Impact Rankings show stars shine everywhere

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Impact Rankings show stars shine everywhere

Our rankings demonstrate that universities worldwide, not just the elite, are addressing urgent challenges

�� 1, 2023

John Gill

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Browse the full Impact Rankings 2023 results.?To?participate in?next year��s Impact Rankings,?email us

��Yes, we educate. Yes, we do research. But if we are not making an?impact and making a?difference, then we are not fulfilling the goal of?our existence.��

This statement from Clare Pollock, deputy vice-chancellor and provost of Western Sydney University, is?unequivocal about what universities are?for. It?also encapsulates in?a couple of?sentences the raison d��tre of?the Times �й�AƬ Impact Rankings, which have this year grown to?include 1,705 universities from 115 countries.

If the World University Rankings provide a framework for measuring the strengths of the research-led heavyweights of global �й�AƬ, the Impact Rankings offer a different perspective.

By drawing on a combination of policy, practice and data, all focused on the United Nations�� 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the Impact Rankings provide a view of university performance that puts those traditional elites alongside institutions with very different, and often more locally focused, missions.

Impact Rankings 2023: results announced

This year��s results demonstrate the value of such an approach, highlighting a simple truth: that far from being ivory towers, universities of every size and type are at the forefront of addressing the most pressing problems facing the world, with the great advantage that they are embedded in communities pretty much everywhere.

This is important because the SDGs address issues that affect us all, but not necessarily in the same ways. And so while it is crucial to have the research elites grappling with these challenges, it is vital, too, to have engagement and focus from universities that understand and operate effectively within differing national, regional and local ?contexts.

To that end, it is heartening to see the improved performance of universities outside the household names, and the growing number of ranked universities in Africa and the Asean nations.

Look beyond the individual universities to national and regional groupings, and these rankings also offer a snapshot of the areas attracting the most attention in different parts of the world.

Europe, for example, is relatively over-represented within the SDGs focused on decent work and economic growth (SDG?8); industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG?9); sustainable cities and communities (SDG?11); and peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG?16).

The 106 African universities participating in the rankings, meanwhile, are most active within the pillars of no poverty (SDG?1); clean water and sanitation (SDG?6); and reduced inequalities (SDG?10).

What this reflects is that while universities share the same foundations of teaching, research and innovation, they are also moulded by a combination of factors, many of which are context specific.

It is worth noting, too, that the Impact Rankings differ from our more established World University Rankings in their dynamism �C they are growing fast, and this year we have updated some of the questions asked of participants (relating to SDGs 3, 4, 11, 16 and 17 specifically). As befits a ranking that is expanding so rapidly, we have also instituted new, more comprehensive validation of submissions.

All of that has contributed to movement within the ranking that might be unexpected to those familiar with the relatively stable World University Rankings. Our data team has taken steps to moderate any volatility in the overall ranking by combining results from the past two years.

As an organisation that ranks universities, THE is always thinking about what it does and the impact that it has on the global sector it serves.

By providing a spotlight on the most important work that universities do, as well as an evidence base and incentive to encourage even sharper focus on the challenges addressed by the SDGs, these rankings encapsulate our mission: to?help universities everywhere to deliver transformational impact.

john.gill@timeshighereducation.com

Countries/regions represented in the overall Impact Rankings 2023

Country/region	Number of institutions	Top institution	Rank
Russian Federation	86	Kazan Federal University	201-300
?	?	Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University	201-300
?	?	RUDN University	201-300
Turkey	79	Istanbul Technical University	=58
Japan	78	Hokkaido University	22
Pakistan	72	COMSATS University Islamabad	201-300
?	?	National University of Sciences and Technology	201-300
India	66	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	=52
Thailand	65	Chulalongkorn University	17
United Kingdom	57	University of Manchester	2
Iraq	56	University of Basrah	401-600
United States	50	Arizona State University (Tempe)	6
Brazil	47	University of S?o Paulo	101-200
Spain	47	University of Barcelona	101-200
?	?	University of Girona	101-200
?	?	University of Ja��n	101-200
?	?	University of Murcia	101-200
?	?	Polytechnic University of Valencia	101-200
?	?	Rovira i Virgili University	101-200
?	?	University of Valencia	101-200
?	?	University of Vigo	101-200
Taiwan	47	National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)	=24
Uzbekistan	47	Alisher Navo��i Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature	601-800
Egypt	37	Aswan University	101-200
Ukraine	33	Sumy State University	301-400
Indonesia	32	University of Indonesia	20
Philippines	29	Ateneo de Manila University	201-300
Canada	26	Queen��s University	3
Saudi Arabia	25	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	101-200
?	?	King Faisal University	101-200
?	?	Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University	101-200
Australia	24	Western Sydney University	1
Colombia	24	Pontifical Javeriana University	201-300
Malaysia	24	Universiti Sains Malaysia	4
Poland	23	University of Gda��sk	401-600
?	?	Jagiellonian University	401-600
?	?	Krakow University of Economics	401-600
France	22	IMT Atlantique	101-200
?	?	Montpellier University	101-200
?	?	Paris Sciences et Lettres �C PSL Research University Paris	101-200
Italy	22	University of Bologna	23
Chile	20	Universidad Andr��s Bello (UNAB)	101-200
Iran	20	Iran University of Medical Sciences	201-300
Mexico	20	National Autonomous University of Mexico	32
South Korea	20	Yonsei University (Seoul campus)	=14
Romania	17	University of Bucharest	201-300
Jordan	16	Al Ahliyya Amman University	101-200
Kazakhstan	15	Kazakh National Pedagogical University Abai	601-800
Portugal	15	University of Coimbra	=29
Ecuador	13	Escuela Superior Polit��cnica del Litoral	301-400
Algeria	12	University Mohamed Boudiaf of M��Sila	801-1,000
Bangladesh	12	BRAC University	301-400
Greece	11	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	301-400
Hungary	11	University of Debrecen	301-400
Morocco	11	International University of Rabat	401-600
Nigeria	11	Afe Babalola University	201-300
United Arab Emirates	10	Al Ain University	101-200
Germany	9	Free University of Berlin	101-200
Ireland	9	University of Galway	=34
Vietnam	9	UEH University	301-400
Czech Republic	8	Charles University	201-300
?	?	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU)	201-300
New Zealand	8	University of Auckland	12
Peru	8	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru	401-600
South Africa	8	University of Johannesburg	=46
Turkmenistan	8	International University for the Humanities and Development	1,001+
?	?	Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan	1,001+
?	?	State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan	1,001+
?	?	Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics of Turkmenistan	1,001+
?	?	Turkmen Agricultural Institute	1,001+
?	?	Turkmen State Architecture and Construction Institute	1,001+
?	?	Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management	1,001+
?	?	Yagshigeldi Kakayev International University of Oil and Gas	1,001+
Azerbaijan	7	Khazar University	601-800
?	?	Western Caspian University	601-800
China	7	Shanghai University	=97
Finland	7	Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT	101-200
Lebanon	7	American University of Beirut	201-300
Tunisia	7	University of Tunis El Manar	201-300
Ghana	6	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	101-200
Netherlands	6	Delft University of Technology	101-200
?	?	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	101-200
?	?	Wageningen University & Research	101-200
Palestine	6	An-Najah National University	201-300
Slovakia	6	Comenius University in Bratislava	601-800
Sri Lanka	6	University of Peradeniya	301-400
Costa Rica	5	Tecnol��gico de Costa Rica	301-400
Latvia	5	University of Latvia	101-200
Northern Cyprus	5	Eastern Mediterranean University	201-300
Switzerland	5	University of Neuch?tel	301-400
Belarus	4	Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics	1,001+
?	?	University of Civil Protection	1,001+
?	?	Gomel State Medical University	1,001+
?	?	Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno	1,001+
Belgium	4	Universit�� Libre de Bruxelles	101-200
?	?	Universit�� Catholique de Louvain	101-200
Lithuania	4	Kaunas University of Technology	801-1,000
?	?	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences	801-1,000
Sweden	4	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	=46
Afghanistan	3	Bakhtar University	1,001+
?	?	Kabul Polytechnic University	1,001+
?	?	Spinghar Institute of �й�AƬ	1,001+
Austria	3	University of Innsbruck	601-800
Croatia	3	University of Rijeka	301-400
Cyprus	3	Frederick University	201-300
Hong Kong	3	Chinese University of Hong Kong	=83
Kuwait	3	American University of the Middle East	401-600
Argentina	2	National University of C��rdoba	201-300
Armenia	2	Armenian State University of Economics	1,001+
?	?	European University of Armenia	1,001+
Bahrain	2	Ahlia University	101-200
Bulgaria	2	Medical University of Sofia	601-800
?	?	Sofia University	601-800
Denmark	2	Aalborg University	=9
Fiji	2	University of the South Pacific	401-600
Iceland	2	University of Iceland	301-400
Israel	2	University of Haifa	101-200
Kosovo	2	UBT	801-1,000
Macao	2	University of Saint Joseph	601-800
Mauritius	2	University of Mauritius	1,001+
?	2	University of Technology, Mauritius	1,001+
Paraguay	2	Universidad Nacional de Itap��a	1,001+
?	2	Universidad Nacional de Villarrica del Esp��ritu Santo	1,001+
Sudan	2	Mashreq University	1,001+
?	2	National University, Sudan	1,001+
Uruguay	2	ORT Uruguay University	601-800