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The ranking includes 1,406 higher education institutions
Brazil is among the 10 countries with the most universities in the global impact ranking compiled by the British publication Times Higher Education (THE) and released on Wednesday (April 27) at the Innovation and Impact Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. There are 48 Brazilian institutions on the list, which measures universities’ commitment to sustainability.
The bestranked university is the USP (University of São Paulo), which is the only Brazilian university in the top 100 of the ranking. It shares 62nd place with University College Cork, Ireland. However, USP lost its position last year it was ranked 48th.
Unicamp (University of Campinas) ranks between 101 and 200. UnB (University of Brasília) and Unesp (State University of São Paulo) rank between 201 and 300.
THE has produced several rankings of higher education since 2004. Traditionally, the lists rank international universities according to their reputation or learning environment, the amount of research, citations received, and technology transfer in the university environment.
Unlike traditional rankings, however, THE Global Impact Ranking measures the contribution of institutions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It does this by assessing universities’ commitment to sustainability in four broad areas: research, resource management, outreach and teaching.
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USP ranked 5th in the clean and affordable energy criterion
Within these broad areas, the universities were evaluated against each of the 17 UN goals such as the eradication of hunger and poverty, gender equality, peace and justice, among others.
In one of the criteria clean and accessible energy USP was ranked 5th in the world. Fudan University in China ranked first in this criterion, which assesses how much the institution contributes to energy research, its energy use and policies, and its commitment to energy efficiency.
First place in the overall ranking went to the Western University of Sydney in Australia. The United Kingdom is included in the ranking for the second consecutive year: it was the country with the most universities (20) in the top 100, followed by Australia (17) and Canada (16).
1,5024 universities from 110 countries/regions of the world were evaluated, but the overall ranking includes 1,406 institutions. The data was collected from the universities themselves and from Elsevier, a company specializing in scientific, technical and medical content.
Information is for 2020 in some cases dates are from 2019 due to disruption caused by the Covid Pandemic.
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Graduation ceremony at Unicamp, which ranks between 101st and 200th place
The goals of the UN
According to the organization, the UN Sustainable Development Goals are “a global call for action to end poverty, protect the environment and climate and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity”.
According to the institution, the program is “ambitious” and addresses “various dimensions of sustainable development (social, economic, environmental)”.
17 goals are to be achieved by 2030, each with its own evaluation criteria and implementation methods:
- poverty alleviation
- Zero hunger and sustainable agriculture
- health and wellness
- quality of education
- gender equality
- Clean water and sanitation
- Clean and affordable energy
- Decent work and economic growth
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- reducing inequalities
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Responsible consumption and production
- Action against global climate change
- life in the water
- earthly life
- Peace, justice and effective institutions
- Partnerships and means of implementation
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The UN has 17 Sustainable Development Goals
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