QS Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has recently released the QS World Sustainability University Rankings:, a new ranking system focusing on the universities taking action to tackle the world's environmental and social concerns. With over 1300 higher education institutions listed on QS, about 700 have met the requirements to get a spot in the ranking.
- This new ranking framework for sustainability is in terms of two critical factors, environmental impact and social impact, each contributing 50% to an institution's scores.
- Also, each category includes several sub-indicators, known as "performance lenses" by QS rankings. The environmental impact category is based on three measures, i.e. sustainable education, sustainable institutions, and sustainable research.
- The social impact category includes five measures, i.e. knowledge exchange, equality, the impact of education, quality of life and employability & opportunities.
Check out the QS methodology description to get more about the performance lenses and their weight in institutions.
