TU Dublin secures place in Top 100 globally for SDG 11 and 13 in THE Impact Rankings 2024
As part of The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2024, TU Dublin has ranked in the Top 100 universities globally for contribution on two of the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the third year running. An impressive 29th place globally for Climate Action, reflects TU Dublin's commitment to taking urgent climate action towards achieving carbon neutrality across the University and its operations, and for our efforts to foster responsible global citizenship among our people.
- Rank 29 - SDG 13 Climate Action
- Rank 72 - SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
TU Dublin maintained their overall Impact Ranking rank in the top 201-300 category, a score that is ranked from an average of the last two years’ total scores. The University ranked 29th place globally for SDG 13: Climate Action, this was ranked against 924 other universities from 103 countries/regions on their contributions to climate action. The University ranked 72nd place globally for SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, this score was ranked against 1,026 universities from 99 countries/regions who were recognised for their significant contributions to supporting the development of sustainable cities and communities.
The 2024 Impact Rankings was the sixth edition of the performance ranking and involved 2,152 universities from 125 countries/regions. Participation in the rankings saw an increase of 32% up from 2023, widening the global league table.
The THE Impact Rankings measure the contribution of participating universities to the UN SDGs using calibrated indicators to provide comparisons across four broad areas: research, stewardship, outreach, and teaching. The methodology for the overall Impact Rankings integrates scores across multiple SDGs to reflect the overall performance and impact from a university. Each participating university is scored on SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals, to assess efforts in fostering robust international partnerships and cooperation for achieving all SDGs. The rankings consider the three top scoring SDGs for each university, acknowledging areas of strongest impact and contribution to sustainable development.
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TU Dublin commits to take urgent climate action to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations, foster societal resilience through an inclusive and inspiring education model, develop open research and innovation, and enhance citizen agency at all levels for positive change.
In June 2024, TU Dublin published a third iteration of their Climate Action Roadmap, which sets out a timeline to reduce the Universities greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 and to increase energy efficiency by 50% by 2030.
TU Dublin welcomes the 2025 phase of the THE Impact Rankings where we will continue to advance our strongest performing goals and aspire to perform higher across more SDG categories.