University of Ibadan Ranked Nigeria’s Best University & 8th in Africa #NekxFresh

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According to the latest ranking of African universities
and higher institutions conducted by Journals
Consortium on 1,447 higher institutions, University
of Ibadan is Nigeria’s best university and 8th best
university in Africa.

According to ThisDay, “the Consortium utilised
research publications and citations from the last five
years (2010 to 2014) as well as visibility on the
internet.”

The results of the ranking revealed that South African
universities dominated the top 10 list. University of
Cape Town topped the rank with a Total Influence
Factor (TIF) of 45.02, followed by Cairo University
(43.43) and the University of Pretoria (43.35).

According to the report:


“
First generation universities were in top positions
in the latest ranking with University of Ibadan
coming eighth and first in Nigeria followed by
University of Nigeria (13th), Ahmadu Bello
University (18th), University of Lagos
(UNILAG-20th), Obafemi Awolowo University
(24th), University of Ilorin (31st), University of
Port Harcourt (36th), Nnamdi Azikiwe
University (42nd), University of Calabar (43rd),
Federal University of Technology (49th) while
the only private university in the top list is
Covenant University which is placed 53rd in the
ranking"

Source: BNaiJa