Covenant University (CU) has been ranked as the best university in Nigeria in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
The annual ranking, published by Times Higher Education, assesses universities worldwide based on 18 performance indicators across teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement, and international outlook.
In Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello University secured second place, followed by Landmark University, University of Ibadan (UI), and University of Lagos (UNILAG), rounding out the top five.
For the 2024 rankings, the analyzed data from 1,907 universities in 108 countries, including over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications and survey responses from more than 68,000 scholars globally.
- Covenant University
- Ahmadu Bello University
- Landmark University
- University of Ibadan
- University of Lagos
- Bayero University, Kano
- Fed Uni of Technology, Akure
- Fed. Uni. of Technology, Minna
- University of Benin
- University of Ilorin
- University of Nigeria, Ndukka
- Ekiti State University
- Fed. Uni. of Agriculture, Abeokuta
- Fed. Uni. of Technology, Owerri
- Federal University, Oye-Ekiti
- Ladoke Akintola University
- Lagos State University
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University
- Obafemi Awolowo University
- University of Port Harcourt
- Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
- Abia State University
- Akwa Ibom State University
- Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
- Ambrose Alli University
