BREAKING; Best University in Nigeria emerges for 2024 [see current list] – Crime Channels
BREAKING; Best University in Nigeria emerges for 2024 [see current list]
The Times Higher Education (THE) has named Covenant University (CU), a private institution in Nigeria, as the top university in the country according to the 2024 Rankings.
This prestigious annual ranking evaluates universities globally.
Following Covenant University, the top five Nigerian universities include the University of Ibadan in second place, the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in third, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in fourth, and Bayero University, Kano, in fifth.
For the 2024 edition, THE assessed 1,907 universities from 108 countries and regions using 18 performance indicators. These indicators evaluate institutions on various criteria, including teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement, and international outlook.
The ranking process involved analyzing over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications, alongside survey responses from 68,402 scholars worldwide. Additionally, 411,789 data points were gathered from 2,673 institutions that submitted data for evaluation.
On the international stage, the University of Oxford in the UK has maintained its top position for the ninth consecutive year, marking the longest tenure in THE Rankings history. It surpassed Harvard University, which previously held the lead for eight years before ending in 2011. Stanford University (US) moved up to second place, while Harvard dropped to fourth. The University of Cambridge (UK) fell to fifth place in 2024 after sharing third place with Harvard in 2023.
Here is a list of best Nigerian universities 2024:
Covenant University
University of Ibadan
Federal University of Technology Akure
University of Lagos
Bayero University
University of Ilorin
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Afe Babalola University
University of Benin
Federal University ofAgriculture, Abeokuta
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Lagos State University
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Obafemi Awolowo University
University of Port Harcourt
Abia State University
Akwa Ibom State University
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
Babcock University
Baze University
Bells University of Technology
Benson Idahosa University
Delta State University, Abraka
Edo State University, Uzairue
Edwin Clarke University
Elizade University
Evangel University, Akaeze
Federal University of Kashere
Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun
Federal University of Technology, Minna
Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Fountain University
Landmark University
Nasarawa State University, Keffi
Niger Delta University
Plateau State University, Bokkos
Thomas Adewumi University
Veritas University, Abuja
Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano