The oldest Nigerian university Which started as Yaba College, founded in 1932 which was transferred to Ibadan, becoming the University College of Ibadan, in 1948 has really made Nigeria proud for the outstanding performance on recent ranking.

The global rankings released by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)only one Nigeria university rank 991 out of 1000.



University of Ibadan is the only academic institution ranked among the top 1000 universities in the world.

The rankings grade of universities by CWUR is done on seven factors without relying on surveys and university data submissions:

Quality of teaching,
Alumni employment,
Quality of faculty,
Research output,
Quality publications,
Influence, and citations.

“The methodology has been enhanced this year, with research now accounting for 70 per cent of the total score.


University of Ibadan is ranked 991st worldwide, and 14th in Africa, No other Nigerian university made the list.

Harvard University is ranked number 1 for the seventh year in a row followed by Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

University of Cambridge, U.K, is ranked fourth, while University of Oxford, also in the U.K, is ranked fifth. “Among the top 10 universities are University of California, Berkeley, U.S (sixth); Princeton University, U.S (seventh); Columbia University, U.S (eighth); California Institute of Technology, U.S (ninth); and the University of Chicago, U.S (10th).”

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