Covenant University tops in Nigeria, West Africa rankings...Congrats..See full list

Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Prof. Charles Ayo

Wow....In a recent release of Webometrics ranking of World Universities, Covenant University has emerged overall best in both the webometrics and repositories rankings of universities in Nigeria and West Africa.

The university is also ranked 15th and 13th in both webometrics and repositories in Africa respectively.

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According to the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Charles Ayo, the ranking is one of the best any university in Nigeria had ever achieved.

He said, “This is a validation of the leadership position of Covenant University, not only amongst the league of private universities in Nigeria, but also amongst all public universities in the country and West Africa.

“This result is a validation of the university’s quest towards the vision 10:2022, which is to get the university listed amongst the top ten universities in the world by 2022. This accomplishment is awesome and we return all the glory to God.”

The Ranking Web or Webometrics is the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions of about 25,000 institutions in the world based on web presence and impact. Factors considered are impact, presence, openness and excellence.

			Det.	Country	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Country	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	328	University of Cape Town			1039	568	352	267
2	462	Stellenbosch University			757	1120	214	454
3	474	Cairo University			760	449	1236	633
4	494	University of Pretoria			404	1247	162	608
5	563	University of the Witwatersrand			1383	1334	356	414
6	830	University of Kwazulu Natal			2013	1534	1349	559
7	855	University of Nairobi			330	2579	29	1400
8	1022	University of the Western Cape			1144	1827	990	1236
9	1050	American University in Cairo			1182	974	1149	2207
10	1074	University of South Africa			379	2131	465	1918
11	1167	Mansoura University			1423	1674	2878	1047
12	1178	University of Johannesburg			2544	3059	413	1004
13	1213	Makerere University			2177	3293	714	880
14	1341	Rhodes University			1622	1858	3122	1313
15	1401	Covenant University Ota			3072	1154	925	2983
16	1419	Benha University			2194	1779	1415	2252
17	1448	Alexandria University			1142	3192	2961	996
18	1474	North West University			2274	4581	457	1229
19	1761	University of Ghana			3856	4204	1345	1451
20	1781	Université Djillali Liabes			8305	1336	4414	1850
21	1791	Obafemi Awolowo University			963	2406	3825	2333
22	1798	Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla			2229	2259	376	3826
23	1803	Addis Ababa University			1954	5885	837	1444
24	1822	University of Namibia			2009	2666	1815	2630
25	1868	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University			4181	2696	3272	1759
26	1874	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology			3195	4754	693	1944
27	1918	University of Khartoum			47	5967	2214	2094
28	1922	Zagazig University			2698	5333	1645	1374
29	2026	Assiut University			2867	6368	1443	1280
30	2044	University of the Free State			3094	4746	3009	1339
31	2292	Kafrelsheikh University			1013	5609	3751	1798
32	2295	University of Zambia			3330	7563	824	1749
33	2297	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen			2049	6955	488	2477
34	2310	University of Ibadan			5659	4795	3294	1487
35	2321	Université Constantine 1 (Ex Université Mentouri)			2188	7018	1041	2094
36	2384	Cape Peninsula University of Technology			4207	5322	1502	2333
37	2475	University of Dar Es Salaam			3215	4368	4473	2094
38	2491	Kenyatta University			891	6422	2515	2477
39	2507	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar			6393	4820	3471	1822
40	2542	University of Zimbabwe			5120	6125	2401	1839
41	2554	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene			4907	6571	2736	1589
42	2565	Minia University			2244	8709	1824	1711
43	2597	University of Lagos			6137	4448	3273	2252
44	2624	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology			2105	7283	1335	2564
45	2742	University of Ilorin			3802	7486	986	2586
46	2795	University of Botswana			4384	6035	2989	2252
47	2827	Université Mohammed V Souissi			2938	8197	1163	2586
48	2886	Suez Canal University			3291	9776	3172	1243
49	2957	Durban University of Technology			640	6695	1966	3695
50	2973	Helwan University			2481	6740	5234	1973
51	2984	Ain Shams University			1409	11953	4139	851
52	3052	University of Tanta			3595	7825	5316	1526
53	3125	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane			6499	4791	4897	2564
54	3142	Université Mohamed Khider Biskra			2978	8920	659	3272
55	3150	University of Mauritius			5196	6509	3384	2494
56	3176	Sudan University of Science & Technology			3900	7904	557	3596
57	3206	Misurata University (Misrata University)			1857	749	12377	5414
58	3219	Université Mohammed V Agdal			6472	8497	4693	1389
59	3289	Minufiya University			2294	8821	6364	1580
60	3303	Egerton University			4235	6243	2698	3272
61	3328	Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech			5889	11165	2871	1248
62	3378	Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport			1223	5908	6685	2983
63	3416	Fayoum University			3534	10215	3359	1904
64	3424	University of Agriculture Abeokuta			5486	9213	1062	2983
65	3573	Moi University			6322	9124	2620	2438
66	3597	(1) University of Zululand			3285	8711	2354	3200
67	3599	Ahmadu Bello University			5788	9029	3002	2459
68	3621	Université Hassiba Ben Bouali			1962	10481	2371	2793
69	3701	Polytechnic of Namibia			1856	6113	2979	4421
70	3715	Université de Batna			5747	8734	3195	2630
71	3784	Jimma University			9792	7654	3683	2377
72	3785	Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou			6673	10086	2262	2477
73	3872	Federal University of Technology Akure			5111	10508	1679	2891
74	3877	Strathmore University Nairobi			64	5227	5761	5414
75	3887	University of Cape Coast			5026	8609	1405	3826
76	3966	South Valley University			4797	9284	6169	2041
77	4001	University of Fort Hare			8327	7856	5961	2162
78	4022	Landmark University			6611	2293	6119	5414
79	4059	Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif			5984	10586	3453	2309
80	4064	Tshwane University of Technology			7966	5932	11175	1867
81	4094	(1) Université Mohammed Premier Oujda			6674	9932	7966	1322
82	4100	University of Nigeria			8506	6774	6503	2513
83	4199	German University in Cairo			8883	7958	5010	2564
84	4230	Université d'Alger 1			6255	8379	1544	4158
85	4233	University of Limpopo			12784	8444	3740	2333
86	4244	Sokoine University of Agriculture			8905	9263	5063	2137
87	4269	Université Hassan II Ain Chock			1317	9770	13206	1557
88	4402	Mbarara University of Science & Technology			12742	5409	10269	2041
89	4412	Université Virtuelle de Tunis			3929	5624	2664	5414
90	4462	University of Benin			7132	7488	5581	3133
91	4463	Université d'Oran			11004	9683	3054	2564
92	4491	Université de Bejaia			6262	10476	5159	2309
93	4590	University of Port Harcourt			10326	6649	5462	3133
94	4630	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf			7806	10687	4880	2252
95	4642	(1) Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences			7238	14459	2521	1684
96	4644	Federal University of Technology Minna			7218	11522	805	3695
97	4661	Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem			3743	9252	7095	2793
98	4691	University Shendi			10333	2004	8233	5414
99	4704	National University of Science & Technology			5106	11432	2964	3039
100	4786	Al Akhawayn University Ifrane			4564	5737	6367	4421