This lens (previously named Quality of Life) assesses the institution’s committment to improving the health and wellbeing of humanity at large (through its research) and to its own staff and students. It aggregates the research impact of relevant SDG's, the provision of healthcare on campus, the experiences of its alumni and finally the performance of its country in external metrics.
Weights of the metrics for Health and Wellbeing:
| Code | Metric | Weight (In the lens / Overall) |
| HW1 | Research Impact of SDG's | - |
| HW2 | Health Provision on Campus | - |
| HW3 | Health and Wellbeing National Statistics | - |
| HW4 | Alumni Experience* | - |
HW1. Research Impact towards the SDG's for Health and Wellbeing
| Data Point | Definition | Scoring |
| HW1.1 | Research output produced by institutions, classified by Elsevier as research in SDG 1 (No poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good health & Wellbeing) and SDG 6 (Clean Water & Sanitation). | A score from 0 to 100 per SDG is produced using this methodology, and then averaged into an overall score, subject to at least two of the four mentioned SDG scores being 5 or higher. |
HW2. Health Provision on Campus
Institutions have a duty-of-care for students during their time on campus. There are many ways an institution can do this, but the following items are a sign that students have access to the basic ingredients of a healthy study experience:
| Data Point | Definition | Scoring |
| H2.1 | The provision of healthy and affordable food options on campus. i.e. students should not need to leave campus to visit private food outlets to eat or drink during their students. There should be evidence of the options being priced reasonably vs. external market prices. | 0 or 100 |
| H2.2 | Access to physical healthcare services on campus, including health information and education services | 0 or 100 |
| H2.3 | Access to sexual and reproductive health-care services including information and education services | 0 or 100 |
| H2.4 | Access to mental health support for both staff and students | 0 or 100 |
HW3. Quality of Life National Statistics
Both of the datasets below provide an indication of how clean / sustainable / healthy / green / conservation friendly a country is, along with how happy and content its citizens feel.
| Data Point | Definition | Scoring |
| HW3.1 |
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Scaled score between 0 and 100 |
| HW3.2 |
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Scaled score between 0 and 100 |
HW4. Alumni Experience
*Note: Tentative metric. TBC later in the year.
A proposed new metric for our 2nd edition. QS surveys alumni in different platforms - through our Best Student Cities survey, and most recently, in our new alumni survey (which forms part of the Academic and Employer Surveys for eligible individuals). We ask alumni to comment on their experience of their university across a range of metrics. These include, but are not limited to:
- the quality of its teaching
- the areas in which their university delivered well.
- the areas in which their university delivered less well.
- the types of support they received during their studies.
- the availability of arts and culture, accessibility and nightlife.