The fourth edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking in 2022 was issued. This year’s assessment included 1406 Universities from 106 countries/ regions.
This is the first year Beirut Arab University participates in the THE Impact Ranking which assesses Universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). BAU ranked third in Lebanon, a total of six Universities in Lebanon made it to the THE Impact Rankings list this year.
BAU’s top scoring SDGs were SDG 4 “Quality Education”, SDG 3 “Good Health and Wellbeing”, SDG 5 “Gender Equality” and SDG 17 “Partnership for the Goals”, with BAU having the highest score in Lebanon on Quality Education with a score of 73.3 and ranking 100th worldwide. BAU also held the second highest score in Lebanon on both SDG 3 & SDG 5.
BAU embraces the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within its strategy and had also aligned its research themes with these SDGs to guide BAU’s research production and enhance BAU’s visibility, collaboration, opportunities and partnerships. BAU is hence proud to be a top scorer on quality education as it is our aim to provide inclusive quality education and empower our community with education, knowledge, and lifelong learning opportunities. This is just the beginning!