2021 National Universities Commission (NUC) Ranking Of Universities In Nigeria

Recently updated on October 24th, 2022 at 02:43 pm

The National Universities Commission (NUC) of Nigeria has released its 2021 ranking of universities in Nigeria on December 13, 2021.

The NUC ranking, which was carried out using twelve indicators involved 113 universities across the country.

A former Executive Secretary of NUC and lead presenter, Professor Peter Okebukola, made this known in Abuja, during a capacity building workshop on improving the ranking of public universities in Nigeria, Organised by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

The rankings of the institutions were based on: Student-Teacher Ratio; Percentage Female; Percentage of Full Professors; Percentage of International Staff; Percentage of International Students; Percentage of Programmes with FULL accreditation; Efficiency; All Citations Per Capita; All h-index Per Capita; All i-10-index Per Capita; Google Scholar Presence; Contribution to Knowledge Economy; and Total score, which is the summation of percentage of international staff, percentage of international students, all citations per capita, h-index per capita, i-10 index per capita and Google Scholar presence.

2021 National Universities Commission (NUC) Ranking Of Universities In Nigeria

  1. University of Ibadan – 454.56 points
  2. Redeemer’s University – 384.96 points
  3. Covenant University    – 368.11 points
  4. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology – 315.23 points
  5. Federal University of Technology, Akure – 264.14 points
  6. Afe Babalola University – 254.52 points
  7. University of Ilorin – 248.86 points
  8. Babcock University – 227.77 points
  9. Landmark University – 217.06 points
  10. Edo University – 207.15 points
  11. Mountain Top University – 206.47 points
  12. Pan-Atlantic University – 201.77 points
  13. Lagos State University – 199.90 points
  14. Obafemi Awolowo University – 199.25 points
  15. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta – 190.25 points
  16. Federal University Lokoja – 187.88 points
  17. Skyline University, Nigeria – 186.42 points
  18. Chrisland University – 183.39 points
  19. Ondo State University of Medical Sciences – 180.53 points
  20. University of Nigeria, Nsukka – 178.03 points
  21. Ekiti State University – 173.11 points
  22. American University of Nigerian – 171.37 points
  23. Rivers State University – 170.48 points
  24. Elizade University – 160.60 points
  25. Nile University of Nigeria – 157.37 points
  26. Bells University of Technology – 149.65 points
  27. The Technical University – 146.63 points
  28. Rhema University – 142.71 points
  29. Federal University of Technology, Minna – 140.14 points
  30. Bowen University – 139.62 points
  31. King’s University – 131.35 points
  32. Edwin Clark University – 129.97 points
  33. Delta State University – 124.02 points
  34. Godfrey Okoye University – 120.00 points
  35. University of Lagos – 116.64 points
  36. Nnamdi Azikiwe University – 113.65 points
  37. University of Uyo – 112.29 points
  38. Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology – 110.87 points
  39. Kwara State University – 108.22 points
  40. University of Calabar – 107.99 points
  41. University of Benin – 106.01 points
  42. Ebonyi State University – 105.26 points
  43. Hezekiah University – 101.57 points
  44. Osun State University – 99.30 points
  45. Adeleke University – 97.06 points
  46. Bingham University – 95.39 points
  47. Samuel Adegboyega University – 94.52 points
  48. University of Port-Harcourt – 90.27 points
  49. Lead City University – 87.11 points
  50. Crawford University – 86.76 points
  51. National Open University of Nigeria – 86.41 points
  52. Baze University – 85.59 points
  53. Arthur Jarvis University – 84.11 points
  54. Spiritan University – 83.84 points
  55. University of Abuja – 80.88 points
  56. Michael & Cecilia Ibru University – 80.66 points
  57. Kola Daisi University – 78.79 points
  58. Federal University Wukari – 78.72 points
  59. Admiralty University – 71.47 points
  60. Caleb University – 71.08 points
  61. Dominion University – 69.90 points
  62. Federal University, Dutse – 68.13 points
  63. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti – 68.01 points
  64. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University – 61.44 points
  65. Bayelsa Medical University Yenagoa – 61.12 points
  66. PAMO University of Medical Sciences – 60.12 points
  67. Bayero University – 57.99 points
  68. Mcpherson University – 57.02 points
  69. Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto – 56.93 points
  70. Maitama Sule University – 56.90 points
  71. Tai Solarin University of Education – 55.71 points
  72. Federal University, Otuoke – 53.33 points
  73. Ahmadu Bello University – 52.63 points
  74. Abia State University – 52.34 points
  75. Clifford University – 49.14 points
  76. Adamawa State University – 48.12 points
  77. Cross River University of Technology – 46.98 points
  78. Federal University of Technology, Owerri – 44.28 points
  79. University of Jos – 44.01 points
  80. Augustine University – 43.12 points
  81. Benue State University – 41.86 points
  82. Nigerian Defense Academy – 39.75 points
  83. University of Maiduguri – 38.76 points
  84. Benson Idahosa University – 38.67 points
  85. Oduduwa University – 36.87 points
  86. University of Agriculture, Makurdi – 36.34 points
  87. Adekunle Ajasin University    – 35.90 points
  88. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology – 34.12 points
  89. Federal University Lafia – 33.28 points
  90. Summit University – 33.03 points
  91. Niger-Delta University – 32.91 points
  92. Ibrahim Babangida University – 32.67 points
  93. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture – 32.18 points
  94. Nigerian Army University, Biu – 31.95 points
  95. Kogi State University – 30.32 points
  96. Air Force Institute of Technology – 28.90 points
  97. Nasarawa State University – 28.33 points
  98. Kaduna State University – 28.00 points
  99. Gombe State University – 26.04 points
  100. Imo State University – 25.97 points
  101. Kano University of Science & Technology – 25.67 points
  102. Bauchi State University – 25.54 points
  103. Dominican University – 21.79 points
  104. Enugu State University of Science & Tech – 21.00 points
  105. Achievers University – 18.91 points
  106. Hallmark University    – 17.61 points
  107. Federal University, Kashere    – 17.22 points
  108. Crescent University – 14.16 points
  109. Al-Qalam University    – 13.62 points
  110. Legacy University – 12.11 points
  111. Renaissance University – 8.92 points
  112. Igbinedion University – 4.05 points
  113. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University – 0.59 points

 

Professor Peter Okebukola who spoke on the topic: Overview of Global University Ranking and the Place of Nigerian Higher Education System in the Knowledge Economy, said:

“You cannot get any form of ranking system in the whole wide world that does what Nigeria has done. For this 2021 edition, based on the 12 indicators that we have developed, University of Ibadan (UI) is the first, followed by the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA).

Next year we will look at the indicators that we used this year and see whether there are things to add or drop. So, it is going to be an annual thing.”

Professor Okebukola regretted that some universities did not show up for the NUC ranking, urging them to partake in the next ranking, which he said has become an annual event.

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