[FULL LIST] Covenant University leads Nigeria in global university rankings

Covenant University (CU) has been recognized as Nigeria’s top university in the Times Higher Education (THE) 2024 Rankings.

The Times Higher Education World Rankings provide a comprehensive assessment of universities worldwide, published annually.

This year’s rankings feature 1,907 universities from 108 countries and regions.

Covenant University, Nigeria’s highest-ranking institution on the 2024 list, is positioned within the 800-1000 range globally, sharing this spot with the University of Ibadan (UI).

The rankings are based on 18 meticulously calibrated performance indicators that assess an institution’s effectiveness across five key areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement, and international outlook.

For this year’s assessment, over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications were analyzed, along with survey responses from 68,402 scholars worldwide.

“Overall, we collected 411,789 datapoints from more than 2,673 institutions that submitted data,” THE said.

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.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) climbs up two places to third this year. The University of Cambridge slips to fifth place, after being in joint third place last year.

Top 10 ranked universities globally

1. University of Oxford, UK
2. Stanford University, US
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
4. Harvard University, US
5. University of Cambridge, UK
6. Princeton University, US
7. California Institute of Technology, US
8. Imperial College London, UK
9. University of California, Berkeley US
10. Yale University, US

Top 10 ranked Nigerian universities

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
28. Federal University of Kashere
29. Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun
30. Federal University of Technology, Minna
31. Federal University of Technology, Owerri
32. Fountain University
33. Landmark University
34. Nasarawa State University, Keffi
35. Niger Delta University
36. Plateau State University, Bokkos
37. Thomas Adewumi University
38. Veritas University, Abuja
39. Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano