Covenant University (CU), a prominent private institution in Nigeria, has been ranked as the nation’s top university in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
These rankings, which evaluate universities globally, are based on 18 performance indicators in areas such as teaching, research environment, research quality, industry collaboration, and international outlook.
In Nigeria, the University of Ibadan ranked second, followed by the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), the University of Lagos (UNILAG), and Bayero University, Kano, completing the top five.
For the 2024 rankings, THE analyzed data from 1,907 universities in 108 countries. This included over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications and responses from more than 68,000 scholars globally.
Nigeria’s Top Universities Rankings For 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 Nigeria, Nsukka
7. Afe Babalola University