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FULL LIST: UI emerges Nigeria’s best-ranked university in July Webometrics report

Nairavoice · Aug 19, 2026 · 2 min read

Top 50 Nigerian universities in the July 2026 ranking

University of Ibadan — 1,291 globally
University of Lagos — 1,355
University of Nigeria — 1,397
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Covenant University, Ota — 1,522
Landmark University — 1,659
University of Ilorin — 1,883
Obafemi Awolowo University — 1,986
Ahmadu Bello University — 2,068
University of Port Harcourt — 2,077
Federal University of Technology, Akure — 2,203
Nnamdi Azikiwe University — 2,308
Bayero University Kano — 2,543
University of Calabar — 2,592
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology — 2,728
Olabisi Onabanjo University — 2,865
Federal University of Technology, Minna — 2,930
University of Benin — 3,078
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta — 3,279
University of Uyo — 3,470
Lagos State University — 3,482
National Open University of Nigeria — 3,553
Federal University of Technology, Owerri — 3,572
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike — 3,736
University of Abuja — 3,764
Federal University Oye-Ekiti — 3,787
Usmanu Danfodiyo University — 3,793
Adekunle Ajasin University — 3,823
University of Jos — 4,018
Federal University Dutse — 4,074
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University — 4,118
University of Maiduguri — 4,167
Osun State University — 4,208
Pan African University Lagos — 4,256
Redeemer’s University — 4,334
Delta State University, Nigeria — 4,368
Kwara State University — 4,368
Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti — 4,558
Ebonyi State University — 4,776
Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun — 4,930
African University of Science and Technology, Abuja — 5,385
American University of Nigeria — 5,398
Imo State University, Owerri — 5,674
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma — 5,702
Kogi State University — 5,870
Niger Delta University — 5,888
Rivers State University — 6,016
Joseph Ayo Babalola University — 6,104
Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi — 6,424
Igbinedion University, Okada — 6,533
Kebbi State University of Science and Technology — 6,629

Harvard maintains global lead

At the international level, Harvard University topped the July 2026 Webometrics ranking, maintaining its position ahead of Stanford University.

The United States dominated the upper end of the table, with seven American universities featuring among the 10 highest-ranked institutions.

The global top 10 were:

Harvard University — United States
Stanford University — United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — United States
University of Oxford — United Kingdom
University of Washington — United States
Cornell University — United States
University of Michigan — United States
University of California, Berkeley — United States
Johns Hopkins University — United States
Columbia University — United States

The strong showing by American universities highlights their dominance in the ranking’s assessment of online visibility, accessibility of academic information and research presence.

Harvard occupied the number one position, with Stanford following in second place. MIT completed the top five alongside Oxford and the University of Washington.

Among other countries, the United Kingdom was represented by Oxford in the global top 10, while the University of Toronto emerged as Canada’s highest-ranked institution at 12th globally.

For Nigeria, the July 2026 results place the University of Ibadan at the forefront of the country’s universities, followed by UNILAG and the University of Nigeria. Despite leading the national table, however, UI’s position of 1,291 globally shows that Nigerian institutions still have considerable ground to cover to break into the world’s top 1,000 in this particular ranking.

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