UC Berkeley Haas ranks high in 2 new sustainability, research impact rankings

UC Berkeley Haas was ranked No. 6 in the world for overall research impact by the Financial Times, and No. 3 in the world for policy impact.

The ranking aims to gauge the relevance of business school research on practice and policy, beyond academia. It’s based on citations in peer-reviewed journals; productivity (total articles divided by faculty size); content related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals; production of teaching cases; references in the Overton database of policy documents; mentions in the media and on social media (tracked by Digital Science’s Altmetric score); and article downloads from the SSRN website by governments, businesses, and others outside universities.

In a separate ranking, UC Berkeley Haas placed No. 5 in the U.S. and No. 13 internationally in the Corporate Knights 2025 Better World MBA Top 40 ranking. This year’s ranking, which tracks top business schools that are having a genuinely positive impact on the world, takes into account alumni impact, tracking graduates who took sustainability roles at companies or launched an enterprise that values social responsibility and environmental sustainability.

Ninety percent of each school’s score comes from the sustainability content of MBA courses, with the remaining 10% now measuring alumni outcomes, including the number of grads joining purpose-driven companies, taking on sustainability roles, or starting impact-oriented ventures.