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🎓 Top Research Universities in Tunisia

Universities and colleges in Tunisia ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations50 entries🇹🇳 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
University of Sfax43,692 papers
1,691,985
2
Tunis El Manar University39,388 papers
1,031,758
3
University of Monastir27,311 papers
1,014,704
4
Tunis University33,408 papers
859,243
5
University of Carthage21,754 papers
524,356
6
Faculty of Sciences of Sfax11,215 papers
430,348
7
University of Sousse17,505 papers
350,209
8
University of Gabès10,114 papers
259,893
9
National Engineering School of Tunis10,398 papers
238,276
10
Manouba University9,357 papers
219,287
11
Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie3,626 papers
106,329
12
Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax3,764 papers
81,368
13
Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l’Éducation Physique de Sfax1,082 papers
70,586
14
Université Tunis Carthage3,609 papers
70,217
15
École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Gabès2,276 papers
66,874
16
University of Gafsa3,087 papers
64,282
17
University of Jendouba3,516 papers
61,678
18
National School of Computer Science3,060 papers
50,935
19
ENSIT2,346 papers
49,957
20
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie17,376 papers
44,503
21
Tunisia Polytechnic School1,995 papers
44,405
22
University of Kairouan3,201 papers
41,845
23
Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis1,652 papers
36,350
24
École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis1,914 papers
27,565
25
Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sfax537 papers
21,623
26
Higher Institute of Food Industries of Tunis419 papers
20,967
27
Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et des Technologies de Communication de Hammam Sousse1,241 papers
19,582
28
National School of Electronics and Telecommunications of Sfax, Tunisia1,059 papers
12,187
29
Institut Préparatoire aux Études d'Ingénieurs de Monastir555 papers
11,761
30
Institut préparatoire aux études d'ingénieurs de Sfax418 papers
9,500
31
Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques de Nabeul303 papers
8,837
32
Mateur Higher School of Agriculture279 papers
6,952
33
Military Academy, Tunisia241 papers
4,486
34
École Supérieure Privée d'Ingénierie et de Technologies478 papers
3,923
35
Institut Supérieur des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication240 papers
2,974
36
École Supérieure des Ingénieurs de l'Équipement Rural120 papers
2,673
37
Université Ibn Khaldoun239 papers
1,549
38
Tunisia Private University84 papers
1,547
39
South Mediterranean University253 papers
1,534
40
Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques de Gafsa110 papers
1,491
41
Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Zaghouan47 papers
1,154
42
Mediterranean School of Business120 papers
924
43
Virtual University of Tunis211 papers
868
44
Université Centrale de Tunis63 papers
740
45
Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques en Communications de Tunis101 papers
726
46
Université Arabe des Sciences28 papers
603
47
Institut des Hautes Études de Tunis47 papers
493
48
Time Université33 papers
470
49
Ez-Zitouna University484 papers
437
50
Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Tozeur15 papers
190

Highlights

Within Tunisia, University of Sfax ranks first in 2026 with 1,691,985, followed by Tunis El Manar University (1,031,758) and University of Monastir (1,014,704).

University of Sfax is 1.6 times higher than Tunis El Manar University, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,691,985 (University of Sfax) to 190 (Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Tozeur), with a median of 21,295.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.