The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were signed in 2015 by UN member states to address various global challenges and inequalities facing the world and to achieve environmental sustainability by 2030.
Universities play a key role in achieving the sustainable development goals through their activities in areas such as research, education, environmental and social responsibility, and human resources development. Therefore, universities’ sustainability efforts have a significant global impact on the well-being of present and future generations. Promoting the research and innovation necessary to achieve the sustainable development goals, and providing education and information to understand and raise awareness of the sustainable development goals are central to universities’ contribution to the process. Furthermore, while fulfilling their environmental and social responsibilities required to achieve the sustainable development goals, universities also organize training and programs to ensure that their students become individuals with a strong sense of responsibility. Training students in sustainability-related specializations and providing a qualified workforce for work in sustainability-related sectors is also an important part of this process.
Istanbul Nişantaşı University contributes to sustainable development goals through research, implementation, and social responsibility projects, high-quality education, a curriculum that prioritizes sustainable development goals and related awareness, relevant events and student club activities, sustainable campus management, various collaborations with industry and the business world, and policies it has developed.
According to THE World University Impact Rankings 2023, which measures institutions’ success in achieving sustainable development goals, Istanbul Nişantaşı University is ranked among the top 800 universities globally. It also ranks among the top 200 universities globally in Affordable and Clean Energy, the seventh of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and among the top 400 universities globally in Quality Education, the fourth of the Goals.
Istanbul Nişantaşı University, which has adopted the mission of actively contributing to sustainable development goals by being managed in accordance with the principles of sustainability, established a Working Committee in April 2024 in order to intensify its activities in this regard, and our University Senate unanimously accepted its official commitment to the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals determined by the United Nations on 26.03.2024.
