The University of Ibadan has
again been confirmed as number one in the country .
This is contained in the January
edition of the 2018 Webometrics.
UI , however, ranks 1099 in the
world (still the only Nigerian university in the top 1000 bracket in the
world).
University of Ibadan is trailed
in the second position by the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State (the only
private university in the top 46 bracket) and the Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Osun State, in the third position.
Covenant University and Obafemi
Awolowo University rank 2,140th and 2,267th in the world respectively.
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka
(UNN), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) and the
Federal University of Technology, Minna rank fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
positions respectively.
Nigeria’s most subscribed
university, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) ranks eighth in Nigeria and 3,118th
globally; followed by the Federal University of Technology Akure (ninth
Nigeria, 3176 worlds) and the University of Benin (10th Nigeria, 3512).
Others are University of Port
Harcourt (11th, 3535th); Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (12th,
3,638th); and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (13th, 3665th).
Despite being held down by
protracted and debilitating industrial crisis last year, the Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, Ogbomoso, still got rated as the best state
university in the current Webometric ranking, 14th in the country and 3680th in
the world.
Bayero University, Kano (15th,
3760th); Lagos State University (16th, 3807th); University of Uyo (17th, 3823rd
); University of Calabar (18th,4153rd); Nnamdi Azikiwe University (19th,
4277th) and the University of Jos (20th, 4323rd) complete the top 20 on the
list).
The next best performing private
university after Covenant (which is ranked second best university in Nigeria)
is the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, on the 21st position and 4329th in
the world.
The University of Maiduguri,
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State; American University of Nigeria,
Yola, Adamawa State and Federal University of Oye-Ekiti are ranked 22nd, 23rd,
24th and 25th respectively in Nigeria.
The highest ranked Polytechnic is
the Auchi Polytechnic 48th in Nigeria and 8623rd institution in the world;
followed by the Yaba College of Technology (65th Nigeria, 10,911th world) and
The Polytechnic, Ibadan (77th Nigeria, 12,202nd world).
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