Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026 – University Sustainability Rankings

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The Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings (previouslyTHE Impact Rankings) is the only global ranking measuring how institutions worldwide advance sustainability in line with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

The 2026 rankings evaluate 1,646 universities from 116 countries and territories across 17 individual SDG tables and one overall ranking. Read the full methodology here.

Key insights: Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026

  • University of Manchester in United Kingdom is number one overall
  • Griffith University in Australia is second overall
  • Australia, Malaysia and Canada each have two top 10 universities in overall ranking
  • New countries in the rankings are Mali, Nicaragua, Niger and Tajikistan
  • Philippines has the most universities in the ranking, 160

The overall ranking table reveals the most sustainable universities from across the globe.

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