BAU Ranks First Among Foundation Universities in THE Impact Rankings 2022

Times Higher Education (THE), the UK-based international higher education rating organization, has announced the results of the "THE Impact Rankings 2022." Bahçeşehir University ranked 1st among Foundation Universities on the list.

Times Higher Education (THE), the leading higher education rating organization, has published the results of its research conducted in line with the world's seventeen fundamental problems and theSustainable Development Goalsit proposes as solutions to them. In this context, the extent to which a total of 1,400 universities evaluated worldwide contribute to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals was announced.

"They Aim to Build a More Livable and Fair World"

The sustainable development goals set by the United Nations (UN) aim to make progress on many important issues, primarilyending poverty, ending hunger, providing health and quality of life, providing quality education and ensuring gender equality. In this context, the UN,through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which it established to carry out the seventeen goals, supports governments in integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into their own national development plans and policies. Operating as the development agency of the United Nations, UNDP carries out its work in more than 170 countries and territories.

BAU Ranks First Among Foundation Universities

In the research, in which many different development goals were evaluated, many universities from Türkiye made it onto the list. In the Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure category, Istanbul Technical University ranked 1st, followed by Middle East Technical University 2nd, Yıldız Technical University 3rd, Erciyes University 4th, Boğaziçi University 5th, Dicle University 6th, Ankara University 7th and Bahçeşehir University 8th.Bahçeşehir University ranked first among foundation universities in this category.

The universities ranked in this category worldwide are as follows:
1) University of British Columbia
2) Technical University of Munich
3) University of Twente
4) University of Coimbra
5) Delft University of Technology
6) University of Edinburgh
7) Hanyang University
8) King Abdulaziz University
9) National Cheng Kung University
10) National Taiwan University

The overall ranking of universities in Türkiye is as follows: