Haifa University In Top 100 Schools For UN Sustainability Goals

The University of Haifa has been ranked among the top 100 academic institutions worldwide for its commitment to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for eliminating poverty, hunger and discrimination. 

The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the world’s sole measure for grading universities for their adherence to the SDGs, and Haifa was the only Israeli university to make the top 100. 

The university was also ranked #17 in the world for its efforts on gender equality; #32 for peace, justice and strong institutions; #68 for quality education; #82 for preserving life on Earth; and #91 for labor relations and economic growth. 

“Our steady increase in the Impact Rankings, from 400th place in the world to 95th place in a span of just three years, indicates the hard work we have done at University of Haifa to meet the crucial task of universities in the 21st century: To be influential institutions which take part in solving the major challenges of humanity in the 21st century,” said Prof. Gur Elroy, the rector of Haifa University and its incoming new president. 

“This year’s rankings affirm our status as a beacon of the values that shape Israeli society as a whole, and the social, economic, and environmental fabric in the North of the country in particular.”