Um 3rd In Asia In Qs Sustainability Rankings

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UM is also ranked third in Asia for equality, according to the inaugural Quacquarelli Symonds’ World University Rankings on Sustainability 2023.PETALING JAYA: Universiti Malaya (UM) is ranked 3rd in Asia in the inaugural Quacquarelli Symonds’ (QS) World University Rankings on Sustainability 2023.
UM also ranked 66th globally and snatched the country’s top spot.
Locally, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) ranked second and third respectively.
In Asia, the top two spots were taken by the University of Tokyo and the University of Hong Kong respectively. USM ranked 10th in the region.
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Globally, the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia ranked first, second and third respectively.
The US dominated the rankings, with 135 ranked universities (19.2% of the total), including 30 among the top 100, while the UK is the second-most represented country, with 67 ranked universities (9.5%), including 20 among the top 100. Germany is the third-best for overall representation, with 39 ranked universities.
The new framework on ranking aims to evaluate how universities are taking action to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental and social issues.
The universities’ ranking is determined by the sum of their scores in two categories, namely environmental and social impact.
Environmental impact involves three indicators: sustainable institutions, sustainable education and sustainable research. Social impact involves five indicators: equality, knowledge exchange, impact of education, employability and opportunities, and quality of life.
UM ranked third in Asia for equality, which analyses research output aligned to United Nations’ sustainable development goals 5 and 10 (gender equality and reducing inequalities) as well as a range of diversity and measurable inclusivity elements.
USM is Malaysia’s highest-ranked institution for sustainable institutions, which assesses institutional strategy and operations directed towards an environmentally sustainable future, whereas UTM ranked among the world’s top 100 in sustainable education.
QS ranking manager Andrew MacFarlane said they looked for signs that the university was both committed to, and was already making a difference, to the society it existed within and depended on. - FMT

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