Times Higher Education (THE), one of the world's leading university ranking organizations, announced the 2025 results of the “Impact Rankings”, which assesses universities from all over the world in terms of their contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Istanbul Medeniyet University scored 71.3 points out of 100 in THE 2025 Impact Rankings, where a total of 2318 universities from all over the world were ranked, rising in the global ranking from 601-800 to 401-600.
Our university made great progress by increasing its score in THE 2025 Impact Ranking from 66.1 to 71.3. There has been a 16% increase in the number of universities from Turkey included in the 2025 Impact Ranking, where the number of participating international institutions has increased by approximately 14% compared to 2024. Our university achieved a great success by ranking 14th among 108 universities from Turkey.
IMU applied to the Impact Ranking for the first time in 2021 by applying for only 4 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while it applied for 12 SDGs for 2025. According to the index's methodology, the four categories in which our University achieved the highest success were SDG15-Life on Land, SDG12-Responsible Production and Consumption, SDG3-Good Health and Well Being and SDG17-Partnerships for the Goals.
Our University has increased its score not only in the overall ranking but also for individual SDGs and achieved a record-breaking success in the SDG15 - Life on Land category, which it applied for the first time this year. In this category, our University ranked 101-200 in the world with 70.3 points and ranked 5th in Türkiye. In addition to the research activities carried out at our University in this field, land ecosystem trainings and actions and land-sensitive waste disposal activities carried out by our institution played an important part in this remarkable success.
In the SDG12-Responsible Production and Consumption category, for which our university applied for the second time this year, IMU has increased its score from 70 to 78.4, rising from 201-300 to 101-200 and ranked 4th in our country in this category. In addition to our University's research activities in this field, our corporate activities on waste recycling and the sustainability progress reports published by our Sustainability Office played an important role in this success.
Positioned in the 401-600 band in the SDG3-Good Health and Well Being category this year, our University ranked 15th among the universities in Turkey with 61.4 points with its research, education, services and collaborations in the field of health.
In the SDG17-Partnerships for Goals category, our University managed to increase its score from 68 in 2024 to 78.3 points with a significant increase this year, achieving a rapid rise from last year's 401-600 ranking to 301-400. Ranked 7th in this category in Türkiye, our institutional collaborations to support the SDGs, the trainings we provide to our campus community and the public on the SDGs, and our SDG progress reports detailing our activities played an important part in this success.
Apart from these four SDGs, our university has achieved remarkable success in the other SDGs it applied for. In particular, it has been ranked 301-400 in SDG2 -Zero Hunger; 401-600 in SDG10-Reduced Inequalities and SDG11-Sustainable Cities and Communities and 601-800 in SDG 8-Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG9-Industrial Innovation and Infrastructure.
You can access the results of THE 2025 Impact Ranking here and our University's profile in the ranking here.
