Covenant University, Otta, Ogun State
2025 World Rankings: Covenant now Nigeria’s best university
Covenant University (CU), owned privately by faith-based church, Living Faith Church, is now ranked as the country’s top university in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
The yearly ranking, published by Times Higher Education, ranks universities worldwide based on 18 performance indicators across teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement, and international outlook.
In Nigeria, after Covenant University comes Ahmadu Bello University in the second place, followed by Landmark University, University of Ibadan (UI), and University of Lagos (UNILAG), which came fifth.
The full rankings of Nigeria’s Overall Best Universities
1.Covenant University
2.Ahmadu Bello University
3.Landmark University
4. University of Ibadan
5. University of Lagos
6. Bayero University, Kano
7. Fed University of Technology, Akure
8 .Fed. University of Technology, Minna
9. University of Benin
10. University of Ilorin
11. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
12. Ekiti State University
13. Fed. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
14. Fed. University of Technology, Owerri
15. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti
16.Ladoke Akintola University
17.Lagos State University
18. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
19.Obafemi Awolowo University
20. University of Port Harcourt
21. Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
22.Abia State University
23. Akwa Ibom State University
24.Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
25.Ambrose Alli University
Similarly, the University of Oxford retained its top spot for the ninth consecutive year globally, while Stanford University rose to second place. Harvard University dropped to fourth, with the University of Cambridge fell to fifth after sharing third place in 2023.
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