JUST IN: Covenant Beats UI, UNILAG, Others To Emerge Best University (FULL LIST)

The Times Higher Education has published its 2024 World Universities Rankings, covering 108 countries and regions.

In Nigeria, 39 universities made it onto the list, with Covenant University securing the top position.

Following closely is the University of Ibadan in second place, while the Federal University of Technology, Akure, and the University of Lagos take the third and fourth spots, respectively.

Globally, the University of Oxford retains its position as the top-ranked university for the eighth consecutive year. However, there have been changes in the ranks of others in the top five. Stanford University climbs to second place, displacing Harvard University to fourth.

The rankings this year involved an analysis of over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications, along with survey responses from 68,402 scholars worldwide. The data collection process gathered 411,789 data points from over 2,673 institutions that provided data, as reported by The Times Higher Education.

See full list below:

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

8. Afe Babalola University

9. University of Benin

10. Federal University of Agriculture, 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

19. Babcock University

20. Baze University

21. Bells University of Technology

22. Benson Idahosa University

23. Delta State University, Abraka

24. Edo State University

25. Edwin Clark 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

37. Thomas Adewumi University

38. Veritas University

39. Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano