Impact Rankings 
                           Methodology 2022 
                           Version 1.2 
                                                              
     
                                      Introduction 
      
      
      
      
      
                                      Welcome to the Times Higher Education Impact 
                                      Rankings Methodology guide. I hope you will 
                                      find it useful.  
                                       
                                      This document is the detailed methodology that 
                                      underpins the THE Impact Rankings for 2022. 
                                      It is intended to give an overview of the 
                                      approach, and detail of the calculations that we 
                                      have used to generate the results. 
                                       
                                      This guide builds upon the 2021 Impact 
                                      Rankings Methodology by adding further 
                                      guidance. There are also a few more significant 
                                      changes that we will highlight, but the most 
                                      notable one is around the relevant years that will 
                                      be accepted around evidence.  
                                       
                                      The document includes an initial overview, a 
                                      section on how the overall ranking is generated, 
                                      followed by sections on each of the individual 
                                      SDG measures.  
                                       
                                      Our goal is to be as open and transparent as 
                                      possible, but also to engage with universities 
                                      and higher education institutions more directly. 
                                      If the guidance we have provided is unclear, or 
                                      doesn’t reflect your local environment, please 
                                      contact us so that we can help you, and so that 
                                      we can improve the approach! 
                                       
                                      We look forward to publishing the 4th edition of 
                                      the THE Impact Rankings in April 2022. 
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                      Duncan Ross 
                                      Chief Data Officer 
                                      Times Higher Education 
      
      
      
                                                                 
      
                                                     Contents 
       
       
       
                                                  2  Introduction 
                                                  5  General 
                                                   9   Creating an overall Impact Ranking 
                                                  10 Changes from the 2021Rankings  
                                                     19 SDG 1: No Poverty 
       
                                                     29 SDG 2: Zero Hunger 
       
                                                     41 SDG 3: Good Health and  
                                                     Well-being 
       
                                                     50 SDG 4: Quality Education 
       
                                                     56 SDG 5: Gender Equality 
                                                      
                                                     69 SDG 6: Clean Water  
                                                     and Sanitation 
                                                      
                                                     75 SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy 
                                                      
                                                     82 SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth 
                                                      
                                                     91 SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 
       
                                                     96 SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities 
       
                                                     107 SDG 11: Sustainable Cities  
                                                           and Communities 
                                                      
                                                     115 SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and 
                                                           Production 
       
                                                     123 SDG 13: Climate Action 
       
                                                     131 SDG 14: Life Below Water 
       
                                                     140 SDG 15: Life On Land 
                                                      
                                                     147 SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong 
                                                           Institutions 
                                                      
                                                     155 SDG 17: Partnerships for  
                                                     the   goals 
       
                                                161  Appendix 1: External data sources 
                                               162  Appendix 2: Data submission 
                                                166  Appendix 3: Subject mapping 
                                                190  Contacts 
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                                  General 
       
                                  Why we measure 
                                  The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all United 
                                  Nations Member States in 2015, are an urgent call for action by all 
                                  countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They 
                                  recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go 
                                  hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, 
                                  reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling 
                                  climate change and its impacts such as forced migration, and working 
                                  to preserve our oceans and forests. 
                                   
                                  Although the SDGs aren’t focused on higher education, the 
                                  achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 will 
                                  require all hands on deck. It will require different sectors and actors 
                                  working together in an integrated manner by pooling financial 
                                  resources, knowledge and expertise. This must include the resources 
                                  of universities and higher education. 
                                   
                                  The Impact Rankings are the first global attempt to measure university 
                                  progress specifically around the SDGs. It can be a catalyst for action, a 
                                  mechanism for holding our universities to account, and an opportunity 
                                  for them to highlight great work that they are already doing. 
                                   
                                  Approach 
                                  The Rankings have been designed to allow as many universities as 
                                  possible to participate. To do that we have limited the amount of data 
                                  required for participation. This is a key feature of the approach – not 
                                  all universities have the capacity to provide data in the same way. 
                                   
                                  We also encourage participation from universities that are unlikely to 
                                  be included in more traditional rankings. For this to be effective it 
                                  needs to be universal. 
                                   
                                  Participation 
                                  The rankings are open to any university that teaches at either 
                                  undergraduate or postgraduate level. Although research activities form 
                                  part of the methodology, there is no minimum research requirement 
                                  for participation. 
                                   
                                  THE reserves the right to exclude universities that they believe have 
                                  falsified data, or who are no longer in good standin
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