Top universities for tackling gender equality 2024

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 28 October, 2024

Gender equality is one of the key challenges facing society today. Across the world, it manifests in many forms, including pay, employment opportunities and access to education.

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) look to tackle some of today’s biggest global issues, and SDG 5 addresses the issue of gender equality.

As part of the Impact Rankings, Times Higher Education has produced a ranking focusing on how universities are contributing to gender equality. Some of the measures looked at are research on gender, policies on gender equality, commitment to recruiting and promoting women, the proportion of first-generation female students and student access measures. You can read more about the methodology here.

Top five universities for gender equality

1. Western Sydney University

Australia’s Western Sydney University was named an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency. The institution has held this title for the past 22 years.

Western is also dedicated to combating sexual violence on campus through the development of a respectful relationships education programme to be implemented across the Australian university sector.

A Gender Equity Strategy and Action Plan has been implemented to focus on the areas where gender equality can be improved. One of the key aims of the plan is to support the university’s efforts in recruiting, retaining and helping female staff advance. Other measures that have been introduced in response to the plan are improved breastfeeding facilities on campus, additional leave for staff experiencing domestic violence, and the development of a Gender Equality Policy.

2. Institut Mines-Télécom Business School

France’s Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has signed the Charter for Gender Equality of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles. On signing this charter, the school has pledged to implement a sustainable gender equality policy. 

In 2018, the school launched a Mooc titled Gender@IMT. This courses highlights the contribution of women to research, software entrepreneurship and digital careers. 

The school also works with the Pascaline association to encourage more female students into engineering and digital studies. 

3. The Women University Multan

The Women University Multan, the first university for women in Multan, Pakistan, seeks to highlight the importance of education and its ability to empower women. Its mission is to provide encouragement and support to help students develop into successful graduates.

Many of its graduates have gone on to further study abroad in Europe and South Korea. 


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4. Universitas Airlangga

Universitas Airlangga in Indonesia has taken steps to improve outreach and encourage more admissions for female students. In 2022, 72 per cent of new applicants to the university were female. 

Universitas Airlangga has established campus support units to help female students and provide a safe space for them to report incidents, seek guidance and receive support.

5. Al Ain University

Al Ain University in the UAE is committed to increasing the number of female students at the institution. Recent statistics show that in 2022, 51 per cent of graduates were female.

The university also has a support system that mentors female graduates as they enter the workforce.


Top universities for gender equality 2024: Top 100

Gender equality rank 2024UniversityCountry/region
1Western Sydney UniversityAustralia
2Institut Mines-Télécom Business SchoolFrance
3The Women University MultanPakistan
4Universitas AirlanggaIndonesia
5Al Ain UniversityUnited Arab Emirates
6Griffith UniversityAustralia
6Towson UniversityUnited States
7Fatima Jinnah Women UniversityPakistan
8Flinders UniversityAustralia
9Universidad Nacional de RosarioArgentina
=10Alisher Navo’i Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and LiteratureUzbekistan
=10La Trobe UniversityAustralia
12Government College Women University FaisalabadPakistan
=13University of JohannesburgSouth Africa
15Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia
16University of GdańskPoland
17University of HaifaIsrael
18Chiang Mai UniversityThailand
=19James Cook UniversityAustralia
=19University of PretoriaSouth Africa
21King’s College LondonUnited Kingdom
22Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia
23University of NewcastleAustralia
=24University of AucklandNew Zealand
=24University of TasmaniaAustralia
26Bahçeşehir UniversityTurkey
27Universidad del DesarrolloChile
=28Federal University of Mato Grosso do SulBrazil
=28Thammasat UniversityThailand
=28University of CanberraAustralia
31University of EssexUnited Kingdom
32Alzahra UniversityIran
=33Central Queensland UniversityAustralia
=33Charles Sturt UniversityAustralia
=33University of Tunis El ManarTunisia
=36Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand
=36Lynn UniversityUnited States
=38Glasgow Caledonian UniversityUnited Kingdom
=38University of BucharestRomania
=40Hacettepe UniversityTurkey
=40Massey UniversityNew Zealand
=42Charles Darwin UniversityAustralia
=42Kadir Has UniversityTurkey
=42Université LavalCanada
=42University of IndonesiaIndonesia
46Near East UniversityNorthern Cyprus
46Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia
=47Gulf University for Science and TechnologyKuwait
=47Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia
=47Rovira i Virgili UniversitySpain
=50Arizona State University (Tempe)United States
=50Mahidol UniversityThailand
=50York UniversityCanada
53University of VigoSpain
54University of MalayaMalaysia
55University of BolognaItaly
=56Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstan
=56Free University of BerlinGermany
=56Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaSpain
59Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile
=60Ahlia UniversityBahrain
=60University of LimerickIreland
62University of WollongongAustralia
=63American University of the Middle EastKuwait
=63Effat UniversitySaudi Arabia
=65University of StirlingUnited Kingdom
=65University of YorkUnited Kingdom
67University of Central LancashireUnited Kingdom
68Linnaeus UniversitySweden
=69Babeş-Bolyai UniversityRomania
=69Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania
=69Instituto Politécnico de BragançaPortugal
=69Monash UniversityAustralia
=69University of AlbertaCanada
74SWPS UniversityPoland
75University of GuelphCanada
76National University of CórdobaArgentina
77Universita IULMItaly
78NOVA University of LisbonPortugal
=79Nitte (Deemed to be University)India
=79University of HelsinkiFinland
81RMIT UniversityAustralia
=82University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUnited States
=82University of RijekaCroatia
84Western UniversityCanada
85Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea
=86SOAS University of LondonUnited Kingdom
=86University of WaikatoNew Zealand
88Middle East Technical UniversityTurkey
=89Polytechnic Institute of SetúbalPortugal
=89Sapienza University of RomeItaly
=89University of Bari Aldo MoroItaly
92General Sir John Kotelawala Defence UniversitySri Lanka
=93Holy Spirit University of KaslikLebanon
=93Jaume I UniversitySpain
=93Khon Kaen UniversityThailand
96Universidad IberoamericanaDominican Republic
=97Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisUnited States
=97Old Dominion UniversityUnited States
=97Université de MontréalCanada
=97University of WorcesterUnited Kingdom

View the full ranking for gender equality here

October 2024: After the publication of the Impact Rankings 2024, we identified errors in some universities’ evidence scores. In line with our corrections policy, the affected universities’ scores were recalculated.  As per THE’s rankings correction policy, the amendments made only affect the universities in question. We do not rerun the complete ranking. All other universities maintain their original rank. This article was updated to reflect the new scores. More information on the changes can be found here. 

 

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