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With this in mind, this paper aims to establish the link between the curriculum and intended learning outcomes of undergraduate and postgraduate subjects offered by the University and sustainability. This study is a part of a wider university strategy to embed sustainability knowledge and values in the university curricula. The 17 SDGs developed as a part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainability Development was used as tool to measure and map how the subjects are linked with sustainability.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>To incorporate sustainability into the curriculum, this paper developed an interdisciplinary approach for analysing the interconnection between the SDGs, the expected subject learning points and the relevant aspects of sustainability (geospatial information, the legal, policies and institutional components). As part of the approach, in the first phase of the study, qualitative data were collected through a review of published information on the SDGs and the content of the subjects available in the subject handbook. Subject codes were assigned to the keywords and key phrases extracted from the SDGs and the subject content, and then compared and matched to establish the link between the subjects and the SDGs. Six university schools offering over 2,157 subjects were investigated. In the second phase, a survey was conducted involving subject coordinators with the purpose of validating the findings of the first phase and determining the strength of the linkages between the subjects and the SDGs. In the third phase, a plugin was designed to be used in the digital twin platform developed in the UoM, allowing visualisation of the research outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Based on the interim findings, it was found that some subjects within the schools are linked to more than one SDG. However, not all of the subjects within the schools can be linked to the SDGs. There is a scope of improvement for embedding sustainability in more subjects within the schools. Some of the schools were also found to have weak linkages with sustainability, which demonstrate the challenge in technical subjects in linking their subject contents with sustainability.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study provides a methodology which enables the integration of sustainability into current state of the curricula at the university to be established. Further, with the advancement of geospatial technology and new visualisation opportunities through the use of the digital twin platform provides capabilities to communicate the outcomes of sustainability and involvement of each faculties and departments more effectively to the university community and wider stakeholders.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/ijshe-10-2020-0418","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,9]],"date-time":"2021-06-09T02:29:55Z","timestamp":1623205795000},"page":"1266-1284","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":55,"title":["Applying SDGs as a systematic approach for incorporating sustainability in higher education"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Abbas","family":"Rajabifard","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masoud","family":"Kahalimoghadam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elisa","family":"Lumantarna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nilupa","family":"Herath","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Felix Kin Peng","family":"Hui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zahra","family":"Assarkhaniki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,10]]},"reference":[{"issue":"16","key":"key2021110409131727000_ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1777","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclepro.2007.12.002","article-title":"An integrated approach to achieving campus sustainability: assessment of the current campus environmental management practices","volume":"16","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of cleaner Production"},{"key":"key2021110409131727000_ref002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101840","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2020.101840","article-title":"The conceptualisation of resilience dimensions and comprehensive quantification of the associated indicators: a systematic approach","volume":"51","year":"2020","journal-title":"International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction"},{"issue":"9\/11","key":"key2021110409131727000_ref003","first-page":"932","article-title":"Integration of sustainability in regular courses: experiences in industrial design engineering","volume":"14","year":"2006","journal-title":"Journal of Cleaner Production"},{"issue":"9\/11","key":"key2021110409131727000_ref004","first-page":"958","article-title":"Involvement of final architecture diploma projects in the analysis of the UPC buildings energy performance as a way of teaching practical sustainability","volume":"14","year":"2006","journal-title":"Journal of cleaner Production"},{"key":"key2021110409131727000_ref005","unstructured":"EA (2019), \u201cStage1 competency standard for professional engineer. 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