4 Mexican universities in the 2023 ranking of QS Sustainability 2023

This year Quacquarelli Symonds launched for the first time its QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023, which is focused on classifying the social and environmental sustainability performance of higher education institutions.

In this first edition, 700 universities were rated using a methodology composed of indicators designed to measure the capacity of each institution to address the world’s most important environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges.

Only four Mexican universities entered this ranking, three public and one private. Leading the first place is the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

The second place is occupied by the Tecnológico de Monterrey, the third place went to the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and the fourth place goes to the Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM).

“QS aims to provide prospective students with an independent view of universities’ records in improving sustainability and to support universities in monitoring their progress, as they strive to implement their ESG strategies and find solutions to challenges. unprecedented global scales,” Jessica Turner, chief executive of QS, said in the document.

The overall ranking of the 700 universities submitted is determined by the sum of their scores in two categories:

• Environmental impact. Sum of three indicators: Sustainable Institutions, Sustainable Education and Sustainable Research.

• Social impact. Add five indicators: Equality, Knowledge sharing, Impact of education, Employability and opportunities, and Quality of life.

Ranking global

Globally, the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023 ranks the University of California Berkeley in the United States first in the world, followed by the University of Toronto and thirdly the University of British Columbia, both from Canada.

The University of Edinburgh, from the United Kingdom, ranks fourth in the ranking, while the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney share fifth place, both from Australia.

alba.servin@eleconomista.mx