UNIVERSITY NEWS

Bangor University well positioned in new sustainability rankings

The first QS World Sustainability Rankings - designed to measure the way universities are responding to the global Environmental, Social and Governance challenges - have ranked Bangor University in the 181-190 range, out of 700 institutions internationally.

This places us in the top 26% of institutions that have been ranked by QS. In the UK, Bangor is ranked 28th out of 68 institutions.

Universities are ranked in two categories, that each contribute 50% to the overall institutional ranking: Environmental Impact and Social Impact. Bangor has been ranked 98th globally, and 19th in the UK, for Environmental Impact. For Social Impact we are ranked 414th globally, and 51st in the UK.

A number of performance indicators make up each category, and our best relative performance is for Sustainable Education where we have achieved a top 30 global position, and a top 10 position in the UK.