Assessment Of Nigerian Universities Offering Sociology And Anthropology

This assessment by PositiveNaija aims to provide a reliable guide on the overall standard of Nigerian universities offering sociology and anthropology as academic courses and degrees.

This assessment aims to promote the culture of impactful scholarship and academic excellence in the Nigerian educational sector.

Other disciplines/courses include:

 

The study of sociology and anthropology and the respective application of both disciplines are important in understanding distinct cultures; evolution of peoples and societies; assessing the influence of human actions.

“A culture is a total way of life. It embraces what people ate and what they wore; the way they walked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the newborn.”

– Walter Rodney

Assessment Of Nigerian Universities Offering Sociology And Anthropology

This assessment on the quality of Nigerian universities offering sociology and anthropology as academic courses and degrees is hinged on certain parameters or factors.

  • Factor 1: Accreditation

Indicator: Accreditation report by the National Universities Commission of Nigeria (NUC).

Source: NUC website

This factor takes into consideration the qualifying elements for the courses of sociology and anthropology: library strength; physical and technological infrastructure; number and quality of relevant staff; etc.

Thus, in this assessment of recommended universities (undergraduate), only universities with full accreditation have been provided.

  • Factor 2: Quality of Education

Indicator: The Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Source: THE World University Rankings website

This factor takes into consideration: Teaching (the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citations (research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry income (knowledge transfer).

Thus, in this assessment of recommended universities, only the best universities in Nigeria according to the latest THE World University ranking are featured.

The recommended Nigerian universities have also been listed in the order of their performance in the The Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Reference: U.S. News & World Report L.P. | QS World University Rankings

  • Factor 3: Job employability

Indicator: Most employable Nigerian universities

Source: The Nigerian Graduate Report 2018 by Stutern.

This factor will be recorded in percent as stated in the report of the source relied on.

  • Factor 4: Accessible information relevant about the Faculty.

Indicator and source: Online – website of the respective university/faculty

This factor takes into consideration course information available on the following: curriculum; names and contact of the faculty (email and/or phone number); profile/CV and contact of staff and management; number of total students; seminars, conferences, research; tuition and other relevant fees; internet safety of the website; etc.

This factor will be recorded as “Available”, “Good” and “Excellent” accordingly.

 

2022 Report
Last updated on the 3rd of September 2021.
Universities Job employability Accessible information
University of Ibadan (UI) 61.76% Good
University of Lagos (UNILAG) 58.13% Good
Covenant University (CU) 83.70% Good
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) 60.22% Good
University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN/ UNEC) 68.18% Good
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) 59.30% Good
Lagos State University (LASU) 58.49% Good

 

 

*This compilation was first researched, written and poster designed by Toju Micheal Ogbe on the 19th of September, 2020 – without interference or sponsorship by the featured universities.

*A review and update of the assessment will be done periodically.

*If you have information or data that could be relevant in improving this assessment, please comment or write to us at positivenaija@yahoo.com and we will update the article accordingly.

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