The University of Ibadan has emerged the best in Nigeria and
eighth in Africa for 2015 in latest ranking of African universities and higher institutions
conducted by Journals Consortium.
The 2015 Journals Consortium rating of 1,447 universities utilised
research publications and citations from the last five years (2010 to 2014) as
well as visibility on the internet.
South African institutions which occupied six of the first
best 10 institutions, with the University of Cape Town topping the list
followed by Cairo University and the University of Pretoria respectively.
The top 10 include six institutions from South Africa, two
from Egypt and one each from Kenya and Nigeria (University of Ibadan).
