Covenant University has emerged as the best university in Nigeria in a latest ranking released by the Times Higher Education, THE
THE releases the 2024 World universities rankings across 108 countries and regions.
In Nigeria, 29 universities appeared on the list with Covenant University taking the lead.
University of Ibadan, UI comes second while Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA takes the third spot.
Globally, the University of Oxford tops the ranking for the eighth year in a row but others in the top five have seen shifts in their ranks.
Stanford University moves up to second place, pushing Harvard University down to fourth.
This year’s ranking analysed more than 134 million citations across 16.5 million research publications and included survey responses from 68,402 scholars globally.
Overall, we collected 411,789 data points from more than 2,673 institutions that submitted data, The Times Higher Education stated.
Beloe is a list of best Nigerian universities as released by THE
1. Covenant University
2. University of Ibadan
3. Federal University of Technology Akure
4. University of Lagos
5. Bayero University
6. University of Ilorin
7. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
8. Afe Babalola University
9. University of Benin
10. Federal University ofAgriculture, Abeokuta
11. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
12. Lagos State University
13. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
14. Obafemi Awolowo University
15. University of Port Harcourt
16. Abia State University
17. Akwa Ibom State University
18. Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
19. Babcock University
20. Baze University
21. Bells University of Technology
22. Benson Idahosa University
23. Delta State University, Abraka
24. Edo State University, Uzairue
25. Edwin Clarke University
26. Elizade University
27. Evangel University, Akaeze
29. Federal University of Kashere