Webometrics, a ranking system for the world's universities has released the July 2021 ​edition of its ranking of the universities and other higher education institutions across the world.

University of Ibadan, Covenant University, and Obafemi Awolowo University lead the top three spots of the best universities in Nigeria.

Covenant University is the only privately owned university amongst the top three as
UI and OAU, are federal universities.

The University of Nigeria (UNN) and the University of Lagos (UNILAH) emerged fourth and fifth in Nigeria respectively.

The list is aimed at promoting academic excellence and support the Open Access initiatives.

Here is a full list of the top 20 Nigerian universities, according to Webometrics:

University of Ibadan
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Covenant University
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Ota Obafemi Awolowo University

University of Nigeria

University of Lagos

University of Port Harcourt Ahmadu Bello University

Federal University of Technology Akure Landmark

University Federal University of Technology Minna Bayero

University Kano Ladoke Akintola University of Technology University of Calabar

University of Benin Adekunle Ajasin University

Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti)

Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University)

University of Uyo

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Federal University of Technology Owerri