Three Nigerian Schools In Latest World University Rankings

The University of Ibadan, the University of Nigeria, the University of Lagos and the Ahmadu Bello University have been ranked among the best universities in the world according to the Centre for World University Rankings.

A total of 20,531 universities were ranked with 2,000 making the global list according to the list published on the website of the global organisation on Monday.

The University of Ibadan topped in Nigeria and 1,163rd position in the global 2,000.

UNN was ranked second in Nigeria and 1,784th position on the global list.

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UNILAG was ranked third in Nigeria and 1,875th globally while ABU was ranked fourth nationally and was placed number 1,881 on the global list.

The top five universities in the world according to the ranking are; Havard University, United States; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Stanford University, United States; University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Accordingly, the university rankings were based on research, employability, faculty and education rank.

GWG.ng reports that the dominance of the public universities ahead of the private counterparts will interest many Nigerians given the challenges that the government funded public institutions face in the face of strikes, paucity of funds among other issues that could have challenged them.

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