List of Top 20 Best Nigerian Universities in 2021 Emerges

Webometrics has released the July 2021 edition of its ranking of the universities and other higher education institutions across the world.

A look at the ranking by Frank Talk Now indicates that the University of Ibadan, Covenant University, and Obafemi Awolowo University occupied the top three spots respectively.

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While two of the top three, UI and OAU, are federal universities, the remaining one, Covenant University, is private-owned.

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The University of Nigeria (UNN) and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) emerged fourth and fifth in Nigeria respectively.

Frank Talk Now gathers that the aim of the ranking is to promote academic web presence and support the Open Access initiatives.

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Here is a full list of the top 20 Nigerian universities, according to Webometrics:

1. University of Ibadan
2. Covenant University Ota
3. Obafemi Awolowo University
4. University of Nigeria
5. University of Lagos
6. University of Port Harcourt
7. Ahmadu Bello University
8. Federal University of Technology Akure
9. Landmark University
10. Federal University of Technology Minna
11. Bayero University Kano
12. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
13. University of Calabar
14. University of Benin
15. Adekunle Ajasin University
16. Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti)
17. Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University)
18. University of Uyo
19. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
20. Federal University of Technology Owerri