University Impact Rankings 2023 for SDG 2: Zero hunger

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 647 universities from 81 countries/regions. 

This table on SDG 2 – zero hunger measures universities’ research on hunger, their teaching on food sustainability and their commitment to tackle food waste and address hunger on campus and locally.

Key insights

• Canadian institutions lead this ranking with Queen’s University on top, followed by the University of Alberta
• Iowa State University in the US completes the top three
• With 13 institutions, the UK is the most-represented nation in the top 100 in this table, followed by the US and Canada with 11 each