JUST IN: Covenant Beats UI, UNILAG, Others To Emerge Best University (FULL LIST)

The Times Higher Education has published its 2024 World Universities Rankings, covering 108 countries and regions.

In Nigeria, 39 universities made it onto the list, with Covenant University securing the top position.

Following closely is the University of Ibadan in second place, while the Federal University of Technology, Akure, and the University of Lagos take the third and fourth spots, respectively.

Globally, the University of Oxford retains its position as the top-ranked university for the eighth consecutive year. However, there have been changes in the ranks of others in the top five. Stanford University climbs to second place, displacing Harvard University to fourth.

The rankings this year involved an analysis of over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications, along with survey responses from 68,402 scholars worldwide. The data collection process gathered 411,789 data points from over 2,673 institutions that provided data, as reported by The Times Higher Education.

See full list below:
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
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
19. Babcock University
20. Baze University
21. Bells University of Technology
22. Benson Idahosa University
23. Delta State University, Abraka
24. Edo State University
25. Edwin Clark 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
37. Thomas Adewumi University
38. Veritas University
39. Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano