Ranked 8th in the world for gender equality (SDG 5)
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: gender equality (SDG 5), 2026
Full ranking profile 23 placements
Every placement the Index records for Charles Darwin University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2026 Headline gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =8 |
| THE Impact 2023 decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =36 |
| THE Impact 2024 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =42 |
| THE Impact 2023 sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) | Times Higher Education | =92 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =171 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =186 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =279 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =296 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =346 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =361 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =401 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =494 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =584 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =592 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =736 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =744 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =801 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =951 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =960 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =973 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =997 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =1006 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1493 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.