The Times Higher Education (THE), a British magazine known for higher education worldwide, has released its World University Rankings 2023.
The ranking includes 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions. It also included survey responses from 40,000 scholars globally. “Overall, we collected over 680,000 data points from more than 2,500 institutions that submitted data,” THE stated. According to the ranking, the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos share the top spot in Nigeria. Both universities, which are federal government-owned, ranked between 401 and 500 globally. Covenant University, a private varsity, emerged the third-best in the country and ranked between 601 and 800 globally.
Top 25 Universities in Nigeria for 2023 Rank Country/Region 1 University of Ibadan 2 University of Lagos 3 Covenant University 4 Bayero University 5 Federal University of Technology Akure 6 University of Benin 7 University of Ilorin 8 University of Nigeria Nsukka 9 Obafemi Awolowo University 10 Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta 11 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology 12 Nnamdi Azikiwe University 13 Adamawa State University, Mubi 14 Afe Babalola University 15 Akwa Ibom State University 16 Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike 17 American University of Nigeria 18 Augustine University 19 Babcock University 20 Bamidele Olumilua University of Education Ikere-Ikiti 21 Baze University 22 Bells University of Technology 23 Benson Idahosa University 24 Bowen University 25 Coal City University
