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Tuesday, 6 August 2013

OAU rated the Best University in Nigeria, Auchi Poly Dust Unilag

OAU rated the Best University in Nigeria; Auchi Poly Dust Unilag

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has been ranked as the best university in Nigeria and the eighth in Africa.
This was revealed in the latest webometric ranking conducted by a world renowned research council, Cybermetrics Lab, which is based in Spain.
Kiyoandfilo learnt that in the list of ten best universities in Arica, South African universities occupies the first to third position; they also held on to the fifth, sixth,seventh and ninth position. Meanwhile, Makerere University of Uganda occupies the fourth position, while Cairo University of Egypt is the tenth best university in Africa.
Auchi Polytechnic, University of Ibadan and University of Lagos ranked 23, 24 and 25 in Africa, while University of Ghana ranked 18.

Though OAU is ranked 8th in Africa, Kiyoandfilo gathered that its world ranking is 1,113; in the same vein, University of Kwazulu Natal that ranked 1st in Africa is 381 in world ranking. According to webometric, Harvard University is the best in the world.
Webometric in their research considers the scientific impact of the university activities and the economic relevance of the technology transfer to industry, the community engagement (social, cultural, environmental roles) and even the political influence.
Research output is also key topic for Webometrics; this includes formal (e-journals, repositories) publications and informal scholarly communication. In addition, Webometrics uses link analysis for quality evaluation.

Here is a list of the Ten Best Universities in Africa:

1. University of Kwazulu Natal, SA
2. University of Cape Town, SA
3. Stellenbosch University, SA
4. Makerere University, Uganda
5. University of the Witwatersrand, SA
6. University of Pretoria, SA
7. University of the Western Cape, SA
8. Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
9. Rhodes University, SA
10. Cairo University, Egypt

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