Cardiff University has ranked in the global top 100 in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023. The list, now in its fifth year, is the world’s only one that measures universities’ contributions to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The UK has one university in the overall top 10, three in the top 20 and 26 in the top 100 – more than any other nation in THE’s Impact Rankings. Cardiff University comes in joint 52nd place, the highest ranked university in Wales, and the twelfth highest in the UK.
A record 1,705 universities from 115 countries/regions were assessed and rated on their their commitment to sustainability across four areas: research, stewardship, outreach and teaching. Western Sydney University came out top.