What You Don’t Know About Bayero University Kano’s Impressive Global and National Rankings
In specific disciplines, BUK is ranked 601-800 globally for Clinical and Health and Physical Sciences in the 2023 Times Higher Education World Rankings.
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Bayero University Kano (BUK) has achieved notable rankings in various global and national assessments for 2023. The university is ranked 71+ in the Sub-Saharan Africa University World Rankings and is recognized as the fourth-best university in Nigeria according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings for 2023.
BUK also falls within the 1001-1200 band globally in the 2023 Times Higher Education World Rankings and the 401-500 band in the 2023 Young University Rankings.
In specific disciplines, BUK is ranked 601-800 globally for Clinical and Health and Physical Sciences in the 2023 Times Higher Education World Rankings. Nationally, the university is ranked 11th in the Webometrics ranking of Nigerian universities for 2022 and 9th in the URAP World Ranking by Academic Performance for the same year.
A comparison with Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) highlights BUK's strong performance across various metrics. BUK outperforms ABU in academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-to-student ratio, citations per faculty, research output, teaching quality, and financial resources per faculty. Notably, BUK has a higher acceptance rate and international student ratio compared to ABU.
The data underscores Bayero University Kano's continued excellence and impact in the higher education sector.
