As part of the QS World University Ranking, UC was ranked 36= in the new Sustainability indicator. This result follows the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings announced earlier this month, which saw the University placed in the Top 80 for global impact.
“Our recent community impact report showed the importance of the University to our local economy, empowering local businesses to attract the talent they need to grow. Half of our graduates join the workforce in Waitaha Canterbury”, says Brett Berquist, Assistant Vice-Chancellor Engagement.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Professor Catherine Moran believes the fact half of UC’s academic staff are international reflects the importance of international collaboration to the University’s teaching and learning.
“UC has the largest endowment in Australasia for academic staff exchange, the Erskine Fund, which brings top scholars to UC and supports our staff to pursue their teaching and research globally,” Professor Moran explains.
2023 is proving to be a banner year for the University of Canterbury, which is currently celebrating it’s 150th anniversary. Alongside encouraging results in THE and QS rankings, student enrolment has risen to 22,734, the highest total in the University’s history.
About Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings
This is the 20th edition of the World University Rankings produced by global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). For its 2024 rankings, QS evaluated 2,963 universities across 104 locations worldwide.
QS World University Rankings assess university reputation among academics and employers, faculty to student ratio, research citations per faculty, sustainability, employability and the proportion of international staff and students enrolled. QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a global higher education consultancy.
