Covenant, ABU top Nigerian universities in global rankings (See list)

Covenant University (CU) has continued to maintain its consistency of qualitative education as it has been listed Nigeria’s overall best university in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) 2025 Rankings.

The THE World University Rankings, often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the Times Higher Education magazine.

It is globally rated as authoritative as the ranking were based on empirical indices including research facilities, Faculty and innovativeness.

In the 2025 rankings, the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria came second, while third position was occupied by Landmark University, a sister university to Covenant both owned by Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners Chapel International.

University of Ibadan slipped from its second position in 2024 to place 4^th in 2025 rankings.

 In 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 placed second place to displace Stanford, which dropped 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.

Below are the rankings:

TOP 22 NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

1. Covenant University
2. Ahmadu Bello University
3. Landmark University
4. University of Ibadan
5. University of Lagos
6. Bayero University
7. Federal University of Technology, Akure
8. Federal University of Technology, Minna
9. University of Benin
10. University of Ilorin
11. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
12. Ekiti State University
13. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
14. Federal University of Technology, Owerri
15. Federal University of Oye-Ekiti
16. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
17. Lagos State University
18. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
19. Obafemi Awolowo University
20. University of Port Harcourt
21. Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
22. Abia State University

TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES GLOBALLY

1. University of Oxford
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Harvard University
4. Princeton University
5. University of Cambridge
6. Stanford University
7. California Institute of Technology
8. University of California, Berkeley
9. Imperial College London
10. Yale University