QS World University Rankings: Sustainability is a framework to show how higher education institutions are taking action to address global sustainability challenges. This is the third year of the ranking, and the third spot is up five places from last year's position of eighth. In the first year the ranking was presented, Lund University came in 12th place.
“This is a fantastic recognition of Lund University's long-term work on sustainability issues. It is very gratifying that Lund University's commitment to sustainability is recognised in this ranking, and that our position has steadily improved in recent years,” says Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström.
The ranking consists of three categories: Environmental Impact, Social Impact and Governance. Within environmental impact, there are three sub-groups, or ‘lenses’ as they are called in the QS World University Rankings: Environmental Education Environmental Research and Environmental Sustainability. Within Social Impact, there are five lenses: Employability and Opportunities, Equality, Health and Wellbeing, Impact of education, and Knowledge exchange. Governance assesses whether an institution has strong governance in place, for example through open decision-making, a holistic and ethical organisational culture, student representation on university governing bodies and financial transparency.
- In the area Environmental Impact, Lund University is ranked 11th overall. The best lens is Environmental Research/Sustainable Research where Lund University is ranked 2nd in the world with 99.8 out of 100 points.
- In the category Social Impact, Lund University is ranked 10th overall. The top lenses ranked are Equality, where the university is ranked 1st with 100 out of 100 possible points, and Health and Wellbeing, where it is ranked 2nd, with 99.8 points out of 100.
- In the area of Governance, Lund University is ranked 2nd in the world with 99.9 points out of 100.
In 2023, there was a major change to the methodology, but in 2024 only minor adjustments have been made. Indicators are weighted equally, but underlying metrics may have been slightly adjusted in weighting.
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