A foremost private institution in Nigeria, Covenant University (CU), has been ranked the country’s top university in the just-released 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
The annual ranking, published by Times Higher Education, assesses universities worldwide based on 18 performance indicators across teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement, and international outlook.
The university is owned by the Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners Chapel, headquartered in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the University of Ibadan secured second place, with the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), University of Lagos (UNILAG), and Bayero University, Kano (BUK) rounding out the top five.
For the 2024 rankings, the analyzed data from 1,907 universities in 108 countries, include over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications and survey responses from more than 68,000 scholars globally.
Nigeria’s Overall Best Universities
Covenant University
University of Ibadan
Federal University of Technology, Akure
University of Lagos
Bayero University, Kano
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti
University of Benin
Federal University ofAgriculture, Abeokuta
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Lagos State University
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
University of Port Harcourt
Abia State University, Uturu
Akwa Ibom State University
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
Babcock University, Ilishan Remo
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
GLOBAL STAGE
On the global stage, the University of Oxford retained its top spot for the ninth consecutive year, while Stanford University rose to second place. Harvard University dropped to fourth, with the University of Cambridge falling to fifth after sharing third place in 2023.
