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Nigeria’s Covenant University Tops Times Higher Education Rankings 2024

Covenant University has retained its position as Nigeria’s top university in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. The Ota-based institution outperformed other leading Nigerian universities, solidifying its reputation as a leader in higher education.

Ranking Highlights:

  • 1,907 universities surveyed across 108 countries
  • 18 performance indicators assessed across five key areas:

Nigeria’s Top 10 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

Global Shift:

The 2024 rankings reflect a changing global higher education landscape, with:

  • 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications analyzed
  • Survey responses from over 68,000 scholars collected globally

Other Nigerian universities making the top 25 include:

  1. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
  2. Lagos State University
  3. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
  4. Obafemi Awolowo University
  5. University of Port Harcourt
  6. Abia State University
  7. Akwa Ibom State University
  8. Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
  9. Babcock University
  10. Baze University

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