World varsities rankings: Covenant University tops in Nigeria (Full List)

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

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 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 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