After
its weeklong convocation activities which elicited an avalanche of
encomiums, commendations, accolades and votes of confidence from leading
professionals, scholars, royalty, top government functionaries and
eminent members of the international diplomatic corps, Landmark
University has, for the umpteenth time, proven its unalloyed commitment
to the extension of the frontiers of academic excellence in Nigeria by
upstaging ten universities to move from 15th to 5th position in the latest ranking of Nigerian universities.
In
what could best be described as a watershed in the history of
private/missionary involvement in the advancement of tertiary education
in Nigeria, Landmark University broke a new ground and achieved an
unprecedented feat as the first private university to rank among the top
five universities in Nigeria in the Webometrics ranking released on
Sunday, 27th of July, 2014.
Landmark University (established in 2011), according to the latest
ranking, towers tall as the Best Private University in Nigeria, and
holds the 5th position among 112 Nigerian universities,
trailing behind University of Ilorin (established in 1975), University
of Lagos (established in 1962), Obafemi Awolowo University (established
in 1962) and the University of Ibadan (established in 1948) which ranked
1-4 respectively.
It
is interesting to note that the Vice-Chancellor of the University,
Prof. Mathew Ola-Rotimi Ajayi, had in his convocation speech on Friday,
25th of July, asserted that “with this kind of start
(alluding to the unprecedented successes that have trailed the
university’s steps since inception), one doesn’t need to be clairvoyant
to project unequivocally that we will emerge the top university in
Nigeria in the next two years and then cross to the global stage which
is our destination.”
Just
two days after this projection, the dream has witnessed a tremendous
boost as the young institution, by dint of commitment and passion, moved
from 15th in January 2014, to 5t.h in July 2014.
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