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
- University of Ibadan – 454.56 points
- Redeemer’s University – 384.96 points
- Covenant University – 368.11 points
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology – 315.23 points
- Federal University of Technology, Akure – 264.14 points
- Afe Babalola University – 254.52 points
- University of Ilorin – 248.86 points
- Babcock University – 227.77 points
- Landmark University – 217.06 points
- Edo University – 207.15 points
- Mountain Top University – 206.47 points
- Pan-Atlantic University – 201.77 points
- Lagos State University – 199.90 points
- Obafemi Awolowo University – 199.25 points
- Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta – 190.25 points
- Federal University Lokoja – 187.88 points
- Skyline University, Nigeria – 186.42 points
- Chrisland University – 183.39 points
- Ondo State University of Medical Sciences – 180.53 points
- University of Nigeria, Nsukka – 178.03 points
- Ekiti State University – 173.11 points
- American University of Nigerian – 171.37 points
- Rivers State University – 170.48 points
- Elizade University – 160.60 points
- Nile University of Nigeria – 157.37 points
- Bells University of Technology – 149.65 points
- The Technical University – 146.63 points
- Rhema University – 142.71 points
- Federal University of Technology, Minna – 140.14 points
- Bowen University – 139.62 points
- King’s University – 131.35 points
- Edwin Clark University – 129.97 points
- Delta State University – 124.02 points
- Godfrey Okoye University – 120.00 points
- University of Lagos – 116.64 points
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University – 113.65 points
- University of Uyo – 112.29 points
- Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology – 110.87 points
- Kwara State University – 108.22 points
- University of Calabar – 107.99 points
- University of Benin – 106.01 points
- Ebonyi State University – 105.26 points
- Hezekiah University – 101.57 points
- Osun State University – 99.30 points
- Adeleke University – 97.06 points
- Bingham University – 95.39 points
- Samuel Adegboyega University – 94.52 points
- University of Port-Harcourt – 90.27 points
- Lead City University – 87.11 points
- Crawford University – 86.76 points
- National Open University of Nigeria – 86.41 points
- Baze University – 85.59 points
- Arthur Jarvis University – 84.11 points
- Spiritan University – 83.84 points
- University of Abuja – 80.88 points
- Michael & Cecilia Ibru University – 80.66 points
- Kola Daisi University – 78.79 points
- Federal University Wukari – 78.72 points
- Admiralty University – 71.47 points
- Caleb University – 71.08 points
- Dominion University – 69.90 points
- Federal University, Dutse – 68.13 points
- Federal University, Oye-Ekiti – 68.01 points
- Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University – 61.44 points
- Bayelsa Medical University Yenagoa – 61.12 points
- PAMO University of Medical Sciences – 60.12 points
- Bayero University – 57.99 points
- Mcpherson University – 57.02 points
- Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto – 56.93 points
- Maitama Sule University – 56.90 points
- Tai Solarin University of Education – 55.71 points
- Federal University, Otuoke – 53.33 points
- Ahmadu Bello University – 52.63 points
- Abia State University – 52.34 points
- Clifford University – 49.14 points
- Adamawa State University – 48.12 points
- Cross River University of Technology – 46.98 points
- Federal University of Technology, Owerri – 44.28 points
- University of Jos – 44.01 points
- Augustine University – 43.12 points
- Benue State University – 41.86 points
- Nigerian Defense Academy – 39.75 points
- University of Maiduguri – 38.76 points
- Benson Idahosa University – 38.67 points
- Oduduwa University – 36.87 points
- University of Agriculture, Makurdi – 36.34 points
- Adekunle Ajasin University – 35.90 points
- Kebbi State University of Science and Technology – 34.12 points
- Federal University Lafia – 33.28 points
- Summit University – 33.03 points
- Niger-Delta University – 32.91 points
- Ibrahim Babangida University – 32.67 points
- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture – 32.18 points
- Nigerian Army University, Biu – 31.95 points
- Kogi State University – 30.32 points
- Air Force Institute of Technology – 28.90 points
- Nasarawa State University – 28.33 points
- Kaduna State University – 28.00 points
- Gombe State University – 26.04 points
- Imo State University – 25.97 points
- Kano University of Science & Technology – 25.67 points
- Bauchi State University – 25.54 points
- Dominican University – 21.79 points
- Enugu State University of Science & Tech – 21.00 points
- Achievers University – 18.91 points
- Hallmark University – 17.61 points
- Federal University, Kashere – 17.22 points
- Crescent University – 14.16 points
- Al-Qalam University – 13.62 points
- Legacy University – 12.11 points
- Renaissance University – 8.92 points
- Igbinedion University – 4.05 points
- 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.
