Covenant University, a private university located in Ota, Ogun State, has emerged as Nigeria’s best university for the second consecutive year, according to the 2025 World University Rankings by Times Higher Education (THE).
Covenant is also the only Nigerian university to feature in the top 1,000 world universities list. The number of top-ranked Nigerian universities has declined for the third consecutive year, from three in 2023 to two in 2024 and one in the latest rankings.
how it was ranked
The Times Higher Education (THE) said universities are ranked based on the three core missions of university activities: research, teaching and impact.
THE said it used 18 “carefully calibrated performance indicators” grouped into five areas to calculate the points. These are education (learning environment), research environment (volume, income, reputation), research quality (citation impact, research strength, research excellence, research impact), and international outlook (staff, students). , research), and industry. (income and patents).
Research quality accounts for 30 percent of the points, and research environment accounts for 29 percent. Education accounts for 29.5 percent and international outlook accounts for 7.5 percent. Meanwhile, the university’s ability to support industry with innovation, invention and consulting accounts for 4% of the points.
Top 10 Universities in Nigeria
THE calculation lists the top 10 universities in Nigeria in the 2025 rankings.
Covenant University (801-1000) Ahmadu Bello University (1001-1200) Landmark University (1001-1200) University of Ibadan (1001-1200) University of Lagos (1001-1200) Bayero University (1201-1500) Federal University of Technology, Acre (1201 –1500) Minna Federal Institute of Technology (1201–1500) University of Benin (1201–1500) University of Ilorin (1201–1500)
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