LONDON—Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz University came in fourth globally in a ranking of universities based on their activity in support of U.N. goals for sustainable development, the Middle East Education Thought Leadership Forum heard on Wednesday.
Narimane Hadj-Hamou, chief executive of the Center for Learning Innovations & Customised Knowledge Solutions (CLICKS), mentioned the Saudi institution’s achievement in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings as she spoke about how the higher-education sector could help achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Times Higher Education, the British company that produces the Impact Rankings, describes them as the only global classification of universities that assesses them against the U.N. goals.