University of Ibadan emerges Nigeria’s best varsity

The 2015 positioning of African universities and higher institutions has put the University of Ibadan as the best in Nigeria and eighth in Africa. The Journals Consortium directed the positioning, which included 1,447 African colleges and higher organizations.

The center of the ranking was on reserahc distributions, references from last five years and perceivability on the Internet. South African establishments overwhelmed the top 10 in the ranking, with the University of Cape Town coming 1st, accumulating 45.02 points . Cairo University, with 43.43 pounts, came next while the University of Pretoria, South Africa, came third.

Ovarall, South Africa has six institutions in the top 10 while Egypt has two. Nigeria and Kenya have one college each in the top 10 rankings.

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka was positioned second in Nigeria and thirteenth in Africa while the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, was positioned eighteenth in Africa. The University of Lagos positioned twentieth on the table, while the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, positioned 24th.

The only private university from Nigeria on the table is Covenant University which ranked 53rd on the continent. The UI Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Adewole, in his response to the positioning, said the vision of the university, was for it to be a centre for academic fabulousness.

He said the school would not unwind in its commitments to research, showing and other academic activities.