Top 100 Universities in the World for Global Impact

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These are the top 100 universities making a global impact today, according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2020, 766 universities from 85 countries were ranked across the SDGs to shine a light on those institutions that are working hard to tackle global issues like climate change, gender inequality, quality education for all, economic growth and achieving peaceful societies.

Source: Times Higher Education (2020).

 
Impact Rank 2020UniversityCountry/Region
21University of LeicesterUnited Kingdom
22University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States
23Aalborg UniversityDenmark
24Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand
25University of OtagoNew Zealand
26Western UniversityCanada
27Northumbria UniversityUnited Kingdom
28University of TorontoCanada
29University of CalgaryCanada
30University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
31University of WollongongAustralia
32University College CorkRepublic of Ireland
33York UniversityCanada
34University College DublinRepublic of Ireland
35Penn State (Main campus)United States
36Victoria University of WellingtonNew Zealand
37Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityRussian Federation
38National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)Taiwan
39Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands
40University of MalagaSpain