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The Sustainability Impact Ratings showcase universities’ work toembed the SDGs in everything they do, from their pivotal role inlocal communities to the global change needed for sustainability A changing missionDriving the sustainability agenda A global rebalance10SDGs are a priority for lower-income nations A painful paradox16The quiet influence of peace studies The top 1,00020Institutions prioritising sustainability Where in the worldGlobal hotspots for the SDGs There’s more information on ourrankings website, www.thewur.com,where you can learn about ourfull portfolio of globaluniversity rankings. Carrying the torchEmbedding the SDGs in society and beyond Top 100s by SDGThe leading institutions for each goal MethodologyThe criteria that make up our ratings Building a communityThe Sustainability Impact Network A pillar of societyManchester’s civic ‘north star’ A resilient futureUkraine’s universities hold communitiestogether Student-led changeSDGs in the curriculum in Africa Local heroes101Small changes can create global ripples Living examples102Personal perspectives embed the SDGs inlearning Times Higher EducationWorld University RankingsRankings editor: Naomi FirshtTo raise your university’s global profile withTHE, please contact branding@timeshighereducation.comTo unlock the data behindTHE’s rankings, and access a range of analytical and benchmarking tools,contact data@timeshighereducation.com UAE USA Discover more at ajman.ac.ae impact.ajman.ac.ae A greater mission WFocus is shifting to what universities are good for,not just what they’re good at, says Naomi Firsht tables and one overall ranking.Although wealthy nations con- tinue to dominate the ratings, thisyear our data reveals how lower-income nations are beginning tonarrow the gap thanks to a dedi-cated focus on SDG alignment.There are now four lower-mid- hat can an elephant skele-ton, a campus displaced bywar and an app for scoutingwater availability in Indian villagestell us about higher education?Each is the result of a university’sdrive for sustainability, and pro-vides an insight into how manyinstitutions view their mission assomething much larger than theirown academic excellence.This is whatTimes Higher Edu- elephant skeleton in a busy train sta-tion to spark a conversation aboutextinction was just one of manyways the university strives to con-tribute to cultural life.And in Western Sydney, Austra- dle-income institutions in the globaltop 50, double the number from lastyear. And upper-middle-incomecountries such as Malaysia continueto build on their success from previ-ous years. This steadfast global com-mitment is heartening at a timewhen the higher education sectorfinds itself under pressure finan-cially, and often politically too.One ofTHE’s key metrics for lia, a drive for community-basedinitiatives saw local water know-ledge in India combined with asmartphone app to optimise cropplanting in the area.In Ukraine, now in its fifth year of Naomi FirshtRankings editor (acting) cationalso believes, and this con-viction runs through the core of oureighth annual Sustainability ImpactRatings (formerly the Impact Rank-ings), the only global universityranking that examines how institu-tions are performing in relation tothe United Nations’ SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs).As Julian Skyrme, executive direc- conflict since the Russian invasion in2022, sustainability takes on abroader meaning of survival. AsMykola Trofymenko explains, theratings’ four pillars of research,resource stewardship, communityengagement and teaching “havemerged into a single test of institu-tional endurance”. He describes howthe destruction of buildings andforced relocations have strengthenedUkraine’s commitment to the SDGsof quality education (4) and peace,justice and strong institutions (16).This year’s ratings include data Manchesterplaced anelephant skeletonin a busy trainstation to spark aconversation aboutextinction evaluating SDG performance is evi-dence: what proof of initiatives andoutcomes universities can provide.In this way we aim to take theSDGs from an abstract concept of“saving the planet” to concreteprojects where we might see greaternumbers of low-income studentsentering higher education or envir-onmental schemes that demon-strably improve the lives of thosein the region. Because having apositive impact in a tangible wayshould always be part of highereducation’s mission.l tor of social responsibility and civicengagement at the University of Man-chester, puts it, the impact ratingsencourage institutions to consider“what universities are good for, notjust what universities are good at”.For Manchester, which leads the covering 1,646 universities from116 countries/territories. They arerated across 17 individual SDG 2026 impact ratings, placing an Research for theCommon Good Advancing nutrition for a longer, healthier future. Living longer demands more from nutrition.At Católica, we unite science, innovation and humanins