Creating a Positive Future through the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Ranked in the top 30 globally in the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, explore how we’re advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals through research, education and global collaboration.
Our commitment to the UN SDGs
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 interconnected goals that provide a shared framework for improving lives, protecting the planet and promoting prosperity worldwide. Adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, they form the foundation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
, committing to embed the goals across all areas of university life and report annually on our progress. Today, the SDGs shape our teaching, research, partnerships and wider institutional activity.
This commitment is reflected in initiatives such as Future17, the Sustainable Development Goals Challenge Programme. Delivered in partnership with QS, Future17 brings together students from across the six continents to work with global organisations on solutions that address real-world sustainability challenges.
In the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025, 蘑菇短视频 was placed among the top 30 universities globally and within the top two per cent of institutions assessed. The rankings measure the performance of over 2,300 universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Our work focuses on three interconnected priorities:
- Greener - Leading meaningful action on the climate and ecological emergency
- Healthier - Delivering breakthroughs in human health and wellbeing
- Fairer - Advancing a fairer, more inclusive and socially just society
Explore our research and impact
Greener
The climate emergency and ecological crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time.
Our expertise includes the , alongside more than 1,500 researchers and professionals working across climate and environmental science. They drive research into , healthier oceans and positive tipping points.
Healthier
Our research is driving innovation to transform human health and wellbeing.
Working in partnership with healthcare providers, industry and communities, we translate research into accessible treatments and care. Our work spans critical areas including antimicrobial resistance, child mental health, dementia and diabetes.
Fairer
We’re driving change towards a fairer, more inclusive and socially just society.
Our world-leading experts in Business, Economics, Law and Social Sciences are tackling some of society’s biggest challenges. Their research spans areas including the , evidence-based justice, social inequality and sustainable food systems.
