A Case Study on the Readiness of Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna in Entering Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings

When referring to the Roles of Higher Education for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with awareness of the importance and a desire to contribute to the achievement of the goals in concert with all organizations by 2030 as endorsed by the 193 United Nations member states at the end of 2022, the Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna (RMUTL) management team has made an effort to drive the organization to engage in this role through the establishment of a high-potential working group for preparing and applying to participate in the World University Ranking "Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings", a platform focusing on selecting and ranking universities according to their proportion of creating positive impact on society and the environment. To ensure the validity of our results, the research team has adopted a qualitative paradigm aimed at addressing the research question, in the matter of understanding and readiness of RMUTL in bringing organization into the university ranking process that is both for an engagement with an international drive and an increase in competitiveness to strive for excellence, through the perspectives of selected executive representatives and working team representatives; and eventually; it brought to the conclusion based on the approval of the working group that RMUTL is ready to bring the organization to participate in the assessment of 6 goals out of 17 goals of the SDGs.