Yamaguchi University£¨YU£© is ranked 301-400th (tied for 15th in Japan) in the overall ranking of “THE University Impact Ranking 2022” released on April 27 by the UK¡¯s magazine for higher education (THE: Times Higher Education).
“THE University Impact Ranking” assesses social contribution of universities through the framework of the United Nations SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) every year, and has been held for the fourth time this year.?
YU is ranked within the top 100th in the world with 3 Goals.
YU is tied for 68th in the world (5th in Japan) for “SDG2: Zero hunger”, ranked 92nd in the world (9th in Japan) for “SDG14: Life below water”, and 89th in the world (4th in Japan) for “SDG15: “Life on land”.
Although the ranking is getting highly competitive year by year:1406 universities (300 more than last year) are ranked in this year, YU moved up from 401-600th of last year. It means that YU made a big leap forward ranking in the top 100th in the world in three Goals.
In addition, YU is ranked 101-200th in the world in 4 Goals such as “SDG13: Climate action” (2nd in Japan), and received high evaluation in many Goals.
YU visualizes engagement of university for SDGs by submitting the data in all 17 Goals every year, and connects to further promotion activities.
At Yamaguchi University, faculty and staff will continue to actively cooperate to achieve the SDGs through education, research and social contributions.
Highly ranked Goals and YU actions
| Items | World ranking | Japan ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDG2 | Zero hunger | tied for 68 | 5 |
| SDG6 | Clean water and sanitationClean water and sanitation | 101-200 | tied for 9 |
| SDG12 | Responsible consumption and production | 101-200 | tied for 5 |
| SDG13 | Climate action | 101-200 | tied for 2 |
| SDG14 | Life below water | 92 | 9 |
| SDG15 | Life on land | 89 | 4 |
| SDG17 | Partnerships for the goals | 101-200 | tied for7 |
| Overall score | 301-400 | tied for 15 | |
¡ù4 Goals reflected in the overall ranking ¡¡¡¡¡¡?
- One-coin breakfast project (10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen) for students
- Formulation of a business continuity plan assuming the occurrence of a Nankai Trough earthquake
- Halal Foods, served at Cafeteria.
- Management of domestic wastewater and experimental wastewater on campus
- Yamaguchi University Campus Master Plan
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Formulation of “Environmental Goals and Action Plans” of Yamaguchi University
- Publication of Environmental Report
- Publication of Yamaguchi University SDGs Report
- The Center for Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation / Glocal environment
- Concluded the agreement on comprehensive cooperation with the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
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Formulation of environmental target implementation plan
- “Clean Hikari Strategy¡± in Hikari Elementary School affiliated with Faculty of Education, YU.
- Research Center for Environmental DNA
- Faculty of Agriculture?Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of YU and Yamaguchi Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center Cooperation Promotion Conference
- Put SDGs logo on syllabus
- Establishment of Social Collaboration Course with Ube City-Yamaguchi University x Ube SDGs Creative Human Resource Development Course
- Faculty of Economics, Public Administration Course