| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Université de Jendouba | not ranked | #2 | 984,675 | |
| 2 | Université de Tunis | not ranked | #2 | 984,675 | |
| 3 | Université Virtuelle de Tunis | not ranked | #2 | 984,675 | |
| 4 | Université Ez-Zitouna | not ranked | #4 | 984,675 | |
| 5 | Université de Tunis El Manar | not ranked | #14 | 984,675 | |
| 6 | Université de Sfax | not ranked | #12 | 984,675 | |
| 7 | Université de Kairouan | not ranked | #10 | 984,675 | |
| 8 | Université de Gabès | not ranked | #7 | 984,675 | |
| 9 | Université de Monastir | not ranked | #11 | 984,675 | |
| 10 | Université de la Manouba | not ranked | #15 | 984,675 | |
| 11 | Université de Gafsa | not ranked | #8 | 984,675 | |
| 12 | Université du Centre, Sousse | not ranked | #16 | 984,675 | |
| 13 | Université de 7 Novembre à Carthage | not ranked | #6 | 984,675 | |
| 14 | Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis | not ranked | #1 | 984,675 | |
| 15 | Instituts Supérieurs des Etudes Technologiques | not ranked | #3 | 984,675 | |
| 16 | Instituts Supérieurs de Formation des Maîtres | not ranked | #2 | 984,675 | |
| 17 | Université Libre de Tunis | not ranked | #18 | 7,360 | |
| 18 | University of Aviation and Technology | not ranked | #17 | 7,360 |
What the two columns mean
In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.