The Times Higher Education has unveiled its 2024 World Universities Rankings, encompassing institutions from 108 countries and regions. In Nigeria, 39 universities have made the list, with Covenant University leading as the top-ranked institution.
Following closely are the University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure, which secured the second and third spots, respectively. The University of Lagos ranked fourth.
On a global scale, the University of Oxford remains the leader for the eighth consecutive year, while Stanford University has risen to second place, relegating Harvard University to fourth position.
The evaluation for this year’s rankings involved analyzing over 134 million citations found in 16.5 million research publications, alongside survey responses from 68,402 scholars worldwide. In total, the Times Higher Education collected 411,789 data points from 2,673 participating institutions.
Below is the complete list of the top Nigerian universities in 2024 according to the rankings:
- Covenant University
- University of Ibadan
- Federal University of Technology, Akure
- University of Lagos
- Bayero University
- University of Ilorin
- University of Nigeria
- Afe Babalola University
- University of Benin
- Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
- Lagos State University
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University
- Obafemi Awolowo University
- University of Port Harcourt
- Abia State University
- Akwa Ibom State University
- Alex Ekwueme Federal University
- Babcock University
- Baze University
- Bells University of Technology
- Benson Idahosa University
- Delta State University, Abraka
- Edo State University
- Edwin Clark 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
- Thomas Adewumi University
- Veritas University
- Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano
