QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026 | TopUniversities

QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026

Our QS Sustainability University Rankings 2026 are designed to measure higher education institutions' ability to tackle the world’s greatest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) challenges.

Rank
University
Overall Score
1
1
Lund University
Lund,Sweden
100 100
2
2
University of Toronto
Toronto,Canada
99.8 99.8
3
3
UCL
London,United Kingdom
99 99
4
4
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh,United Kingdom
98.7 98.7
5
5
University of British Columbia
Vancouver,Canada
98.6 98.6
6
6
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London,United Kingdom
98.5 98.5
=7
=7
Imperial College London
London,United Kingdom
98.2 98.2
=7
=7
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Sydney,Australia
98.2 98.2
9
9
McGill University
Montreal,Canada
98.1 98.1
10
10
The University of Manchester
Manchester,United Kingdom
98 98
=11
=11
ETH Zurich
Zürich,Switzerland
97.9 97.9
=11
=11
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
Berkeley,United States
97.9 97.9
13
13
Stanford University
Stanford,United States
97.8 97.8
14
14
University of Oxford
Oxford,United Kingdom
97.7 97.7
15
15
The University of Sydney
Sydney,Australia
97.3 97.3
=16
=16
Australian National University (ANU)
Canberra,Australia
97.2 97.2
=16
=16
King's College London
London,United Kingdom
97.2 97.2
=16
=16
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne,Australia
97.2 97.2
19
19
University of Bristol
Bristol,United Kingdom
96.9 96.9
20
20
New York University (NYU)
New York City,United States
96.3 96.3
21
21
Pennsylvania State University
University Park,United States
96.1 96.1
=22
=22
KU Leuven
Leuven,Belgium
95.9 95.9
=22
=22
University of Helsinki
Helsinki,Finland
95.9 95.9
=24
=24
Durham University
Durham,United Kingdom
95.8 95.8
=24
=24
University of Leeds
Leeds,United Kingdom
95.8 95.8
=24
=24
Western University
London,Canada
95.8 95.8
27
27
University of Glasgow
Glasgow,United Kingdom
95.7 95.7
28
28
The University of Auckland
Auckland,New Zealand
95.5 95.5
29
29
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Dublin,Ireland
95.4 95.4
=30
=30
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,United States
95.3 95.3
=30
=30
University of Reading
Reading,United Kingdom
95.3 95.3
32
32
Uppsala University
Uppsala,Sweden
95.1 95.1
=33
=33
Ghent University
Ghent,Belgium
94.9 94.9
=33
=33
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield,,United Kingdom
94.9 94.9
=35
=35
Delft University of Technology
Delft,Netherlands
94.8 94.8
=35
=35
Michigan State University
East Lansing,United States
94.8 94.8
37
37
Monash University
Melbourne,Australia
94.6 94.6
=37
=37
Seoul National University
Seoul,South Korea
94.5 94.5
=37
=37
University of Nottingham
Nottingham,United Kingdom
94.5 94.5
39
39
University of York
York,United Kingdom
94.2 94.2
40
40
Boston University
Boston,United States
94.1 94.1
=41
=41
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore,United States
94 94
=43
=43
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge,United States
93.9 93.9
=43
=43
University of Birmingham
Birmingham,United Kingdom
93.9 93.9
45
45
Université Paris-Saclay
Paris,France
93.8 93.8
46
46
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg,Germany
93.7 93.7
47
47
University College Dublin
Dublin,Ireland
93.6 93.6
=48
=48
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo,Japan
93.5 93.5
=48
=48
University of Exeter
Exeter,United Kingdom
93.5 93.5
=50
=50
The University of Queensland
Brisbane City,Australia
93.3 93.3
=50
=50
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg,Sweden
93.3 93.3
52
52
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis,United States
93.2 93.2
=53
=53
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm,Sweden
93.1 93.1
=53
=53
University of Southampton
Southampton,United Kingdom
93.1 93.1
=53
=53
Université de Montréal
Montreal,Canada
93.1 93.1
56
56
University of Bath
Bath,United Kingdom
93 93
=57
=57
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Bonn,Germany
92.9 92.9
=57
=57
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen,United Kingdom
92.9 92.9
=59
=59
Queen's University at Kingston
Kingston,Canada
92.7 92.7
=59
=59
University of Cape Town
Cape Town,South Africa
92.7 92.7
=61
=61
Aalto University
Espoo,Finland
92.6 92.6
=61
=61
Sorbonne University
Paris,France
92.6 92.6
=61
=61
University of East Anglia (UEA)
Norwich,United Kingdom
92.6 92.6
=64
=64
Chalmers University of Technology
Gothenburg,Sweden
92.5 92.5
=64
=64
Loughborough University
Loughborough,United Kingdom
92.5 92.5
=64
=64
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne,United Kingdom
92.5 92.5
=64
=64
University of Liverpool
Liverpool,United Kingdom
92.5 92.5
=64
=64
Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen,Netherlands
92.5 92.5
=69
=69
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore,Singapore
92.4 92.4
=69
=69
University of Technology Sydney
Sydney,Australia
92.4 92.4
=69
=69
University of Waterloo
Waterloo,Canada
92.4 92.4
=72
=72
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taipei,Taiwan
92.3 92.3
=72
=72
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
Louvain-la-Neuve,Belgium
92.3 92.3
=74
=74
University of Alberta
Edmonton,,Canada
92.2 92.2
=74
=74
University of Zurich
Zürich,Switzerland
92.2 92.2
76
76
Griffith University
Nathan,Australia
92.1 92.1
77
77
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
New Brunswick,United States
92 92
=78
=78
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,United States
91.7 91.7
=78
=78
University of Southern California
Los Angeles,United States
91.7 91.7
=80
=80
Lancaster University
Lancaster,,United Kingdom
91.6 91.6
=80
=80
University of Basel
Basel,Switzerland
91.6 91.6
=80
=80
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow,United Kingdom
91.6 91.6
=83
=83
Cardiff University
Cardiff,United Kingdom
91.5 91.5
=83
=83
The University of Warwick
Coventry,United Kingdom
91.5 91.5
83
83
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Barcelona,Spain
91.5 91.5
85
85
University of Sussex
Brighton,United Kingdom
91.4 91.4
=86
=86
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast,United Kingdom
91.2 91.2
=86
=86
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst,United States
91.2 91.2
88
88
University of Cologne
Cologne,Germany
91.1 91.1
89
89
Adelaide University
Adelaide,Australia
90.8 90.8
=90
=90
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo,Brazil
90.7 90.7
=90
=90
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
Christchurch,New Zealand
90.7 90.7
=92
=92
McMaster University
Hamilton,Canada
90.5 90.5
=92
=92
Yonsei University
Seoul,South Korea
90.5 90.5
=95
=95
Korea University
Seoul,South Korea
90.3 90.3
=95
=95
RMIT University
Melbourne,Australia
90.3 90.3
97
97
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis,United States
90 90
98
98
Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
Sydney,Australia
89.9 89.9
=99
=99
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne,Switzerland
89.8 89.8
=99
=99
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore,Singapore
89.8 89.8