A recent ranking of African Universities by Africa.com has placed the University of Lagos in the 9th position. Cairo University, Egypt ranks first on the list followed by yet another University in Egypt, American University in Cairo.

According to a statement on their website, “While students from across the continent continue to move abroad to study at leading learning institutions in the U.S. and Europe, Africa boasts its own league of great universities. Presented below is Part I of Africa.com’s Top 10 Universities in Africa. Part II will feature the Top 10 Universities in South Africa, a country that is home to enough academic heavyweights to populate its own list.”

Here is the list of 10 Universities ranked top in Africa:

1. Cairo University – Egypt
2. American University in Cairo – Egypt
3. Mansoura University – Egypt
4. Makerere University – Uganda
5. University of Nairobi – Kenya
6. University of Dar es Salaam – Tanzania
7. University of Botswana – Botswana
8. University of Ghana – Ghana
9. University of Lagos – Nigeria
10. Ashesi University – Ghana

The Statement on University of Lagos: Established in 1962 with the aim of training professionals for the newly independent Nigeria, the University of Lagos is a comprehensive university that strives to learn through “knowledge and research.” The University houses nine faculties, and the Medical School is home to three faculties. With an emphasis on research, the University’s faculty has published over 1,700 papers, with the most publications coming out of the medical, science, and engineering faculties. In celebration of its Golden Jubilee, the University of Lagos will host a three-day research conference and fair with the theme “Research and Innovation for Economic Development in a Globalising Nigeria.”

Notable alumni include Nigerian television actor Francis Agu; publisher and film producer Wale Adenuga; Chairperson of the Nigerian Government’s Economic and Financial Crimes, Farida Mzamber Waziri, and HIV/LGBT activist Bisi Alimi. The criteria used for the ranking include the following: 1) undergraduate and graduate school reputation among higher education peers; 2) student selectivity for entering undergraduate class; 3) quality and quantity of faculty research, including depth of research facilities and engagement beyond immediate community, and 4) international student ratio—the degree to which institution draws students from outside of its national boundaries.

www.bellanaija.com/2012/11/28/university-of-lagos-ranks-9th-position-among-the-top-10-universities-in-africa-by-africa-com/

naija no dey carry last...if only our leaders invested much of the money they got from their various loots, not only will maulag be on that list but many more uni in nigeria will be on that list too

What is Africa.com and what do they do?...............A news Portal

Teresa Clarke
Founder and CEO

Teresa H. Clarke is the chairman and CEO of Africa.com LLC. She launched the company in 2010 after resigning from her position as a managing director in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co.

Ms. Clarke’s goals for Africa.com are twofold: to change the way the world sees Africa, and to be the online platform for those changes. Africa.com is the fastest growing Africa-related website, with nearly three million page views per month.

At Goldman Sachs & Co, Ms. Clarke led mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions for Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. and in Europe. She also led the Goldman Sachs Africa-Aspen Program, a leadership development project for emerging public- and private-sector African leaders. The program was developed in cooperation with the Aspen Institute......................................

Ms. Clarke lived in South Africa from 1995-2000, during which time she taught corporate finance in the MBA program at Wits Business School and served on the investment committee of a private equity fund that invested in the Southern Africa region.

what is the criteria for the ranking.

[quote
author=lalaosky]naija no dey carry last...if only our leaders invested
much of the money they got from their various loots, not only will
maulag be on that list but many more uni in nigeria will be on that list

if unilag student hear *Maulag*
for ur mouth again, dem fit swallow u raw ooo
[/quote]

That is good.i stil believe that makerere university deserves 2nd position and dat of nairobi uni deserves 3rd position.

It Suppose To Be The First

slimming: what is the criteria for the ranking.

If had taken your time to read the article you will not be asking foolish question...

Naija tinz,we supose beta pass dis 1 o.c hw egypt wan cari everytin.if our leaders get sense.we supose b in d range of 4th to 7th.buh at least sha we get 9th,na sumtin.

So where is those South African Universities that ranked among the world's best?.

What is Africa.com and what do they do?

Here is the main ranking
www.4icu.org/topAfrica/


Unilag is 16th

Did you check the methodology of the ranking?

Until it is ascertained that it is based majorly on merits and what Students might achieve in the school, it becomes just another ranking and anyone can do that btw.

acccording to webometrics, UNIben is 1st in Nigeria followed by Auchi polytechnic . Link- http://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_africa

and their methodology?

Objectives and motivation

The original aim of the Ranking is to promote academic web presence, supporting the Open Access initiatives for increasing significantly the transfer of scientific and cultural knowledge generated by the universities to the whole Society. In order to achieve this objective, the publication of rankings is one of the most powerful and successful tools for starting and consolidating the processes of change in the academia, increasing the scholars’ commitment and setting up badly needed long term strategies

The objective is not to evaluate websites, their design or usability or the popularity of their contents according to the number of visits or visitors. Web indicators are considered as proxies in the correct, comprehensive, deep evaluation of the university global performance, taking into account its activities and outputs and their relevance and impact.

At the end a reliable rank is only possible if the web presence is a trustworthy mirror of the university. In the second decade of the 21st century the Web is key for the future of all the university missions, as it is already the most important scholarly communication tool, the future channel for the off-campus distance learning, the open forum for the community engagement and the universal showcase for attracting talent, funding and resources.

Point is, it is better to make the best use of the oportunity you have in ur institution than chasing shadows.

Thank God

Abeg Congrats.....

Datz ma University,my beloved Unilag,jona wantd to spoil our swag wt maulag,bt he faild and his brother died!!serves im ryt,nxt tym he'd mind his business,if he luvd Abiola so much,he cud av renamed Aso Rock to Abiola Rock!

Fraud Fraud Fraud Fraud Fraud Fraud

A genuine ranking may not even place UNILAG in the top 20.
What about all the top class Universities in South Africa - Capetown, Pretoria etc?

why dem still dey call am UNILAG? no be MAULAG Jolanthern name dem?

fatdon2: A recent ranking of African Universities by Africa.com has placed the University of Lagos in the 9th position. Cairo University, Egypt ranks first on the list followed by yet another University in Egypt, American University in Cairo.

According to a statement on their website, “While students from across the continent continue to move abroad to study at leading learning institutions in the U.S. and Europe, Africa boasts its own league of great universities. Presented below is Part I of Africa.com’s Top 10 Universities in Africa. Part II will feature the Top 10 Universities in South Africa, a country that is home to enough academic heavyweights to populate its own list.”

Here is the list of 10 Universities ranked top in Africa:

1. Cairo University – Egypt
2. American University in Cairo – Egypt
3. Mansoura University – Egypt
4. Makerere University – Uganda
5. University of Nairobi – Kenya
6. University of Dar es Salaam – Tanzania
7. University of Botswana – Botswana
8. University of Ghana – Ghana
9. University of Lagos – Nigeria
10. Ashesi University – Ghana

The Statement on University of Lagos: Established in 1962 with the aim of training professionals for the newly independent Nigeria, the University of Lagos is a comprehensive university that strives to learn through “knowledge and research.” The University houses nine faculties, and the Medical School is home to three faculties. With an emphasis on research, the University’s faculty has published over 1,700 papers, with the most publications coming out of the medical, science, and engineering faculties. In celebration of its Golden Jubilee, the University of Lagos will host a three-day research conference and fair with the theme “Research and Innovation for Economic Development in a Globalising Nigeria.”

Notable alumni include Nigerian television actor Francis Agu; publisher and film producer Wale Adenuga; Chairperson of the Nigerian Government’s Economic and Financial Crimes, Farida Mzamber Waziri, and HIV/LGBT activist Bisi Alimi. The criteria used for the ranking include the following: 1) undergraduate and graduate school reputation among higher education peers; 2) student selectivity for entering undergraduate class; 3) quality and quantity of faculty research, including depth of research facilities and engagement beyond immediate community, and 4) international student ratio—the degree to which institution draws students from outside of its national boundaries.

www.bellanaija.com/2012/11/28/university-of-lagos-ranks-9th-position-among-the-top-10-universities-in-africa-by-africa-com/

[b]This ranking is rubbish,must be Nigerians look @ world rankin whre SA universities are sme of d best in the world on to 500,and u believe dis graudulent ranking...I laugh in ur language...no nigerian universit[y is even top 30 in africa and worldwide non is 1st 2000...pls get ur facts rite b4 u get excited/b]

1st -3rd= Egypt
Egyptians dey try o!

It depends on who is ranking and what's the ranking criteria.
Am surprise no South African university is among the first 10 universities in Africa, which is not possible.

Anyway here is another ranking and Unilag is not among.

http://www.4icu.org/topAfrica/

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking/region/africa

freshboiswag: Datz ma University,my beloved Unilag,jona wantd to spoil our swag wt maulag,bt he faild and his brother died!!serves im ryt,nxt tym he'd mind his business,if he luvd Abiola so much,he cud av renamed Aso Rock to Abiola Rock!

'serves im ryt'? I think u r very sick bro

That list is flawed.

Till you have Universities from all the countries in Africa, South Africa especially, you cannot claim to have a credible 'Top 10 Universities in Africa list'.

My 2 cents.

Thsiis a more credible list: 2012 WORLD UNIVERSITY WEB RANKING
Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Africa http://www.4icu.org/topAfrica/ Very surprising University of Nigeria, Nsukka didn't make top 100 in Africa while you have Unilag, Uni-Illorin, Ife, UI, UniBen, UniPort, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ahmadu Bello University, UniJos.

When did Uni of Agriculture Abeokuta become more prominent than the great Lions Den?? Oh well...

It's a bias ranking because we know that South Africa has some of the best universities in Africa.

larimo: It's a bias ranking because we know that South Africa has some of the best universities in Africa.

but where were they during the zain africa quiz competition? They were thrashed by the eastern university.

It is an irony that majority of the guys commenting on this thread are " educated illiterates" . The article stated it clearly that " Part II will feature the Top 10 Universities in South Africa, a country that is home to enough academic heavyweights to populate its own list” , yet some of the commenters above still questioned the reason why South Africa universities are not included, thus pronouncing the ranking as fake.

It is an irony that majority of the guys commenting on this thread are " educated illiterates" . The article stated it clearly that " Part II will feature the Top 10 Universities in South Africa, a country that is home to enough academic heavyweights to populate its own list” , yet some of the commenters above still questioned the reason why South Africa universities are not included, thus pronouncing the ranking as fake.

I am interested in the criteria they used. Until then MAULAG remains behind UNIBEN and UI by current standards.

Shai OSU no dey there? Pls wait for my own top 20 since we don't know their criteria........

Where Ȋ̝̊̅§ University Ø̶̷̩̥̊͡Ƒ̶̷̩̥̊͡ Ibadan on d list nau ?..

I beg to disagre
http://www.webometrics.info/en/Africa