University of Tunis El Manar
About UTM SHINE
UTM SHINE is the sustainability platform of the University of Tunis El Manar (UTM), Tunisia. It brings together the university's yearly reports on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), its sustainability policies and strategies, and the public evidence behind its results in international rankings.
The university behind the platform
UTM was created in 1987 as the University of Sciences, Technologies and Medicine of Tunis and has carried its current name since 2000. It is a public, multidisciplinary university that includes some of the oldest academic and research institutions in Tunisia.
Source: UTM, key figures for the latest academic year (utm.rnu.tn).
What you will find here
SDG reports
One report for each of the 17 goals, to read online or download as PDF: 2026, 2025 and 2024.
SDG ambassadors
The professors who lead UTM's work for each goal.
Sustainability
Policies, strategies and activities, including the climate action plan.
Rankings
How the main rankings work, and where UTM stands.
Events
Where to find the events recorded in the yearly reports.
Why a public platform
UTM follows "a continuous, iterative and inclusive approach" to implementing the 17 SDGs, followed through detailed indicators.
UTM also publishes a net-zero commitment with targets of Scope 1 by 2026, Scope 2 by 2036 and Scope 3 by 2050, using 2016 as the base year of its greenhouse gas inventory.
Rankings that assess sustainability ask for evidence that anyone can open. The Times Higher Education (THE) Sustainability Impact Ratings, for example, expect online evidence to stay publicly available until at least the start of the next data-collection cycle. Public pages for reports, policies and activities make that possible. In the 2026 edition THE placed UTM in the 101-200 band of its overall table, and Tunisian press reports that UTM is the first Tunisian university in it. See Results for the details.
The team
The people behind UTM SHINE.
Honorary member1
Moez Chafra
President of the University of Tunis El Manar
Senior members3
Prof. Hanene Boussi
Vice-President delegate for sustainable impact and rankings
Prof. Nesrine Zoghlami
Vice-President of the University of Tunis El Manar
Prof. Halima Mahjoubi
SDG 5 ambassador
Executive committee4
Leila Battikh
Sabri Barbaria
Chamseddin Barki
Majed Harchi
To reach the team, write to utm@utm.tn or use the form on the contact page.
Contact pageSources
- UTM: Chiffres clés (key figures)
- UTM presentation hosted by ELTE: founding and description
- UTM: Strategy for sustainable development and environmental and social responsibility
- UTM: Net Zero commitment
- THE: profile of the University of Tunis El Manar
- African Manager: Tunisian universities in the THE Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026