Division of Global Engagement

For the first time, the University of Haifa has been ranked 95th worldwide in the Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings, which examine international universities’ efforts in comparison to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The 2024 Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings examined more than 2,100 universities across 125 countries. 

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are “the world body’s benchmarks in the realm of eliminating poverty, hunger and discrimination.

University of Haifa’s ascent to the rankings’ top 100 for the first time reflects the university’s institution-wide commitment to making strides toward achieving the UN’s recommended goals.
The University of Haifa jumped from 400th place to 95th place on the magazine’s list within a span of three years, and is now ranked first among Israel’s institutions of higher education on the sustainability index, indicative of “the hard work we have done at the University of Haifa to meet the crucial task of universities in the 21st century.