QS World University Sustainability rankings: University of Toronto global best, University of Delhi leads India contingent
University of Toronto has topped the QS World University Rankings for sustainability in 2024. The second edition of the rankings encompass three distinct categories: Environmental Impact, Social Impact, and Governance.
Each category was scrutinized through a set of performance lenses, which, in turn, consist of a combined array of individual metrics, QS said.
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The ranking evaluates the social and environmental impact of universities as a center's of education and research, as well as a major employers with the operational sustainability challenges of any large and complex organization.
«Sustainability provides students with a unique lens on which institutions are demonstrating a commitment to a more sustainable existence. More than just the commitment, it looks for outwards evidence of this — from the impact that alumni are making in science and technology to solve climate issues, to the impact of research being done across the UN's 17 sustainable development goals,» QS added.
Here are the top ten universities
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- University of California, Berkeley (UCB) Berkeley, United States
- The University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom
- University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
- The University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand
- Imperial College London London, United Kingdom
- The University of Sydney Sydney, Australia
- Lund University Lund, Sweden
- The University of Melbourne Parkville, Australia
- Western University London, Canada
Among the Indian institutes, the Delhi University (global ranking: 220) topped the chart among 56 Indian universities that made the cut. DU was followed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay and Madras.
