Prof. Cherif Youssef Khater, President of Mansoura University, announced that Mansoura University achieved a milestone in the results of the QS World Sustainability Ranking for the year 2024. Mansoura University ranked 2nd in the list of Egyptian universities and ranked (364 globally) in this ranking. Four Egyptian universities were listed among the top 20 universities in the Arab region, and the ranking includes the best 1400 universities in the world.

He added that Mansoura University’s progress in the QS ranking indicators is due to the university’s strategy to advance and develop scientific research and increase its funding, as well as cooperation with researchers from various countries of the world. This comes in line with Egypt’s Vision for Sustainable Development 2030 and the National Strategy for Higher Education and enhancing scientific research in the field of sustainability and environmental preservation, and confronting and reducing the effects of climate change, consolidates the university’s role in many development axes, and integrates the university’s educational and research plan and sustainable development goals. The quality of joint scientific research also contributed to publication in high-impact international journals and the registration of a large number of citations.

The QS World Sustainability Ranking is based on three main criteria (environmental impact, social impact, and governance), and also includes eight sub-criteria that depend entirely on the extent of universities’ impact academically and on the society in environmental and social aspects, which reflects the major role of the participation of Egyptian universities in global efforts to bring about environmental and social change, whether through scientific research, teaching, social participation, or improving sustainability.