In this article, Students Mirror looks at the ranking positions of Baze University Abuja according to three reliable and major ranking schemes, which include the National Universities Commission (NUC), Webnomerics, and the Unirank.
The National Universities Commission (NUC), which was established by the Nigerian government sometime in September 2001, initiated steps towards a national ranking of her universities which turned out to be the first of such rankings in the entire Africa. It’s known as the most reliable and trustworthy ranking scheme in Nigeria.
Webometrics Is a leading and renowned global higher education ranker. While uniRank is another leading international higher education directory and search engine that includes reviews and rankings of over forty thousand officially recognized universities and colleges from over two hundred countries.
All three rankers mentioned above have ranked Baze University, Abuja, which is one of the very few private tertiary institutions situated in the Federal Capital Territory, a good ranking position.
Established in 2011 by Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the varsity offers basic standard education. The institution is known as one of the tertiary institutions where many Nigerian politicians and celebrities have bagged their degrees in recent times. The academic institution has had about six consecutive convocation ceremonies and has produced graduates in various disciplines such as law, engineering, computer science, medical and health sciences, among others, and has produced quite a number of notable alumni.
Baze University Ranking by Webometrics
According to Webometrics, Baze University Kuchigoro has a ranking position of 71 out of the 285 Nigerian universities ranked by the scheme, while the varsity sits in the 7217th position in the global ranking.
Baze University Ranking by NUC
In the year 2021, the National Universities Commission (NUC) introduced twelve indicators for its ranking. Student-Teacher Ratio, Female Percentage, Full Professors Percentage, International Staff Percentage, International Students Percentage, Programs with FULL Accreditation, Efficiency, ALL Citations Per Capita, h-index Per Capita, i-10 index Per Capita, Google Scholar Presence, and Contribution to Knowledge Economy are among the indicators.
Below are the ranking positions of Baze University according to the above indicators. This ranking is based both on the overall and private universities’ rankings by the NUC in 2021.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position is 53rd, while the varsity was ranked as the 26th best private university out of the 47 private Nigerian universities.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position based on student-teacher ratio is 48 out of 113 universities, while that for overall private universities is 35.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by percentage of female students is 55 out of overall universities ranked, while for overall private universities is 32.
- Baze University’s ranking by percentage of full professors for all universities was 98 out of 113 universities, while for overall private universities is 39.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by percentage of international staff is 10 out of the 74 universities ranked. while for overall private universities is 10.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by percentage of international students is 8 out of 62. While for overall private universities is 8.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by percentage of full accreditation is 68 out of the 106 universities ranked. While for overall private universities is 28.
Baze University’s Ranking by NUC, according to other indicators
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by efficiency is 56 out of 101 universities ranked. While for overall private universities is 24 out of 40.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by per capita ALL Citations is 54 out of all 112 universities ranked. While for overall private universities is 25 out of 47.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by Per Capita h-index is 46 out of 112 universities ranked. For private universities, it occupied the 23rd position.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by the Per Capita i-10 index is 58, out of all 112 universities ranked. For private universities, it occupied the 28th position.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by Google Scholar Presence is 44 out of 113 universities ranked. For private universities, it occupied the 24th position.
- Baze University’s overall ranking position by Knowledge Economy is 50 out of all the 102 universities ranked. For private universities, it occupied the 23rd position.
Baze University, from the NUC 2021 ranking has a good ranking position in Nigeria. The varsity, no doubt, has some of the standard academic and non-academic facilities and services for students, including a library, housing, sports facilities, etc..
Baze University in Nigeria by uniRank
uniRank, which is also one of the leading international higher education directory and search engines featuring reviews and rankings in 2022, placed Baze University on 55 position in Nigeria and On the 9788 position globally.
Baze University Courses
The university offers various academic programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. They offer a total of 43 undergraduate degree programs that are run at the university under six faculties, some of which include the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Computing and Applied Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Environmental Sciences, among others. They offer master’s degree programmes in Animal and Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Computer Science, Economics, Parasitology, MPAR, Security, Leadership, and Society, among others.