The Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) – Quality Education has ranked the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as the best university in the world for providing quality education.
The ranking was announced on Thursday by the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assessed 1,591 universities from 112 countries/regions.
The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that measure universities based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The rankings use selected indicators to compare universities across four key areas: research, stewardship, outreach, and teaching.
The KNUST achieved the highest score of 93.1 in the world, showing its excellence in all aspects of quality education.
The SDG 4 – Quality Education category measures universities’ contributions to early years and lifelong learning, research, and their commitment to inclusive education.
This year, 1,304 universities from 109 countries/regions participated in the category.
The KNUST improved significantly from its 2022 ranking, where it was ranked first in Africa and 14th in the world for SDG-4.
