Empowering sustainability in higher education through data, analysis and global best practice

16–19 June 2025
Istanbul Congress Centre, Türkiye

Demonstrating a commitment to sustainability and positive social impact is becoming essential for higher education institutions, governments and organisations around the world, but providing evidence of that commitment is not always easy.

The THE Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against all 17 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and provide a measure of their progress. 2,1520 institutions took part in 2024.

To support these endeavours, THE DataLabs launched at the 2024 congress and we are delighted to announce that they will be back at the 2025 congress. Using THE’s global datasets, our experts will work with you to empower you to optimise your sustainability strategies, and measure and plan for societal impact, regionally and globally.

Exclusive masterclasses, talks, case studies and 1:1 demos will enable institutions and organisations to forge strategic partnerships and learn more about how THE’s unique data can help them deliver on the SDGs.

Who should attend?

Institutional leaders

Whether you are ranked, newly ranked or looking for more guidance from THE’s unique datasets, there are sessions to support your organisation’s sustainability efforts.

Government and policy leaders

Gain insight into how the metrics can be used to monitor and evaluate universities, and also support institutions’ delivery of national sustainability and economic goals.

What will you learn?

Exclusive THE Impact Rankings 2025 masterclass: An analysis of performance and global trends
How data can support universities to deliver on the sustainability agenda across teaching, research, outreach and stewardship
How governments can use new sources of data to monitor and evaluate universities and support their delivery of national sustainability and economic goals
Best practice case studies on the use of the THE Impact Rankings and the underlying data: firstly, to measure the higher education sector’s social and economic impact; and, secondly, to target investment and policy priorities to drive economic growth
Expert advice and guidance on submitting evidence for inclusion in the rankings and benchmarking
Guidance on how to develop an effective sustainability strategy for your organisation
Application of AI in the THE Impact Rankings: What institutions need to know