Sustainability rankings
Participation in international rankings for Masaryk University, in addition to being a symbol of a certain prestige, also opens up space for establishing new cooperation and the possibility of spreading good practice.
For Masaryk University, the purpose of actively participating in transnational ratings is both to compare the extent to which our contribution to sustainability is significant, but also to make a clear declaration of our efforts to improve it further.
International Rankings
In 2022, Masaryk University ranked 115th out of 1 050 universities, moving up 16 places in the ranking in an increasingly competitive environment.
The ranking assesses the extent to which universities are developing their infrastructure and education with respect to the environment and sustainability principles. The purpose of the ranking is to contribute to the academic debate on sustainability in education and to promote university-led social change respectful of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The rankings focus on 6 main categories. These are infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transport and education and research.
In the assessment published in 2024 Masaryk University is ranked 401st-600th among 1,963 universities worldwide.
MU's very best ranking was 95th in SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions. It also performed strongly in SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities and SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production, both share a ranking of 101st-200th.
The THE Impact ranking has been running since 2019 and aims to map universities' performance against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Masaryk University has been involved in the ranking since 2021. For 2024, it has expanded the range of SDGs for which input to the ranking is reported from the mandatory 4 to a total of 11 goals. Hence, the ranking provides an important benchmark with global universities as well as feedback on MU's efforts to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Masaryk University was awarded a silver medal in the "Environmental Impact" area and a bronze medal in the "Social Impact" area
The ranking measures pure scientific performance in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with input data supplied by Elsevier (machine mapping of publications to the SDGs in the Scopus database).
The results of the assessment are aggregated into two categories: Environmental Impact (SDGs 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15), Social Impact (SDGs 5 and 7).
Total citations, Average FWCI per publication, Percentage of publications in top academic sources are used as performance indicators.
In both pillars, universities will receive a medal (gold, silver, bronze and candidate). Neither the scores nor the ranking of the universities are published in this evaluation.
Overall, Masaryk University is ranked 161st in 2023 ( in the category of Environmental Impact 215th, in the category of Social Impact 186th and in the category of Governance 117th).
The ranking tracks the contribution of higher education institutions to addressing global environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges. It recognizes an institution's efforts to build a sustainable world, with an emphasis on its impact beyond the university campus.
The comprehensive system of measurement includes 53 indicators, with inputs including scientific performance metrics in the Scopus database, outputs from two reputation surveys, data provided in the QS WUR questionnaire by the institution itself, statistical data at the national level (via UN/UNESCO), tracking the institution's membership in specific transnational initiatives and associations, and more.
The active involvement of the institution is not required for inclusion in the ranking, but it is optional to send part of the input data that would otherwise be collected by QS from publicly available sources. Institutions can thus influence up to 24% of the overall ranking through their own involvement.