{"id":31245,"date":"2026-07-01T16:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/?p=31245"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:01:03","slug":"kyushu-university-ranked-26th-for-sdg-9-industry-innovation-and-infrastructure-in-times-higher-education-sustainability-impact-ratings-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/31245","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu University ranked 26th for SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure in Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"style5b\">Kyushu University Ranks 26th Globally in \u201cSDG 9: Innovation\u201d<\/h5>\n<div class=\"post_row\">\n<div class=\"post_col post_col-2\">\nReleased on June 24, the Times Higher Education (THE) Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026 ranked Kyushu University 26th worldwide for SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. <\/p>\n<p>THE Sustainability Impact Ratings assess each university\u2019s level of social contribution based on its efforts toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and include a comprehensive overall ranking and individual rankings for each SDG.<\/p>\n<p>The SDG 9 category evaluates universities\u2019 performance in advancing innovation and infrastructure, particularly through collaboration with industry. It is measured using indicators such as research output and patents.<\/p>\n<p>In the overall ranking, the University is placed in the 101\u2013200 band among 1,603 institutions worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Kyushu University will continue to strengthen its education, research, and collaboration on the SDGs through its \u201cintegrative knowledge\u201d initiative to advance a sustainable society.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post_col post_col-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/kanri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pc_page.jpeg\" alt=\"\u30dd\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u753b\u50cf\" width=\"250\" height=\"420\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/impactrankings\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"style4a\">Contact<\/h4>\n<p>Planning Division, Planning Department<br \/>\nTEL: +81 92-802-2176<br \/>\nMail: wur-ku\u2605jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp<br \/>\nPlease replace \u2605 with @<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyushu University Ranks 26th Globally in \u201cSDG 9: Innovation\u201d Released on June 24, the Times Higher Education (THE) Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026 ranked Kyushu University 26th worldwide for SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. THE Sustainability Impact Ratings assess each university\u2019s level of social contribution based on its efforts toward the United Nations Sustainable Development [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37],"tags":[80],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31245"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31261,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31245\/revisions\/31261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}