These top 100 universities in Nigeria for the year 2021 is based on the ranking released by Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain..
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Top 100 Universities in Nigeria 2021
| ranking | World Rank | University |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1258 | University of Ibadan |
| 2 | 1374 | Covenant University Ota |
| 3 | 1685 | University of Nigeria |
| 4 | 1742 | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| 5 | 1836 | University of Lagos |
| 6 | 2285 | Ahmadu Bello University |
| 7 | 2492 | University of Port Harcourt |
| 8 | 2517 | Federal University of Technology Akure |
| 9 | 2700 | University of Benin |
| 10 | 2901 | Adekunle Ajasin University |
| 11 | 3030 | Federal University of Technology Minna |
| 12 | 3280 | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology |
| 13 | 3357 | Bayero University Kano |
| 14 | 3423 | University of Calabar |
| 15 | 3476 | Landmark University |
| 16 | 3527 | University of Ilorin |
| 17 | 3599 | University of Jos |
| 18 | 3602 | Lagos State University |
| 19 | 3638 | Federal University of Technology Owerri |
| 20 | 3644 | University of Uyo |
| 21 | 3910 | Rivers State University of Science & Technology |
| 22 | 3960 | Redeemer’s University |
| 23 | 4013 | University of Agriculture Abeokuta |
| 24 | 4054 | Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State |
| 25 | 4112 | University of Abuja |
| 26 | 4159 | University of Maiduguri |
| 27 | 4162 | Usmanu Danfodiyo University |
| 28 | 4397 | Federal University Dutse Jigawa State |
| 29 | 4442 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University |
| 30 | 4633 | Osun State University |
| 31 | 4760 | Kwara State University |
| 32 | 4796 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University |
| 33 | 5382 | Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun |
| 34 | 5714 | Niger Delta University |
| 35 | 5815 | Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi |
| 36 | 5840 | Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola (Federal University of Technology) |
| 37 | 6077 | Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University) |
| 38 | 6181 | Benue State University |
| 39 | 6329 | Skyline University Nigeria |
| 40 | 6382 | Delta State University Nigeria |
| 41 | 6394 | Babcock University |
| 42 | 6444 | Imo State University Owerri |
| 43 | 6468 | American University of Nigeria |
| 44 | 6568 | Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo FUNAI |
| 45 | 6672 | Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike |
| 46 | 6736 | African University of Science & Technology Abuja |
| 47 | 7254 | Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma |
| 48 | 8040 | Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna |
| 49 | 8214 | National Open University of Nigeria |
| 50 | 8348 | Federal University Dutsin Ma |
| 51 | 8429 | Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (Katsina State University) |
| 52 | 8443 | Kogi State University |
| 53 | 8712 | Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti) |
| 54 | 8928 | Cross River State University of Science & Technology Calabar |
| 55 | 9023 | Igbinedion University Okada |
| 56 | 9316 | Ebonyi State University |
| 57 | 9354 | Edo University Iyamho |
| 58 | 9404 | Kaduna State University |
| 59 | 9867 | Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (Anambra State University of Science & Technology Uli) |
| 60 | 9912 | Nile University of Nigeria (Nigerian Turkish Nile University Abuja) |
| 61 | 9940 | Akwa Ibom State University of Technology |
| 62 | 9960 | Joseph Ayo Babalola University |
| 63 | 10115 | Federal University Kashere Gombe State |
| 64 | 10122 | Technical University Ibadan |
| 65 | 10174 | Federal University Otuoke Bayelsa |
| 66 | 10394 | Tai Solarin University of Education |
| 67 | 10495 | Godfrey Okoye University |
| 68 | 10555 | University of Medical Sciences Ondo |
| 69 | 10652 | Nasarawa State University |
| 70 | 10886 | Lagos Business School Pan Atlantic University |
| 71 | 10886 | Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai |
| 72 | 10976 | Federal Polytechnic Ilaro |
| 73 | 11016 | Auchi Polytechnic |
| 74 | 11066 | Baze University Kuchigoro |
| 75 | 11094 | Federal University Lokoja Kogi State |
| 76 | 11339 | (1) Coal City University |
| 77 | 11404 | Elizade University Ilara Mokin |
| 78 | 11465 | Yaba College of Technology |
| 79 | 11588 | Lead City University Ibadan |
| 80 | 11788 | Adeleke University Ede |
| 81 | 11895 | Federal University Lafia Nasarawa State |
| 82 | 11950 | Abia State University Uturu |
| 83 | 12056 | Federal University Wukari Taraba State |
| 84 | 12359 | Benson Idahosa University |
| 85 | 12530 | Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti |
| 86 | 12622 | Pan African University Lagos |
| 87 | 13012 | Ajayi Crowther University Oyo |
| 88 | 13166 | Al Hikmah University Ilorin |
| 89 | 13377 | Kano University of Science & Technology Wudil |
| 90 | 13459 | Bells University of Technology Otta |
| 91 | 13909 | Bowen University |
| 92 | 13938 | Polytechnic Ibadan |
| 93 | 13981 | Gombe State University Gombe |
| 94 | 14082 | Bingham University New Karu |
| 95 | 14180 | Lagos State Polytechnic |
| 96 | 14216 | Federal Polytechnic Bauchi |
| 97 | 14338 | Mountain Top University |
| 98 | 14651 | Madonna University Nigeria |
| 99 | 14711 | Petroleum Training Institute Effurun |
| 100 | 14754 | Taraba State University Jalingo |
