In the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking 2020, UAF has secured 42 position out of 372 universities across the globe in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 01: No Poverty and 61 position out of 376 universes in SDG13: Climate Action.

Whereas, in the SDG 01- No poverty and SDG 13- Climate Action, the UAF is standing at the top in the country. In the SDG 15 Life on Land and SDG 17 Partnership for Goals, it is ranked at 104 number. As per overall SDG impact category rankings, the UAF is ranked among 300 to 350 best universities worldwide out of 766 universities and 4th in the country. The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They use carefully calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas: research, outreach and stewardship. This second edition includes 766 universities from 85 countries. THE uses calibrated indicators in broad areas: research, outreach, and stewardship. Times Ranking this edition includes 766 universities from 85 countries. UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf has congratulated the faculty for the achievement. He said the university is striving hard to find the space in the best universities of the globe. He added a myriad of initiatives had been taken to improve UAF goal oriented research work and the quality of education. These prestigious positions bespeak the persistent hardworking and painstaking efforts of UAF faculty, staff and students. These new achievements are the new milestones in the success story of UAF. In the overall THE universities, UAF is listed in the top 1000 universities. The link is https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/impact/2020/overall#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined