UOC Emerges as Top-Ranked University in Sri Lanka - QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024

QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global higher education analyst, released the sophomore edition of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024 on 5^th December 2023. This has featured 1397 institutions across 95 countries and territories and the University of Toronto, Canada was crowned the world’s most sustainable university this year. The ranking also included two universities in Sri Lanka, the University of Colombo was placed 579^th in the world and number one in Sri Lanka.
This ranking is based on the university’s performance across three assessment categories: ∙ Environmental Impact (aggregating three indicators: Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Education and Environmental Research), Social Impact (aggregating five indicators: Equality, Knowledge Exchange, Impact of Education, Employability & Outcomes and Health & Wellbeing) and Governance (considering factors related to good governance: ethics, hiring practices, transparency, decision making etc.)