

Intl. Students

9.7

Rank1001-1200

North-West University

Potchefstroom, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

6.6

Employer Rep.

9.1

Faculty/Student

8.2

Citations/Faculty

10.3

Intl. Students

3.2

Rank1001-1200

Suez Canal University

Ismailia , EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

3.2

Employer Rep.

2.5

Faculty/Student

25.5

Citations/Faculty

2.2

Intl. Students

1.7

Rank1001-1200

University of Ghana

Legon, GhanaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

9.4

Employer Rep.

7.2

Faculty/Student

3.6

Citations/Faculty

5.2

Intl. Students

Rank1001-1200

University of Nairobi

Nairobi, KenyaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

8.9

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

15.4

Citations/Faculty

1.9

Intl. Students

N/A

Rank1001-1200

University of the Western Cape

Cape Town, South AfricaAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

7.6

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

4.1

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

6.5

Rank1201+

German University in Cairo

Cairo, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

6.5

Employer Rep.

6.6

Faculty/Student

8.7

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

1.2

Rank1201+

Helwan University

Helwan, EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

5.8

Employer Rep.

7.2

Faculty/Student

5.1

Citations/Faculty

1.5

Intl. Students

2.2

Rank1201+

Mansoura University

Mansoura , EgyptAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

10.8

Employer Rep.

4.9

Faculty/Student

4.1

Citations/Faculty

2.3

Intl. Students

Rank1201+

Sudan University of Science and Technology

Khartoum, SudanAfrica

Overall

N/A

Academic Rep.

3.5

Employer Rep.

3.2

Faculty/Student

Citations/Faculty

1.2

Intl. Students

2.1

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