Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, has been ranked among the top 100 universities making a global impact in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023.

The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023 included 735 institutions from 93 countries and regions.

The University of Tasmania in Australia led the ranking for the second consecutive year, while the University of New South Wales in Australia and University of Victoria in Canada completed the top three.

According to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, released on June 1, Afe Babalola University, which is the only Nigerian University that emerged among the top 100 institutions, was ranked 76, sharing the same spot with Radboud University Njimegen, Netherlands and the University of Western Australia, Australia.

Covenant University, Otta, Nigeria, was ranked among the 101-200 universities on the global impact ranking while Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, shared the same spot with Babcock University and others in 201-300 placement.

The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).