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Category: Universities and colleges in Nigeria by subject. 1 language. ... This page was last edited on 28 February 2024, at 22:00 (UTC).
University of Ibadan, main gate. This is a list of universities in Nigeria. Nigeria is organised into 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. As a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, tertiary level of education was expanded to reach every sub-region of Nigeria.
The history of university education in Nigeria can be traced to the Elliot Commission of 1943, [60] which culminated in the establishment of University College, Ibadan in 1948. [ 61 ] Five of these universities were established between 1948 and 1965, following the recommendation of the Ashby Commission set up by the British Colonial Government ...
The QS World University Rankings is a portfolio of comparative college and university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm.Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with Times Higher Education (THE) magazine as Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings, inaugurated in 2004 to provide an independent source of comparative ...
The QS World University Rankings are a ranking of the world's top universities produced by Quacquarelli Symonds published annually since 2004. In 2024, they ranked 1500 universities, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University and University of Cambridge taking the top 5 spots. [15]
In 2022, It was ranked as the 5th best university in Nigeria by Times Higher Education World University Rankings. [5] [6] FUTA is 3rd in the 2024 Scientific Index Ranking of Universities in Nigeria [2], 7th in Webometrics Ranking [7], and 3rd in Times Higher ranking of Nigerian Universities. [8]
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria, which was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in Africa [2] in major education publications. The university presently has three campuses in the mainland of Lagos.
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), is a federal government-owned public research university in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The university's main campus sits on an expansive area of land, about 15,000 hectares in the ancient city of Ilorin; making it the largest university in Nigeria and one of the largest in Africa by landmass.