Covenant University (CU) has been ranked as Nigeria’s top university in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings.
The THE World Rankings, published annually, provide a comprehensive evaluation of universities globally. The 2024 edition features 1,907 universities from 108 countries and regions.
Covenant University, Nigeria’s highest-ranked institution on the list, falls within the 801-1000 bracket globally, alongside the University of Ibadan (UI).
The rankings are based on 18 performance indicators measuring universities across five key areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry income, and international outlook.
This year’s analysis covered more than 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications and included responses from 68,402 scholars worldwide.
“We collected 411,789 data points from 2,673 institutions that submitted data,” THE stated.
For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Oxford topped the global rankings. Stanford University rose to second place, pushing Harvard University down to fourth, while the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) climbed to third. The University of Cambridge slipped to fifth, down from a shared third place last year.
Top 10 ranked universities globally
- University of Oxford, UK
- Stanford University, US
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
- Harvard University, US
- University of Cambridge, UK
- Princeton University, US
- California Institute of Technology, US
- Imperial College London, UK
- University of California, Berkeley US
- Yale University, US
Top 10 ranked Nigerian universities
- Covenant University
- University of Ibadan
- Federal University of Technology Akure
- University of Lagos
- Bayero University
- University of Ilorin
- University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- 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 Ndufu-Alike
- Babcock University
- 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