Published annually, THE Rankings provide a detailed global assessment of universities.
The latest data from the higher education intelligence firm includes 1,907 universities from 108 countries and regions.
Universities were evaluated based on 18 indicators that reflect their performance in areas such as teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement, and international outlook.
For the 2024 rankings, THE analyzed over 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications and gathered survey responses from 68,402 academics worldwide.
The firm collected 411,789 data points from more than 2,673 institutions that provided information.
On a global scale, the University of Oxford in the UK has secured the top position in the THE 2024 Rankings for the ninth consecutive year.
This achievement marks the longest tenure at the top in the history of the rankings, surpassing Harvard's eight-year dominance that concluded in 2011.
Stanford University in the US has risen to second place, resulting in Harvard University dropping to fourth.
The University of Cambridge in the UK has fallen to fifth place in 2024, having previously shared third place in 2023.
THE’s Global Top-10 Best Universities
- University of Oxford, UK
- Stanford University, US
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
- Harvard University, US
- University of Cambridge, UK
- Princeton University, US
- California Institute of Technology, US
- Imperial College London, UK
- University of California, Berkeley US
- Yale University, US
- Covenant University
- University of Ibadan
- Federal University of Technology Akure
- University of Lagos
- Bayero University
- University of Ilorin
- University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- Afe Babalola University
- University of Benin
- Federal University ofAgriculture, Abeokuta
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
- Lagos State University
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University
- Obafemi Awolowo University
- University of Port Harcourt
- Abia State University
- Akwa Ibom State University
- Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
- Babcock University
- Baze University
- Bells University of Technology
- Benson Idahosa University
- Delta State University, Abraka
- Edo State University, Uzairue
- Edwin Clarke University
- Elizade University
- Evangel University, Akaeze
- Federal University of Kashere
- Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun
- Federal University of Technology, Minna
- Federal University of Technology, Owerri
- Fountain University
- Landmark University
- Nasarawa State University, Keffi
- Niger Delta University
- Plateau State University, Bokkos
- Thomas Adewumi University
- Veritas University, Abuja
- Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano