{"id":47373,"date":"2021-03-10T20:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T19:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=47373"},"modified":"2021-03-10T20:49:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T19:49:25","slug":"ranking-ui-lasu-unilag-among-800-top-varsities-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ranking-ui-lasu-unilag-among-800-top-varsities-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking: UI, LASU, UNILAG Among 800 Top Varsities Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three Nigerian universities, the University of Ibadan, UI, the Lagos State University, LASU and the University of Lagos, UNILAG, have emerged among the top 800 universities globally, according to the 2021 global ranking of universities by Times Higher Education World University Ranking.<\/p>\n<p>The body thus ranked UI, LASU and UNILAG as the first three leading universities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth position is Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State which was followed by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in the fifth position and the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife being ranked sixth.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ranking on the African continent was dominated by South Africa and Egypt which have universities among the top 300.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Cape Town and the University of Pretoria, both in South Africa, were ranked first and second on the continent.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The American University in Cairo, Egypt was also ranked among the top in Africa. For the fifth year running, Oxford University in England was ranked the best in the world. The California Institute of Technology in the United States and Cambridge University in England were ranked second and third globally.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the development, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the University of Ilorin Branch, Prof. Moyosore Ajao, said the nation\u2019s universities can do better if the system is better funded and adequate facilities provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough there are different parameters used by ranking bodies, one is not surprised that we are not among the top on the continent. We can surely do better if what is needed are provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons we are always up in arms against the government is the need to adequately fund the sector. If you know what the budget for education in South Africa and Egypt is, you will marvel. Here, the government pays lip service to education. It is not that we don\u2019t have the human resources here to take our universities to the highest level, but where are the things to work with and where is the motivation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,500 universities in 93 countries were assessed by the body.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Nigerian universities, the University of Ibadan, UI, the Lagos State University, LASU and the University of Lagos, UNILAG, have emerged among the top 800 universities globally, according to the 2021 global ranking of universities by Times Higher Education World University Ranking.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[8321,8320,4157,57,5449],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-47373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-lasu-and-the-university-of-lagos","tag-the-lagos-state-university","tag-ui","tag-unilag","tag-university-of-ibadan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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