We offer an overview of TOP-100 best universities in the world for sustainable development for foreign students. Innovative training programs are related to global environmental problems, sustainable development problems require holistic, integrated, coordinated actions in a wide range of areas. This programme provides students with an extensive knowledge base on core concepts related to sustainable development, with the opportunity to specialise in a field of interest to them.
Most sustainability courses are Master of Science or Master of Arts. It will take 1-2 years to complete the studies. While studying sustainability, you can choose from a variety of specialisations: sustainable energy, sustainable management, planning, sustainable property development, sustainable urban development.
Programs include classes on globalization, environment, innovation for sustainability, sustainable finance, investment, environmental science, sustainable technologies, materials, integration of renewable systems with the energy system.
Explore the list of the world's best universities for sustainable development for international students!
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2024 QS: Development Studies
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
| 1 | University of Sussex | 96.1 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | 92.9 |
| 3 | Harvard University | 92.5 |
| 4 | The London School of Economics and Political | 91.3 |
| 5 | Cambridge University | 89.7 |
| 6 | Soas, University of London | 88.8 |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 88.8 |
| 8 | Stanford University | 87.5 |
| 9 | University of Manchester | 85.5 |
| 10 | University of Cape Town | 85.1 |
| 11 | University of Copenhagen | 83.6 |
| 12 | University of California Los Angeles UCLA | 82 |
| 13 | Australian National University | 81.8 |
| 14 | University of Wageningen | 81.4 |
| 15 | Princeton University | 81.1 |
| 16 | University of Melbourne | 81 |
| 17 | University of Amsterdam | 80.8 |
| 18 | University of Tokyo | 80.4 |
| 19 | University of the Witwatersrand | 79.7 |
| 20 | University of Hong Kong | 79.5 |
| 21 | University of Edinburgh | 79.4 |
| 22 | University of Chicago | 79.1 |
| 23 | University of Toronto | 78.9 |
| 24 | Lund University Sweden | 78.4 |
| 25 | University of East Anglia | 77.9 |
| 26 | The University of Sydney | 77.6 |
| 27 | University of California Davis | 77 |
| 28 | Bienvenue à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | 76.4 |
| 29 | Uppsala University | 76.3 |
| 30 | Duke University | 76.1 |
| 30 | King`s College London | 76.1 |
| 32 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 75.8 |
| 33 | Webster University Leiden | 75.7 |
| 33 | Purdue University - West Lafayette | 75.7 |
| 35 | University of Birmingham | 75.6 |
| 36 | Universidad de Los Andes | 75.1 |
| 37 | University of Sheffield | 75 |
| 37 | National Autonomous University of Mexico | 75 |
| 37 | University of Leeds | 75 |
| 40 | Sciences Po | 74.4 |
| 41 | Kyung Hee University | 74 |
| 41 | Stellenbosh University | 74 |
| 41 | Delhi university | 74 |
| 44 | Brown University | 73.7 |
| 45 | McGill University | 72.9 |
| 46 | Universitetet i Oslo | 72.8 |
| 47 | National Taiwan University | 72.6 |
| 48 | University of Warwick | 72.5 |
| 49 | University of Malaya | 72.4 |
| 50 | University of Glasgow | 72.2 |
| 51-100 | Aarhus University | |
| 51-100 | American University Washington | |
| 51-100 | American University of Beirut (AUB) | |
| 51-100 | Arizona State University | |
| 51-100 | Boston University | |
| 51-100 | Chulalongkorn University | |
| 51-100 | Fudan University | |
| 51-100 | University of Göttingen | |
| 51-100 | George Washington University | |
| 51-100 | Imperial College London | |
| 51-100 | Johns Hopkins University | |
| 51-100 | KU Leuven | |
| 51-100 | Maastricht University | |
| 51-100 | Makerere University | |
| 51-100 | Massey University | |
| 51-100 | Michigan State University | |
| 51-100 | Monash University | |
| 51-100 | The New School | |
| 51-100 | Newcastle University | |
| 51-100 | Ohio State University | |
| 51-100 | Skema Business School Paris | |
| 51-100 | Roskilde University | |
| 51-100 | Sapienza University of Rome | |
| 51-100 | American University in Cairo | |
| 51-100 | The University of Auckland | |
| 51-100 | The University of Queensland | |
| 51-100 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | |
| 51-100 | Universitas Gadjah Mada | |
| 51-100 | Université catholique de Louvain | |
| 51-100 | University Sains Malaysia | |
| 51-100 | Universität Bern | |
| 51-100 | University of Bristol | |
| 51-100 | University of Geneva | |
| 51-100 | Ghent University | |
| 51-100 | University of KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 51-100 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
| 51-100 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | |
| 51-100 | University of Otago | |
| 51-100 | University of Ottawa | |
| 51-100 | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 51-100 | University of St Andrews | |
| 51-100 | University of the Philippines Diliman | |
| 51-100 | University of the Western Cape | |
| 51-100 | University of Waterloo | |
| 51-100 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | |
| 51-100 | University of York | |
| 51-100 | Utrecht University | |
| 51-100 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | |
| 51-100 | Yonsei University | |
| 51-100 | York University |
