The University of Ibadan (UI) has
been ranked best in Nigeria and eighth in Africa in the 2015 rating of 1,447
African universities and higher institutions, using research publications and
citations from 2010 to 2014, as well as visibility on the Internet.
According to the ranking, South African institutions
dominate the top 10, with the University of Cape Town leading with total
influence factor (TIF) of 45.02, followed by Cairo University (43.43) and the
University of Pretoria (43.35).
The
top 10 has six institutions from South Africa, two from Egypt and one each from
Kenya and Nigeria (University of Ibadan). First generation universities were
equally in top positions in the latest ranking in Nigeria, where UI is eighth
in continent and first in Nigeria, followed by the University of Nigeria,
Nsukka (13th and second), Ahmadu Bello University (18th and third), the
University of Lagos (20th and fourth), Obafemi Awolowo University (24th and
fifth), University of Ilorin (31st and sixth), University of Port Harcourt
(36th and seventh), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (42nd and eight), University of
Calabar (43rd and ninth), and the Federal University of Technology, Akure (49th
and 10th), while Covenant University (53rd) is the only private university.
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