Impact Rankings 2019 by SDG: decent work and economic growth

This table on SDG 8: decent work and economic growth measures universities’ economics research, their employment practices and the share of students taking work placements.

The list includes 291 universities from 68 countries.

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The list is led by Canada’s McMaster University, while Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the UK’s University of East Anglia complete the top three.

Japan is the most-represented nation in the table with 28 institutions, followed by Russia with 24 and the UK with 19.

View the full results of the overall Impact Rankings 2019

The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We use carefully calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas: research, outreach, and stewardship.

The metrics were developed in partnership with Vertigo Ventures.