Covenant University (CU), a private institution in Nigeria, has been ranked as the country’s best university in the Times Higher Education (THE) 2025 Rankings.
The rankings, published annually by Times Higher Education, offer a comprehensive evaluation of universities worldwide.
The 2025 edition features data from 1,907 universities across 108 countries and regions, assessing them on 18 indicators related to teaching, research environment, research quality, industry interaction, and international outlook.
This year’s analysis involved over 134 million citations across 16.5 million research publications and included responses from 68,402 scholars globally.
On the global stage, the University of Oxford continues its dominant streak, securing the top spot for the ninth consecutive year, making it the longest-running reign in the history of the rankings, surpassing Harvard’s eight-year streak.
Global Top-10 Best Universities in THE 2025 Rankings:
University of Oxford, UK
Stanford University, US
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Harvard University, US
University of Cambridge, UK
Princeton University, US
California Institute of Technology, US
Imperial College London, UK
University of California, Berkeley, US
Yale University, US.
For Nigeria, Covenant University emerged as the top-ranking institution, placing within the 800-1000 range globally, sharing this spot with the University of Ibadan (UI).
Nigeria’s Top Universities in THE 2025 Rankings:
Covenant University
University of Ibadan
Federal University of Technology Akure
University of Lagos
Bayero University
University of Ilorin
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Afe Babalola University
University of Benin
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Lagos State University
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Obafemi Awolowo University
University of Port Harcourt
Abia State University
Akwa Ibom State University
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
Babcock University
Baze University
Bells University of Technology
Benson Idahosa University
Delta State University, Abraka
Edo State University, Uzairue
Edwin Clarke University
Elizade University
Evangel University, Akaeze
Federal University of Kashere
Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun
Federal University of Technology, Minna
Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Fountain University
Landmark University
Nasarawa State University, Keffi
Niger Delta University
Plateau State University, Bokkos
Thomas Adewumi University
Veritas University, Abuja
Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano
