FULL LIST: UI, OAU Emerge Best Nigerian Varsities In 2023

The University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University have been ranked top in Nigeria by Webometrics in its 2023 latest rating.

Analysis of the latest ranking showed that no Nigerian university was among the top 1,000 in the world.

Though ranked first in Nigeria, UI rated 1,116 in the world.

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife made an appreciable leap forward in the Webometric ranking of World Universities released for January 2023, coming second in the country with 1534 points in Impact Rank, 1020 points in Openness Rank and 1904 points in Excellence Rank, which were the three (3) key criteria used for the ranking.

According to the latest ranking, the University of Ibadan was ahead of OAU, while Covenant University; University of Port-Harcourt; University of Nigeria; and University of Lagos occupy the third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively.

The Ranking Web or Webometrics is the “largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institution” based on the assessment of “Composite Indicators and Web Impact Factors”.

“The original aim of the Ranking is to promote academic web presence, supporting the Open Access initiatives for increasing significantly the transfer of scientific and cultural knowledge generated by the universities to the whole Society”.

“In order to achieve this objective, the publication of rankings is one of the most powerful and successful tools for starting and consolidating the processes of change in the academia, increasing the scholars’ commitment and setting up badly needed long term strategies,” Webometrics said on its website.

SEE FULL LIST BELOW:

1. University of Ibadan
2229
736
1210
2. Obafemi Awolowo University
1534
1020
1904
3. Covenant University Ota
2868
1105
1391
4. University of Port Harcourt
573
1401
2961
5. University of Nigeria
3727
823
1402
6. University of Lagos
3066
950
1791
7. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
1779
1302
2900
8. Ahmadu Bello University
4552
1159
2152
9. Federal University of Technology Akure
7640
1126
1612
10. Landmark University
5617
1991
2164
11. Federal University of Technology Minna
4183
1355
2843
12. Bayero University Kano
8690
1488
2074
13. Adekunle Ajasin University
1940
2648
4335
14. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
7975
1212
2794
15. University of Calabar
7579
1148
3007
16. Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University)
3467
1690
4262
17. Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
4941
1846
4000
18. University of Ilorin
6153
6547
1764
19. Federal University of Technology Owerri
7715
1609
3536
20. Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti)
5901
1578
4116