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2024 Results: THE Impact Ranking

University of Galway maintained its top 50 global rank in the 6th edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World IMPACT Rankings 2024, (no. 1 again in Ireland) out of a total  of 1,705 institutions from 125 countries across the World. This Impact Ranking is the only global performance table that assesses universities against the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

Of the eleven individual SDGs that University of Galway participated in, it achieved a top 50 global ranking in five SDGs and a Global rank in a further six SDGs as follows:

See more details of the methodology and scoring.

• SDG 3 Good Health & Wellbeing
  Measuring the University’s research on key diseases and conditions, international collaborations with global health organisations and support for healthcare professions and the health of students and staff.
  
• SDG 5 Gender Equality
  Measuring the universities’ research on the study of gender, their policies on gender equality and their commitment to recruiting and promoting women. 
• SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  This measures the University’s research related to efficient energy consumption, our own energy use and policies and our commitment to promoting energy efficiency in the wider community. 
• SDG 9 Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
  This measures universities’ research on industry and innovation, their number of patents and spin-off companies and their research income from industry.
• SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities 
  Measuring the universities’ research on social inequalities, their policies on discrimination and their commitment to recruiting staff and students from under-represented groups. 
• SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities 
  This measures the university’s research on sustainability, our role as custodian of arts and heritage and our internal efforts on practicing and promoting sustainability. 
• SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Reduction
  This measures the university's research in this area and the  University's Sustainability report along with the amount of recycled waste and policies in place for waste reduction and recycling  
• SDG 13 Climate Action
  This measures the University's research in the area of Climate action along with educational campaigns and target measures on Carbon Neutrality for the university. 
• SDG 14 Life below Water   
  Measuring the University’s research on life below water and efforts at supporting, educating and sustaining aquatic ecosystems both locally and globally.  
• SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  Measuring the University’s research on Law, Human rights and international relations, and our participation as advisors and influencers of government policy.
• SDG 17 Partnership for the Goals
  This measures the broader ways in which the University supports the UN SDGs through collaboration with other countries, the promotion of best practices and the publication of data for informing research and decision making.

For more details on the University's actions and activities towards supporting all the UN SDGs please the University of Galway's Sustainability Report.