World renowned research council, Cybermetrics Lab, in its latest webometrics ranking has ranked Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as the best university in Nigeria and the eighth in Africa.
In the last rankings released earlier this year, the university was rated number one in Nigeria but 14th in Africa.
The latest ranking of tertiary institutions in the World by Webometrics also positioned the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi as the best Polytechnic in Africa and by implication the best in the country.
Auchi Polytechnic, University of Ibadan and University of Lagos ranked 23, 24 and 25 in Africa.
The ranking showed that Auchi Polytechnic retained its position as the second best tertiary educational institution in Nigeria.
Rector of the polytechnic, Dr. Philipa Idogho, expressed satisfaction with the latest ranking of the polytechnic, which has been a consistent performance since 2010.
“That the polytechnic has consistently been rated with the universities demonstrates the high standard of academic activities in the institution,” she said, adding that the rating was a further challenge to the polytechnic’s management to work harder as being at the top is not as difficult as remaining at the top.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) and University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) took the 5th-10th positon as the best Universities in Nigeria while their positon in Africa stands at 31, 45,46,69,74 and 81 respectively.
In their research, Webometric considers the scientific impact of the university activities and the economic relevance of the technology transfer to industry, the community engagement (social, cultural, environmental roles) and even the political influence.
Research output is also key topic for Webometrics; this includes formal (e-journals, repositories) publications and informal scholarly communication. In addition, Webometrics uses link analysis for quality evaluation.
Cybermetrics said the Ranking Web or Webometrics is the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions.
Here is the List of the Best Universities in Africa according to Webometric:
- University of Kwazulu Natal, SA (381 in world ranking)
- University of Cape Town, SA
- Stellenbosch University, SA
- Makerere University, Uganda
- University of the Witwatersrand, SA
- University of Pretoria, SA
- University of the Western Cape, SA
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
- Rhodes University, SA
- Cairo University, Egypt
Harvard University, however, remain the best in the world.
View full list of Africa’s best Universities here: http://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_africa
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