Covenant University leads UI, UNILAG, others in latest University ranking

FIFTEEN Nigerian universities appeared on the list of World universities rankings with Covenant University taking the number one spot (Nigerian list).

This 2024 rankings was released by Times Higher Education scross 108 countries and regions.

University of Ibadan comes second while Federal University of Technology, Akure and University of Lagos takes third and fourth positions respectively.

“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. 

Here is a list of best Nigerian universities 2024:

1. Covenant University
2. University of Ibadan
3. Federal University of Technology, Akure
4. University of Lagos
5. Bayero University, Kano
6. University of Ilorin
7. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
8. Afe Babalola University
9. University of Benin
10. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
11. Ladoke Akintola Uni of Tech
12. Lagos State University
13. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
14. Obafemi Awolowo University
15. University of Port Harcourt