The Times Higher Education has released the 2025 installment of its impact rankings. This worldwide listing of higher education institutions is anchored on the result of the evaluation of performance in implementing programs that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations (UN). In this iteration of the rankings, the Philippine Normal University has retained its spot at the rank between 1001 and 1500. The country’s National Center for Teacher Education is one of the 2,526 higher education institutions that have participated in this international ranking.

For 2025, PNU remained committed to four SDGs that are deemed to be the areas of expertise of the institution, namely SDG 1, or No Poverty; SDG 4, or Quality Education; SDG 5, or Gender Equality; and SDG 17, or Partnerships for the Goals. In three of these SDGs, PNU’s rank was bumped up a notch, a testament to the university’s continued commitment to help realize the goals. The highest rank of PNU among the SDGs it has applied to is for SDG 5, wherein it has secured the rank 101-200 out of 1,599 institutions. In 2024, PNU is in the 201-300 rank in last year’s rankings. Meanwhile, in SDG 1, it has ranked 201-300, a better performance compared to its 2024 performance, which landed in the 301-400 range. The last time PNU was in this rank for this SDG was during the 2023 THE Impact Rankings. Also, an improved ranking was seen for SDG 4, wherein, from 1001-1500, it has entered the 801-1000 rank. PNU was ranked for SDGs 1 and 4 with 1,267 and 1,975 institutions, respectively. For SDG 17, PNU remains a ranked university as it grabs the 1500+ spot.

It is also noteworthy to acknowledge PNU’s performance in the rankings compared to local higher education institutions. Among 113 institutions, PNU claims the 37th spot in the rankings among Philippine universities. It secured the 4th spot among Philippine HEIs for Gender Equality, 7th for No Poverty, and 22nd for Quality Education.

The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2025 assess global universities based on their contributions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), using a robust and balanced methodology built on four core pillars: research, stewardship, outreach, and teaching. These rankings employ carefully calibrated indicators to evaluate how institutions produce impactful research aligned with the SDGs, manage resources and people responsibly, engage with communities at various levels, and integrate sustainability into education to shape future leaders and professionals. By examining performance across these dimensions, the THE Impact Rankings serve as trusted global benchmarks for assessing a university’s overall sustainability impact.