By Frank Kamuntu
The 2025 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings has been released. The rankings incorporate employability and sustainability factors into their methodology.
The 2025 ranking features 1,500 universities from 106 countries and territories across the globe, and the body is responsible for the ranking reports.
Six universities in South Africa made the list, three Egyptian universities, and an Ethiopian university took the last spot.
Below is the list of the 10 best universities in Africa according to QS World Varsity Rankings 2025.
1. The University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa is ranked 171
2. The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa is ranked 267
3. Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa is ranked 296
4. University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa is ranked 312
5. Cairo University, Giza, Egypt is ranked 350
6. The University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa is ranked 354
7. The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt is ranked 410
8. The University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pinetown, South Africa is ranked 587
9. Ain Shams University in Cairo (ASU, Cairo) Cairo, Egypt is ranked 592
10. Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is ranked 771–780.
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