Leading universities in Nigeria 2021, by world web ranking
As of January 2021, the University of Ibadan was the leading University in Nigeria. It was founded in 1948 and is the oldest university in the Country. Covenant University Ota, founded in 2002 in Ogun, followed in the ranking. Furthermore, there were 170 universities in Nigeria as of 2020, of which 79 are private institutions. This ranking is mainly based on webometrics, which is the web visibility of the academic institutions.
