The University of Ibadan,UI, has been ranked among the 1,000 best universities in the world in the latest rankings by the London-based higher education weekly magazine, Times Higher Education, THE.



The rankings polled UI, the only Nigerian University to feature on the list as number 601 in the list of 980 best universities in the world


The latest ranking which was based on Teaching , Research, Citations of scholarly publications, Industry Income and International outlook featured only twenty-two universities from Africa with South Africa and Egyptian universities dominating.





In his reaction, the Vice Chancellor University of Ibadan, Professor Idowu Olayinka said the University is blessed with world class scholars who are dedicated to their calling and must be engaged by Nigeria to solve her problems.


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