OAU, UNICAL misses out as Covenant University shines in latest Nigeria University rankings

Covenant University (CU) has been named Nigeria’s leading institution in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings, a prestigious global ranking system.

The rankings, which assess the performance of universities worldwide, placed Covenant University within the 801-1000 range globally, alongside the University of Ibadan (UI).

The 2024 rankings feature 1,907 universities from 108 countries and regions.

Institutions are evaluated across five key areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry collaboration, and international outlook, using 18 performance indicators.

This year’s ranking drew from an extensive analysis, including over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications and feedback from 68,402 scholars.

The process included over 411,789 data points from more than 2,673 institutions globally.

While Covenant University excelled in Nigeria, the global ranking was topped by the University of Oxford for the eighth consecutive year.

Stanford University climbed to second place, while Harvard University slipped to fourth. Meanwhile, MIT advanced to third, and the University of Cambridge dropped to fifth from last year’s joint third position.

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