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Three Moroccan Universities Rank Among Africa’s Top 30
The Times Higher Education, the UK’s leading publication on issues related to higher education, has just unveiled a ranking of the top 30 universities in Africa. Of the 30, 3 were Moroccan. Making it to the top 10– and the only North African university to do so– was the University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad; with University Hassan II Casablanca in 15th place and University Mohammed VI – Agdal in 22nd.
| Rank | Name | Country | All publications (2009-13) | Citation Score |
| 1 | University of Cape Town | South Africa | 5540.21 | 99.90 |
| 2 | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | 4387.17 | 99.76 |
| 3 | Makerere University | Uganda | 1112.69 | 99.72 |
| 4 | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | 4357.33 | 95.48 |
| 5 | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 4235.09 | 89.41 |
| 6 | University of Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 573.55 | 88.92 |
| 7 | University of the Western Cape | South Africa | 1154.77 | 84.61 |
| 8 | University of Nairobi | Kenya | 671.72 | 84.60 |
| 9 | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | 2192.74 | 83.64 |
| 10 | University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad | Morocco | 910.82 | 78.61 |
| 11 | University of Pretoria | South Africa | 4544.33 | 75.89 |
| 12 | University of Ghana | Ghana | 804.53 | 73.31 |
| 13 | University of South Africa | South Africa | 981.67 | 72.51 |
| 14 | Suez Canal University | Egypt | 998.98 | 69.69 |
| 15 | University of Hassan II Casablanca | Morocco | 960.25 | 69.03 |
| 16 | Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia | 893.90 | 64.84 |
| 17 | Rhodes University | South Africa | 1296.96 | 64.54 |
| 18 | University of the Free State | South Africa | 1512.56 | 62.83 |
| 19 | North-West University | South Africa | 1707.94 | 60.75 |
| 20 | University of Tunis | Tunisia | 879.63 | 57.26 |
| 21 | Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax | Tunisia | 822.31 | 57.24 |
| 22 | Université Mohammed V – Agdal | Morocco | 1503.69 | 56.85 |
| 23 | American University in Cairo | Egypt | 700.89 | 56.40 |
| 24 | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | South Africa | 885.77 | 53.29 |
| 25 | South Valley University | Egypt | 636.85 | 52.49 |
| 26 | Alexandria University | Egypt | 2550.15 | 52.24 |
| 27 | Assiut University | Egypt | 1588.64 | 50.41 |
| 28 | University of Sfax | Tunisia | 2355.30 | 49.79 |
| 29 | University of Yaounde I | Cameroon | 876.33 | 49.72 |
| 30 | Minia University | Egypt | 694.79 | 48.36 |