University Impact Rankings 2023 for UN SDG 15: Life on land

The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We use carefully calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparison across four broad areas: research, stewardship, outreach and teaching. The list includes 586 institutions from 80 countries/regions.

This table on SDG 15 – life on land measures universities’ research on life on land and their education on and support for land ecosystems.

Key insights

• The ranking is led by University of Manchester in the UK. Western Sydney University in Australia and the University of East Anglia in the UK complete the top three
• The UK is the most-represented nation in the top 100 with 25 institutions, followed by Canada with 11 and Japan with 10