UNILAG Ranks Top 8.5% in the World

The University of Lagos, Nigeria (UNILAG) is currently ranked in the top 8.5% of universities in the world.

According to the 2024 Global 2000 List by the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR), UNILAG currently ranks 52nd in Africa and 1774 out of 20966 in the world, putting it in the top 8.5% in the world.

For the 2024 Global 2000 List, the CWUR used indicators grouped into the following four key pillars: Education, Employability, Faculty, and Research.

1. Education was measured by the number of a university’s alumni who have earned significant academic achievements, relative to its size (25%)
2. Employability was measured by the number of its alumni who have held top executive positions in the largest global companies, relative to the size of the university (25%)
3. Faculty was measured by the number of faculty members who have received top academic distinctions (10%), and
4. Research which counted for 40%, includes the following criteria:

• research output which was measured by the total number of research articles (10%)
• high-quality publications which was measured by the number of research articles appearing in top-tier journals (10%)
• influence which was measured by the number of research articles published in highly- influential journals (10%) and
• citations which was measured by the number of highly cited research articles (10%).

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, OON, FAS, congratulates the university community on achieving this feat, particularly as the University continues to pursue the FUTURE-READY agenda.