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LONDON, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

QS Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released today the inaugural QS World University

Rankings: Sustainability [

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/sustainability-rankings/2023

], a new framework to evaluate how universities are taking action to tackle the

world's most pressing environmental and social issues. Jessica Turner, CEO at

QS, said: "QS aims to provide prospective students with independent insights

into university records in improving sustainability and support universities in

monitoring their progress as they strive to implement their ESG[1] strategies

and find solutions to unprecedented global challenges."

The overall rank of the 700 universities featured is determined by the sum of

their scores in two categories:

-        Environmental Impact [ https://support.qs.com/hc/en-gb/articles/6180808275228

] (aggregating three indicators: Sustainable Institutions, Sustainable

Education and Sustainable Research)

-        Social Impact [ https://support.qs.com/hc/en-gb/articles/6180837004700 ]

(aggregating five indicators: Equality, Knowledge Exchange, Impact of

Education, Employability and Opportunities, and Quality of Life).

UC Berkely is the global leader, followed by the University of Toronto and the

University of British Columbia. The University of Edinburgh (4th) is the top

British institution while The University of New South Wales and The University

of Sydney—share fifth place. The University of Tokyo (7th) is Asia's leader.

UPenn, Yale and The University of Auckland complete the top-10.

QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023: Top 20

2023                

1        UC Berkeley                                    US

2        University of Toronto                      Canada

3        University of British Columbia       Canada

4        The University of Edinburgh           UK

5=        UNSW Sydney                             Australia

5=        The University of Sydney            Australia

7        The University of Tokyo                 Japan

8        University of Pennsylvania            US

9        Yale University                               US

10        The University of Auckland          New Zealand

11        Uppsala University                       Sweden

12        Lund University                            Sweden

13        University of Glasgow                  UK

14        University of California, Davis     US

15        Aarhus University                        Denmark

16        University of Oxford                    UK

17        Western University                      Canada

18        Newcastle University                  UK

19        University of Cambridge             UK

20        Harvard University                      US

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    The US dominates the rankings with 135 universities, followed by the UK

(67), Germany (39), Mainland China (37),  Australia (33) and Italy (31).

-        Sweden boasts Continental Europe's two highest-ranked universities, with

Uppsala University and Lund university placing 11th and 12th globally. Denmark

is home to the third highest, Aarhus University (15th).

-        For Sustainable Research [

https://support.qs.com/hc/en-gb/articles/6180837842716-Sustainable-Research ],

four Scandinavian universities are among the world's top-5 while the National

University of Singapore is the leader.

-        Universidade de São Paulo (34th) is Latin America's leader.

-        The University of Cape Town (132nd) is Africa's leader.

-        China's top performer is Peking University (118th) while India's is IIT

Bombay (281-300).

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[1] Environmental, Social, Governance

Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds