{"id":4410,"date":"2025-10-09T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:12:25","slug":"unilag-ranks-1st-in-nigeria-in-2026-times-higher-education-world-university-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=4410","title":{"rendered":"UNILAG Ranks 1st in Nigeria in 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4410\" class=\"elementor elementor-4410\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df1578b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df1578b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d627e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80d627e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UNILAG-Ranks-1st-in-Nigeria-in-2026-Times-Higher-Education-World-University-Rankings-1024x538-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4411\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UNILAG-Ranks-1st-in-Nigeria-in-2026-Times-Higher-Education-World-University-Rankings-1024x538-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UNILAG-Ranks-1st-in-Nigeria-in-2026-Times-Higher-Education-World-University-Rankings-1024x538-1-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/advancement.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UNILAG-Ranks-1st-in-Nigeria-in-2026-Times-Higher-Education-World-University-Rankings-1024x538-1-768x404.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25df69c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25df69c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings has ranked the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria as 1st in Nigeria.<\/p><p>The 2026 THE World University Rankings, released on Thursday, October 9, 2025, indicates that UNILAG is sharing the 1st spot in Nigeria along with University of Ibadan in the 801\u20131000 range, out of over two thousand, one hundred and ninety one (2,191) institutions across the world. Covenant University comes next in the 1001-1200 range, along with Bayero University, Kano.<\/p><p>Outside Nigeria, UNILAG is sharing the 801\u20131000 range with several institutions including: University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Alexandria University, Egypt; Cairo University, Egypt; Ain Shams University, Egypt; Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Mexico among others.<\/p><p>The rankings was meticulously conducted based on carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution\u2019s performance across the following areas:<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Teaching<\/li><li>Research Environment<\/li><li>Research Quality<\/li><li>Industry<\/li><li>International outlook<\/li><\/ol><p>The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola,\u00a0<sub><em>OON, FAS,<\/em><\/sub>\u00a0appreciates management, staff, students, alumni, friends and other stakeholders of the University for their support and contributions to the achievement of this feat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings has ranked the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria as 1st in Nigeria. 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