The University of Ilorin has emerged the
best university in Nigeria, ranked 5484th in
the world and 55th in Africa, the July edition
of the World University ranking, conducted
by Webometrics has revealed.
Since 2004, the ranking is published twice a
year (January and July), and it covers more
than 20,000 Higher Education Institutions
worldwide.
Previously, no Nigerian university has ever
been rated amongst the first five thousand
best in the world. Quality of educational
research, school size, academic prestige, and
others are amongst several other conditions
considered for the ratings.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
emerged the second in the country, 5756th
in the world and 61st in Africa. It is followed
by University of Jos, University of Lagos,
University of Benin, University of Ibadan,
University of Nigeria Nsuka, all with 66th,
68th,
77th, 79th, 99th positions in Africa and
5882th, 5936th, 6324th, 6425th and
7170th respectively position in the world.
The new rating is seen as a sign of
improvement, as the best Nigerian university
in its February ratings emerged in 6340th
global position.
The University of Lagos, which was ranked
at the 6340th position, is now 5936th but it
slipped to the fourth position amongst
other Nigerian universities.
Harvard University was rated the best in the
world, followed by Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and Stanford University
respectively.
Africa has only one university amongst the
first 500, and five in the first one thousand,
with University of Cape Town, South Africa
leading in Africa and ranked 340th in the
entire world. Stellenbosch University,
University of Pretoria, and University of the
Witwatersrand, followed the ranking as the
leading African universities respectively.
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