University of Ilorin: First University In Nigeria To Be Ranked In Africa's Top 20!

The Vice-Chancellor the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, has announced that for the first time in history, a Nigerian university was ranked 20th in Africa and 1,842nd in the world. "I am happy to restate that a remarkable thing happened to the Nigerian university system this year," courtesy of UNILORIN.

“For the first time since ranking began, a Nigerian university was ranked among the best 2,000 universities in the world”, he said.

During the institution's 30th convocation in Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Ambali told reporters that the latest ranking of international colleges and universities placed the university first in Nigeria, 20th in Africa and the 1,842nd in the world.

“Though we are not satisfied to occupy the position we are on the global stage until we are ranked within the best 200, the achievement of the university will be underscored when it is realised that 11,307 colleges and universities are sampled in the ranking in 200 countries. “The United States alone, not to talk of other advanced countries, has much more that 3,000 universities. “The modest work being done at the university has made it the darling of admission applicants in Nigeria; the university was the eighth most preferred in 2011 and fifth most preferred in 2012. “Last year, we became the 2nd most preferred university in Nigeria and this year we became the number one choice of applicants with over 105,000 applicants, the second most preferred university having 74,000 applicants,” Prof Ambali added.