The Times Higher Education 2023 Subject Rankings were revealed on October 25, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, praised the achievements of Nigerian universities.
In the 2023 ranking, 48 Nigerian institutions were collectively rated among the best in the world in 11 subjects/disciplines, according to Okebukola, who made this known in a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
Only five Nigerian universities were included in four topics in the 2022 rankings, according to Okebukola, who is a member of the international advisory board for the Times Higher Education World University rankings.
Arts and humanities, business and economics, education, law, social sciences, computer science, engineering, clinical and health, biological sciences, physical sciences, and psychology were among the topics/disciplines he named.
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Arts and Humanities (University of Nigeria Nsukka=601+); Business and Economics (Covenant University=401-500; University of Lagos=501-600; Obafemi Awolowo University=601-800 and University of Nigeria Nsukka=801+), according to Okebukola’s publication of the findings.
Some of the others are Covenant University (251-300), University of Lagos (401-500), University of Ibadan and University of Nigeria Nsukka (601-800), University of Ilorin and Obafemi Awolowo University (801+), and Law (University of Nigeria Nsukka=251+).
Engineering (Covenant University: 401-500; Federal University of Technology Akure and University of Ilorin: 601-800; University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, University of Nigeria Nsukka, and Obafemi Awolowo University: 1000+) and computer science are included on the list.
University of Lagos: 151–175; University of Ibadan: 201–250; University of Nigeria Nsukka: 501–600; Bayero University Kano, University of Benin, and Obafemi Awolowo University: 601–800; University of Ilorin and Nnamdi Azikiwe University: 801+; he said for Clinical and Health.
Life sciences (University of Ilorin=601-800; Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta; Federal University of Technology Akure; University of Ibadan; University of Lagos; University of Nigeria Nsukka; and Obafemi Awolowo University=801-1000) are also included in the list.
Okebukola listed Physical Sciences as being taught at Covenant University (401–500), Federal University of Technology Akure and University of Ilorin (501–600), Bayero University Kano (60–800), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta and University of Lagos (80–1000), University of Ibadan, and University of Nigeria Nsukka.
Additionally, Psychology is taught at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (301–400); and Obafemi Awolowo University (1000+).
“Noteworthy is the impressive ranking of Covenant University, the only private university in the league tables, featuring prominently in business and economics, social sciences, computer science, engineering, and physical sciences.
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“No state university is on the league tables. The federal universities with impressive rankings are University of Nigeria Nsukka, University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta.
” Others are the University of Ilorin, Obafemi Awolowo University, Federal University of Technology Akure, Bayero University Kano, and University of Benin,” he said.
Speaking further about the findings, Okebukola thanked Mallam Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, and Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), for establishing NURAC and for their ongoing dedication to raising the standard of education in Nigeria’s university system.
Okebukola stated that “Professor Rasheed is one person who would not rest until the old splendour of Nigerian universities is totally restored.”
The days of assigning Nigerian universities to the group of non-performers would soon be history, we guarantee Nigerians with the Blueprint for the Rapid Revitalisation of University Education in Nigeria being implemented, he said.
