The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been ranked in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject. This ranking was announced by THE at 9:00 a.m. GMT on Wednesday, October 28, 2020.
UNILAG was:
Ranked 301–400 in Clinical and Health
Ranked 1001+ in Engineering
Ranked 1001+ in Physical Sciences
Ranked 601+ in Social Sciences
THE annual World Subject Rankings cover 11 subject areas, (Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, Clinical and Health, Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Psychology, and Social Sciences), which gives an overview of the best places in the world to study a chosen discipline. This year, 1512 institutions were ranked in the 2021 Subject Rankings across the 11 subject areas, with 522 newly ranked this year.
The Subject Rankings were conducted based on criteria such as:
1. Number of publications in these 11 subject areas in the last 5 years;
2. The staff to student ratio;
3. Citations in the 11 subject areas;
4. Number of co-authorship;
5. Research income per academic staff etc.
Congratulations to all members of the University of Lagos and special hearty cheers to members (staff and students) of the academic programmes for which UNILAG was ranked.
With continued cooperation, collaboration and innovative thinking, we will surely attain astounding excellence in the near future. Remember, If you want to walk fast, walk alone; If you want to walk far, walk with others ~ African Proverb.
