9 hours ago
4
Covenant University, Ogun State, has emerged as the best West African university and the 3rd best in Africa in the Times Higher Education’s newly unveiled Interdisciplinary Science Research rankings for 2025.
In this inaugural rankings, Covenant is ranked 1st in Nigeria, 1st in West Africa, 3rd in Africa, and 73rd globally.
A total of 749 universities from 92 countries out of 1023 entries were ranked. In Nigeria, 19 out of 27 universities that made submissions were ranked delightfully; Landmark University, Covenant’s sister university, was ranked 2nd with a global ranking of 251-300.
While breaking the news of the new ranking during one of the Chapel Services of the institution, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abiodun Adebayo, accorded all glory to God, saying, “This is indeed a validation of our visionary base as a university. It is the hand of God at work in Covenant University and we give God all the glory!”
He saluted the quality leadership and the unending support of the Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Regents, Dr David Oyedepo, saying it has brought a huge transformation to the University.
He reiterated that the feats the University has recorded in the past years have not been by power nor by might but by the faithfulness of God over the institution.
He added that the University has a unique mandate to raise a new generation of leaders in all spheres of human endeavours, saying this accounts for the extraordinary happenings being recorded in the University over such a short time.
Elucidating on the significance of the ranking, the Vice-Chancellor explained that ‘Interdisciplinary Science’ refers to the integration of the knowledge, traditions and processes from multiple scientific disciplines.
“It can involve multiple academics who collaborate across different disciplines. It may also be a single academic, approaching a scientific question across multiple disciplines,” he opined.
He went on to assert that the ‘THE’ Interdisciplinary Science Research (ISR), is a measure of the University’s contributions towards interdisciplinary science.
“The ISR methodology consists of three pillars, each representing a stage in the life cycle of research projects: inputs, process and outputs. Each pillar is further divided into metrics to measure different aspects of that stage. There are 11 metrics in total.
The 3 pillars consist of Input 19%; Process 16% and Output 65%,” he posited.
