UNILAG downgrades to 6th, Covenant Varsity overtakes OAU, UNN, UNIPORT to 2nd position, UI remains number 1. Here is the full list of the top 100 universities, their rankings in Nigeria and in the World, and factors considered for their evaluations.
The latest edition of its annual ranking of the top 100 universities in Nigeria for the year 2023 has been released, Platforms Africa reports.
This comprehensive ranking system, which evaluates Higher Education Institutions, considers various factors such as a university’s online presence through its web domain, sub-pages, rich files, scholarly articles, among other criteria.
Here below is the top 100 universities in Nigeria for the year 2023, according to the rankings published by Cybermetrics Lab – a research group under Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research organization in Spain.
Ranking World Rank University
- 1207 University of Ibadan
- 1353 Covenant University Ota
- 1385 Obafemi Awolowo University
- 1498 University of Nigeria
- 1514 University of Port Harcourt
- 1699 University of Lagos
- 2167 Federal University of Technology Akure
- 2244 Ahmadu Bello University
- 2353 Federal University of Technology Minna
- 2421 Landmark University
- 2633 Bayero University Kano
- 2983 Nnamdi Azikiwe University
- 3023 Adekunle Ajasin University
- 3075 University of Calabar
- 3143 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
- 3193 Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti)
- 3259 University of Ilorin
- 3297 Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University)
- 3360 Federal University of Technology Owerri
- 3432 Lagos State University
- 3482 University of Jos
- 3482 University of Uyo
- 3531 Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
- 3581 Kwara State University
- 3606 Federal University Dutse Jigawa State
- 3873 University of Abuja
- 3961 University of Maiduguri
- 3970 Redeemer’s University
- 3981 Usmanu Danfodiyo University
- 4139 (1) Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
- 4139 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
- 4152 Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun
- 4193 Ebonyi State University
- 4325 Osun State University
- 4385 Delta State University Nigeria
- 4705 Niger Delta University
- 4792 Rivers State University of Science & Technology
- 4816 Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola (Federal University of Technology)
- 4865 Imo State University Owerri
- 4917 Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma
- 4956 African University of Science & Technology Abuja
- 5177 Cross River State University of Science & Technology Calabar
- 5217 American University of Nigeria
- 5220 Federal University Lokoja Kogi State
- 5311 Kogi State University
- 5420 National Open University of Nigeria
- 5508 Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi
- 5540 Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike
- 5980 Skyline University Nigeria
- 6159 Abia State University Uturu
- 6306 Joseph Ayo Babalola University
- 6483 Enugu State University of Science & Technology
- 6759 Babcock University
- 6878 Nasarawa State University
- 6903 Federal University Kashere Gombe State
- 6915 Federal University Lafia Nasarawa State
- 6941 Kebbi State University of Science and Technology KSUSTA
- 7085 Gregory University Uturu
- 7162 Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo FUNAI
- 7432 Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (Katsina State University)
- 7569 Pan African University Lagos
- 7678 Lagos State Polytechnic
- 7791 Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna
- 7908 Lagos Business School Pan Atlantic University
- 7969 Igbinedion University Okada
- 8174 Bowen University
- 8232 Benue State University
- 8243 University of Medical Sciences Ondo
- 8273 Federal University Dutsin Ma
- 8391 Yaba College of Technology
- 8417 Baze University Kuchigoro
- 8499 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (Anambra State University of Science & Technology Uli)
- 8523 Edo University Iyamho
- 8588 Kano University of Science & Technology Wudil
- 8661 Akwa Ibom State University of Technology
- 8667 Tai Solarin University of Education
- 8687 Kaduna State University
- 8720 Nile University of Nigeria (Nigerian Turkish Nile University Abuja)
- 8755 Lagos State University College of Medicine
- 8853 Federal University Otuoke Bayelsa
- 8910 Mountain Top University
- 8956 Adeleke University Ede
- 8982 Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
- 9068 Godfrey Okoye University
- 9083 Veritas University
- 9083 Southwestern University Oku Owa
- 9227 Federal Polytechnic Ilaro
- 9227 Bingham University New Karu
- 9357 Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai
- 9397 Achievers University Owo
- 9427 Madonna University Nigeria
- 9488 Lead City University Ibadan
- 9519 Bells University of Technology Otta
- 9553 Technical University Ibadan
- 9758 Benson Idahosa University
- 9811 Taraba State University Jalingo
- 9932 Elizade University Ilara Mokin
- 10233 Gombe State University Gombe
- 10262 Kings University Odeomu
- 10322 Caleb University
Source: Platforms Africa