TEHRAN – Based on the 2023 QS World University Rankings for Sustainability, three Iranian institutions are among the top sustainable ones in the world.

The University of Tehran, Amirkabir University of Technology, and Shiraz University are listed in this ranking system, all of which are among the top 500 universities.

The brand-new classification, published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, evaluates how universities are taking action to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental and social issues. 

Out of 1,300 higher-education institutions previously evaluated by QS, 700 met specific eligibility requirements to appear in this ranking.

The classification evaluates how universities are taking action to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental and social issues. The new classification for sustainability is based on metrics in two categories, environmental impact, and social impact, with each contributing 50 percent of an institution’s score.

Each category contains multiple sub-indicators, which QS calls “performance lenses”. The environmental impact category aggregates three sub-indicators: sustainable institutions, sustainable education, and sustainable research.

The social impact category aggregates five sub-indicators of equality, knowledge exchange, the impact of education, employability, opportunities, and quality of life.

Iranian Universities in global rankings

According to the latest edition of the best global universities ranking released by U. S. News, 52 Iranian institutions were ranked among the best institutions worldwide.

Fifty-eight universities from Iran were listed among the top universities in Asia, according to the 2022 Asia University Rankings of the Times Higher Education.

The 2022 edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, based on universities’ contributions to delivering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), listed 27 Iranian universities.

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2022 has ranked 694 Iranian institutions among 30,000 top universities across the world.

Also, 59 Iranian universities have been listed among the top 3,000 institutions in the world in terms of academic quality, according to the 2021-2022 report released by University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP).

The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings 2022 list has been released, which included three Iranian universities out of a total of 550 institutes worldwide that highlighted graduate employment processes.

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