The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Aderemi Atayero, disclosed this during its 17th matriculation ceremony held on the campus in Its last Friday. The V-C, while speaking to the 1,525 undergraduate and 135 post-graduate matriculating students, said, “According to The Nigerian Graduate Report, graduates of this university are highly employed and this is because Covenant equips her students with entrepreneurial skills that ensure self-employment. This is also validated by the Excellence in Quality Entrepreneurship Education Award received recently.
Atayero also said the programme would equip youths across Africa with skills needed to secure ICT related employment and businesses.
Covenant University joins global ranked universities.
The ranking platform also says Covenant University has had a rapid rise in reputation in the decade and a half it has been operating. The Nigerian Universities Commission named it the best private university in Nigeria in its 2018 rankings and the 6th best university overall.
Profiling the institution on its website, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings describes the school as one of the leading universities in Africa found on Christian Mission Ethos.
Earlier in February 2018, Webometrics, another university ranking website rated Covenant University as the second best university in Nigeria.