Nigerian varsities missing in global universities ranking
RELEASE of the latest Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2025, featuring over 1,500 universities across 105 higher education systems, have shown that no Nigerian university is ranked amog the top 1000 in the world. QS is a leading higher education analytics firm that publishes annual world university rankings, evaluating institutions based on academic excellence, reputation and global diversity. The United States leads with 197 institutions featured in the rankings, followed by the United Kingdom with 90 and mainland China with 71. For the 13th year in a row, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology holds the top spot. Imperial College London has climbed four places to secure second position, while the University of Oxford and Harvard University are in third and fourth place, respectively. The University of Cambridge completes the top five. Meanwhile, Nigeria is represented by two universities in the rankings, with the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos both ...