Top 10 Universities In The World
This was according to the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released in September 2021.
However, the University of Lagos moved a step ahead to rank second in Nigeria and 501–600 across the world.
Covenant University took the 3rd in Nigeria and ranked 601–800 in the world.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State University dropped to sixth in Nigeria behind the University of Ilorin, the University of Nigeria, and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Only six universities from Nigeria feature in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
The ranking was based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.
According to the ranking, the 10 best universities in the world are:
1. The University of Oxford.
2. Stanford University, California
3. Harvard University
4. California Institute of Technology.
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6. University of Cambridge
7. University of California, Berkeley
8. Yale University
9. Princeton University
10.University of Chicago