QS World University Rankings For Environmental Impact January 2023

The Environmental Impact category of the QS Sustainability Rankings evaluates universities based on their commitment to sustainability and their efforts to minimize their environmental impact. This category assesses various factors such as energy efficiency, waste management, and sustainable campus development.

According to the rankings data as of January 31, 2023, the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) secured the top position in the Environmental Impact category with an index score of 100. This indicates that UCB is recognized for its exemplary policies and practices aimed at reducing its environmental footprint.

The University of Tokyo claimed the second position with an index score of 96.2, showcasing its strong commitment to sustainability and environmental conservation. The University of Toronto secured the third position with an index score of 92.3, highlighting its efforts in minimizing its environmental impact.

The University of Warwick, Vanderbilt University, and Erasmus University Rotterdam obtained index scores of 19.1, 18.2, and 16.2, respectively, placing them at the 329th to 331st positions in the rankings. These institutions scored relatively lower in terms of their environmental impact reduction initiatives.

The QS Sustainability Rankings on Environmental Impact provide valuable insights into universities that prioritize sustainability and are actively working to reduce their environmental footprint. These rankings serve as a useful resource for students, researchers, and stakeholders interested in identifying institutions committed to environmental sustainability.

QS World University Rankings For Environmental Impact January 2023 (Index, January 2023)

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Rank	University	Country	Index
1	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	United States	100
2	The University of Tokyo	Japan	96.2
3	University of Toronto	Canada	92.3
4	University of British Columbia	Canada	90.3
5	The University of Auckland	New Zealand	87.2
6	Yale University	United States	85.3
7	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	84.9
8	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	Australia	83.3
9	Aarhus University	Denmark	82.8
10	The University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	81.5
11	The University of Sydney	Australia	80.3
12	University of California, Davis	United States	79
13	Lund University	Sweden	78.8
14	Uppsala University	Sweden	78.5
15	University of Pennsylvania	United States	78.3
16	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	77.5
17	Western University	Canada	76.4
18	Colorado State University	United States	75.4
19	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	75
20	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	73.7
21	The University of Exeter	United Kingdom	73
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	72.9
23	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	72.8
24	National Taiwan University (NTU)	Taiwan	72.1
25	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom	71.7
25	Aalto University	Finland	71.7
26	Harvard University	United States	71.6
26	Stanford University	United States	71.6
27	University of Canterbury \| Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha	New Zealand	71.3
28	Universitat de Barcelona	Spain	70.9
28	University of Southern California	United States	70.9
29	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil	70.7
29	Arizona State University	United States	70.7
30	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom	70.6
31	University of York	United Kingdom	70.2
31	University of Sussex	United Kingdom	70.2
32	University of Otago	New Zealand	70
33	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	Mexico	69.7
34	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	69.3
35	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	69.2
36	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	69
37	University of Saskatchewan	Canada	68.8
38	Kyoto University	Japan	68.6
39	McGill University	Canada	68
39	University of Waterloo	Canada	68
40	Duke University	United States	67.9
41	Pennsylvania State University	United States	66.8
42	Cornell University	United States	66.7
42	University of Gothenburg	Sweden	66.7
43	Cardiff University	United Kingdom	65.9
44	Griffith University	Australia	65.8
45	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	65.6
46	Columbia University	United States	65.2
46	ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	Switzerland	65.2
47	RMIT University	Australia	64.9
47	University of Oslo	Norway	64.9
48	Durham University	United Kingdom	64.3
49	University of East Anglia (UEA)	United Kingdom	64.1
50	James Cook University	Australia	63.4
51	University of Technology Sydney	Australia	63.1
52	Università di Padova	Italy	63
53	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Spain	62.9
54	University of California, Santa Cruz	United States	62.8
54	University of Florida	United States	62.8
55	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	62.3
56	Dalhousie University	Canada	62.2
56	University of Massachusetts Amherst	United States	62.2
56	University of Wollongong	Australia	62.2
56	The University of Adelaide	Australia	62.2
56	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	62.2
57	The University of Manchester	United Kingdom	62.1
57	Hanyang University	South Korea	62.1
57	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	United States	62.1
58	Chalmers University of Technology	Sweden	62
59	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	United States	61.9
60	The University of Melbourne	Australia	61.8
60	Ghent University	Belgium	61.8
61	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands	61.6
62	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	61.4
63	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	61.2
63	Tohoku University	Japan	61.2
63	UCL	United Kingdom	61.2
64	Technical University of Munich	Germany	60.4
65	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)	Spain	60.3
65	University of Victoria (UVic)	Canada	60.3
66	Université de Montréal	Canada	59.6
66	Utrecht University	Netherlands	59.6
67	Stockholm University	Sweden	59.4
68	Macquarie University	Australia	59.2
69	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	United States	58.9
69	Complutense University of Madrid	Spain	58.9
70	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)	Brazil	58.5
71	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	United Kingdom	58.4
72	Kyushu University	Japan	58.3
73	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	Australia	57.9
74	Victoria University of Wellington	New Zealand	57.6
75	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	57
76	Bangor University	United Kingdom	56.9
77	University of Washington	United States	56.7
78	Tongji University	China	56.5
78	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	56.5
78	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	56.5
78	Universiti Malaya (UM)	Malaysia	56.5
79	Massey University	New Zealand	56.3
80	Wageningen University & Research	Netherlands	56.2
81	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC)	Spain	55.2
81	University College Cork	Ireland	55.2
82	University of Calgary	Canada	55
82	National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)	Taiwan	55
83	The Australian National University	Australia	54.5
83	Istanbul Technical University	Turkey	54.5
84	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	54.3
85	University of St Andrews	United Kingdom	53.7
86	University of Helsinki	Finland	53.3
87	University of Milan	Italy	53.2
88	Seoul National University	South Korea	52.8
89	Linköping University	Sweden	52.6
89	American University of Beirut (AUB)	Lebanon	52.6
90	The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)	Australia	52.5
90	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	52.5
91	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	United States	52.2
92	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	Singapore	52.1
92	University of Waikato	New Zealand	52.1
93	Washington University in St. Louis	United States	51.5
94	Princeton University	United States	51.4
95	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	United States	51.3
95	New York University (NYU)	United States	51.3
95	University of Stirling	United Kingdom	51.3
96	University of Maryland, College Park	United States	51.2
97	University of Southampton	United Kingdom	51.1
97	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	51.1
98	University of Aveiro	Portugal	50.9
98	University of Alberta	Canada	50.9
99	Stony Brook University, State University of New York	United States	50.8
100	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	50.7
100	Western Sydney University	Australia	50.7
101	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)	Malaysia	50.5
102	Oregon State University	United States	50.4
103	University of Pretoria	South Africa	50.3
103	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	United States	50.3
104	Aix-Marseille University	France	50.2
104	University of Florence	Italy	50.2
105	University of Porto	Portugal	49.8
106	University of Tsukuba	Japan	49.7
107	University of Antwerp	Belgium	49.6
108	Boston University	United States	49.5
109	Peking University	China	49.2
109	National University of Ireland Galway	Ireland	49.2
109	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Brazil	49.2
110	Université PSL	France	49.1
110	University of Coimbra	Portugal	49.1
111	University of Genoa	Italy	48.9
112	Purdue University	United States	48.5
113	Sorbonne University	France	48.3
113	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	48.3
114	University of Cape Town	South Africa	48.2
115	Osaka University	Japan	47.9
115	Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague	Czech Republic	47.9
116	Johns Hopkins University	United States	47.7
117	University of Southern Denmark (SDU)	Denmark	47.5
118	Radboud University	Netherlands	47.4
119	University of Bern	Switzerland	47.3
119	Northeastern University	United States	47.3
120	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)	United States	47.2
120	University of Oulu	Finland	47.2
121	UNESP	Brazil	47
122	Concordia University	Canada	46.9
123	The University of Queensland	Australia	46.8
124	The Ohio State University	United States	46.7
125	University of Pittsburgh	United States	46.3
125	University of Lisbon	Portugal	46.3
126	University of Turin	Italy	46.2
126	Korea University	South Korea	46.2
126	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)	India	46.2
127	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	46
128	University of Reading	United Kingdom	45.8
128	University of Vienna	Austria	45.8
129	University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)	United States	45.4
129	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	45.4
130	The University of Sheffield	United Kingdom	45.3
130	Norwegian University of Science And Technology	Norway	45.3
131	Université Grenoble Alpes	France	45.1
132	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	United States	44.8
133	The University of Arizona	United States	44.7
133	University of Texas at Austin	United States	44.7
133	Emory University	United States	44.7
134	University of Zurich	Switzerland	44.6
134	North Carolina State University	United States	44.6
135	University of Hull	United Kingdom	44.4
136	Dublin City University	Ireland	44
137	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi	Thailand	43.9
137	Tsinghua University	China	43.9
138	Michigan State University	United States	43.8
138	Universidad de Zaragoza	Spain	43.8
138	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	43.8
139	Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)	Germany	43.7
140	Masaryk University	Czech Republic	43.6
141	University of Pisa	Italy	43.5
142	RWTH Aachen University	Germany	43.4
142	Kyungpook National University	South Korea	43.4
142	Hiroshima University	Japan	43.4
143	Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg	Germany	43.3
143	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	43.3
143	York University	Canada	43.3
144	Kasetsart University	Thailand	43.1
144	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)	Chile	43.1
144	Politecnico di Torino	Italy	43.1
145	University of California, Irvine	United States	43
146	Queen's University Belfast	United Kingdom	42.9
147	The University of Western Australia	Australia	42.8
148	Université Paris-Saclay	France	42.7
149	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	United Arab Emirates	42.6
149	University of South Australia	Australia	42.6
150	University of Kent	United Kingdom	42.5
151	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul	Brazil	42.3
151	Institut Polytechnique de Paris	France	42.3
152	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	Germany	42.1
153	KU Leuven	Belgium	42
154	Monash University	Australia	41.9
155	National Taiwan Normal University	Taiwan	41.8
156	Texas A&M University	United States	41.7
157	Waseda University	Japan	41.6
157	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	United States	41.6
157	Zhejiang University	China	41.6
158	Hokkaido University	Japan	41.5
159	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany	41.4
159	King Saud University	Saudi Arabia	41.4
160	Nanjing University	China	41.2
161	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	41.1
162	Università degli Studi di Perugia	Italy	40.9
163	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	40.7
163	Middle East Technical University	Turkey	40.7
164	Ca' Foscari University of Venice	Italy	40.4
164	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)	India	40.4
165	University of Chicago	United States	40.1
165	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	United States	40.1
165	Cairo University	Egypt	40.1
166	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	Hong Kong	40
167	Charles University	Czech Republic	39.9
168	Lincoln University	New Zealand	39.8
169	University of Warsaw	Poland	39.7
170	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom	39.4
171	National Taipei University of Technology	Taiwan	39.1
172	Simon Fraser University	Canada	39
173	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	38.9
173	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)	Taiwan	38.9
173	University of California, Riverside	United States	38.9
174	Université de Montpellier	France	38.8
174	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	38.8
175	University of Tasmania	Australia	38.3
175	Queen's University at Kingston	Canada	38.3
176	University of Göttingen	Germany	38.2
177	Wuhan University	China	38.1
177	King's College London	United Kingdom	38.1
177	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Spain	38.1
177	University of Groningen	Netherlands	38.1
177	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	38.1
178	University of Lausanne	Switzerland	38
179	University College Dublin	Ireland	37.9
180	University of Salamanca	Spain	37.8
180	Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	37.8
181	University of Bergen	Norway	37.7
182	Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel	Germany	37.6
183	Louisiana State University	United States	37.2
183	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	United States	37.2
184	Northwestern University	United States	37
185	Université de Paris-Cité	France	36.6
186	Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna	Italy	36.5
187	Universidad de Alcalá	Spain	36.3
188	University of Basel	Switzerland	35.7
188	University of Portsmouth	United Kingdom	35.7
189	Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)	United Kingdom	35.6
189	Université de Liège	Belgium	35.6
190	Dartmouth College	United States	35.2
190	University of Connecticut	United States	35.2
190	The University of Georgia	United States	35.2
191	Washington State University	United States	35.1
192	University of Granada	Spain	35
192	Iowa State University	United States	35
193	Georgetown University	United States	34.7
194	Sciences Po	France	34.6
195	University of Turku	Finland	34.3
196	McMaster University	Canada	33.9
197	University of Utah	United States	33.7
198	Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin	Ireland	33.6
199	University of Geneva	Switzerland	33
200	King Abdulaziz University (KAU)	Saudi Arabia	32.9
201	Umea University	Sweden	32.3
202	Babes-Bolyai University	Romania	31.9
202	Florida State University	United States	31.9
202	University of Witwatersrand	South Africa	31.9
203	University of Virginia	United States	31.5
204	Universidad de Chile	Chile	31.3
205	Swansea University	United Kingdom	31.1
205	University of Kansas	United States	31.1
205	Saint Petersburg State University	Russia	31.1
206	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	30.8
206	University of Naples - Federico II	Italy	30.8
206	Brown University	United States	30.8
207	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom	30.4
207	Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main	Germany	30.4
208	University of Miami	United States	30.2
209	Freie Universitaet Berlin	Germany	30.1
210	Florida International University	United States	29.8
211	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom	29.4
212	University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)	United States	29.3
212	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	29.3
213	Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)	Belgium	28.8
213	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Portugal	28.8
214	Universität Hamburg	Germany	28.6
215	University of Ottawa	Canada	27.9
215	University of Surrey	United Kingdom	27.9
216	Universite libre de Bruxelles	Belgium	27.8
217	University of Limerick	Ireland	27.5
218	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	27.4
219	Loughborough University	United Kingdom	27.2
219	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	27.2
220	University of Cologne	Germany	27
221	Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen	Germany	26.3
221	North-West University	South Africa	26.3
222	Indiana University Bloomington	United States	25.5
223	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	Germany	23.9
224	University of Leicester	United Kingdom	23
225	Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)	Belgium	22.9
226	Tufts University	United States	22.4
227	George Washington University	United States	21.6
228	Jagiellonian University	Poland	21
229	Leiden University	Netherlands	20.2
230	The University of Warwick	United Kingdom	19.1
231	Vanderbilt University	United States	18.2
232	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	16.2