The Times Higher Education world university ranking has rated Covenant University (CU) has best top university in Nigeria for 2025. The Times Higher Education World Rankings is a comprehensive global ranking of universities published annually, providing definitive list of the world’s best universities, with an emphasis on the research mission. According to THE in its Mission Statement, “It is the only global university league table to judge research-intensive universities across all of their core missions: teaching (the learning environment); research environment (volume, income and reputation); research quality (the outputs of research); industry (knowledge transfer) and international outlook (staff, students and research).” In view of this, THE has listed Covenant University as the best in Nigeria, for its 2025 ranking. In the 2025 rankings, the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria came second, displacing the University of Ibadan which occupied the position for the 2024 rankings. The 2025 rankings THE said it ranked more than 2,000 institutions from 115 countries and territories. Globally, Oxford holds on to the top spot for the ninth consecutive year, bolstered by significant improvements in industry engagement and teaching. MIT rises to second place, overtaking Stanford, which drops to sixth. The ratings were done based on 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook. Top 10 ranked universities globally University of Oxford Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University Princeton University University of Cambridge Stanford University California Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley Imperial College London Yale University Top 22 ranked Nigerian universities Covenant University Ahmadu Bello University Landmark University University of Ibadan University of Lagos Bayero University Federal University of Technology, Akure Federal University of Technology, Minna University of Benin University of Ilorin University of Nigeria, Nsukka Ekiti State University Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Federal University of Technology, Owerri Federal University of Oye-Ekiti Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Lagos State University Nnamdi Azikiwe University Obafemi Awolowo University University of Port Harcourt Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Abia State University
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