At least 12 Nigerian universities have shown remarkable improvement in the world ranking and were applauded at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit which ended in New York on October 12.
Over the last 12 months, Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC) had been working with all universities and building capacities to ensure the actualisation of this mandate.
“Nigeria was singled out and publicly announced at the summit by the management of Times Higher Education World University Rankings as having made one of the most significant improvements in ranking within a year.
“From five universities in the top band in 2022 to twelve universities within a year is a remarkable feat,” Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, the Chairman of NURAC disclosed to journalists in Abuja on his return from the New York Summit.
Okebukola, who is also a member of the international advisory board of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Chairman of the Governing Board of the African Higher Education Observatory as well as the Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, listed the top two Nigerian universities in the 401 to 500 band as the University of Ibadan and University of Lagos.
Covenant University is next in the 601 to 800 band.
Bayero University Kano and Federal University of Technology, Akure, are in the 1001 to 1200 band. In the 1201 to 1500 band are University of Ilorin, University of Nigeria Nsukka and Obafemi Awolowo University.
The three universities in the 1500+ category are Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and Nnamdi Azikiwe University.