Over the years, Africa’s top universities have proven to be academically sound, with many learning innovations to address the current challenges facing humanity. These universities are recognised worldwide. Below is a list of universities that are excelling in African education.
Cape Town is the oldest city in South Africa and the second largest after Johannesburg. The University of Cape Town was founded in 1829 as a South African College. It was granted university status in 1918 – it is now a renowned public research university known far beyond Africa.
The Witwatersrand is a north-facing escarpment in South Africa. It consists of metamorphic rock and several flowing rivers form waterfalls. It means ‘white water ridge’ in Afrikaans.
This institution is internationally recognised as an intensive research university committed to academic excellence and social justice. If your area of interest is in these fields – health sciences, accountancy, governance, law and the humanities – Wits is the place for you to study because of the depth of research. The ability to provide adequate facilities for learning with academic balance makes the Witwatersrand one of the top universities in Africa.
The University of Stellenbosch, founded in 1918, is a public research institution in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is highly regarded and consistently ranked among the best universities in the world and in Africa as an excellent research-intensive institution.
The University of Pretoria in South Africa was founded in 1908 as a campus of the Transvaal University College in Johannesburg. It has remained at the forefront of universities with impactful research output – this has positioned it as one of the top universities in Africa.
Cairo University is in Egypt; it’s the first public university in the country. It was founded in 1908 and financed by a committee of private citizens. As the first of its kind, Cairo served as a model for other universities to follow.
Over the years, this institution has aimed to become a model green university and has taken all necessary steps to achieve this. In line with this, the university focuses on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its teaching and research plans. This is also reflected in the courses that the school offers, with almost two-thirds of them dedicated to the environment and sustainability.
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