A record 2,152 higher education institutions from 125 countries/regions have submitted data to鈥痯articipate in 探花视频鈥檚鈥Impact Rankings 2024, which will be revealed on Wednesday 12 June.鈥听
THE鈥檚 Impact Ranking is the world鈥檚 only one that measures universities鈥 contributions to the and assesses their commitment to sustainability across four broad areas: research, stewardship, outreach and teaching.鈥听
Participation has increased by 26鈥痯er cent compared with last year and is the highest jump in鈥痶hree years.鈥听
Asia is the biggest player in these rankings with 1,053 universities submitting data.鈥听
- India is now the most-represented nation with 105 participating institutions鈥听
- Turkey鈥痠s second with 100鈥听
- Pakistan鈥痠s third with 96听
- Japan is fourth with 88听
Submissions from Africa have more than doubled in the past year, from 106 to 230, with Algeria and Nigeria seeing the biggest growth. Angola, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, C么te d鈥橧voire, Eswatini, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Somalia have put themselves forward for the first time. Albania, Cuba, Libya, North Macedonia and Yemen are also new entrants.听听
Some nations have also鈥痬ore than doubled their representation including Azerbaijan 鈥 from 8 last year to 18 this year 鈥 and the country is hosting this year's COP29.鈥听
Eighteen tables are published as part of the Impact Rankings 鈥 one for each of the 17 individual SDGs, plus one overall ranking. SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals) and three other SDGs are the only goals universities must provide data on to be included in the overall ranking.鈥听
The results will be announced at THE鈥檚 in Bangkok which takes place from 10-13 June. Tickets are available .
Phil Baty, 探花视频鈥檚 Chief global affairs officer, said: 鈥淭o appear in the 探花视频 Impact Rankings, universities must submit data and evidence on their commitment to delivering the UN SDGs and subject themselves to detailed scrutiny against global standards.鈥听
鈥淲e are seeing record levels of participation across the globe and it鈥檚 great to see so many universities stepping forward to demonstrate their commitment to delivering a more sustainable future in this visionary ranking.鈥濃听
THE's data team is currently assessing the data and the participation numbers may not be the same as final ranked numbers as universities could be excluded due to insufficient data.听
In THE鈥檚 Impact Rankings 2023 a record 1,705 universities from 115 countries/regions were assessed and the world鈥檚 highest ranked university, in the overall category, was Western Sydney University. Australian and Canadian universities dominated the top 10 in the overall category taking three and four places respectively鈥痑nd Australian universities also dominate the upper echelons of the individual SDGs hitting top spot in seven out of the 17 goals.听
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