IU GreenMetric: The Most Sustainable University of the Middle East, ITU Ayazağa Campus!
Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric 2023 ranking selected Istanbul Technical University (ITU) as the “The Most Sustainable University of the Middle East”, "46th Most Sustainable Campus in the World", 1st in Turkey and 27th among European universities. ITU also holds the title of being the only university from Turkey that is in the top 50 in the world rankings. The ranking compares 1183 universities from 85 countries.
About UI GreenMetric World University Rankings
GreenMetric University Ranking System was launched in 2010 by the initiative of Universitas Indonesia in order to attract attention to issues of global climate change, energy and water conservation, waste recycling, and green transportation. UI GreenMetric, which aims to provide more attention to sustainability of the environment, as well as economic and social problems related to sustainability, collects numeric data from thousands of universities worldwide. Universities are evaluated according to a single score that reflects their efforts to implement environmentally friendly and sustainable policies and programs.
Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Ayazağa Campus became the "46th greenest campus in the world" in the UI GreenMetric ranking, where academic campuses are evaluated in terms of sustainability. This year, ITU became one of the most distinguished universities with its 46th place in the list where a total of 1183 universities were evaluated.
2023 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings Results and Awards Ceremony was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December. ITU Rector Prof. Dr. İsmail Koyuncu received the award with these words “ITU is Türkiye's first and one of the world's oldest technical universities... By adopting the attitude of sustainability in policies and management we keep raising our sustainability targets every year... We would like to congratulate everyone for their accomplishments in sustainability and let us all work together to achieve a more sustainable world in the upcoming years.”
The awards ceremony, organized in collaboration with Abu Dhabi University and held within the International Conference for the Development of Sustainable Futures (ICASF), coincides with the UAE's Year of Sustainability and COP28.
Considering the regional rankings, Istanbul Technical University, which has implemented many innovations and firsts in our country with its "sustainable campus" studies; It ranked 1st in the Middle East and 27th among European universities.
2022 UI GreenMetric makes evaluation in terms of infrastructure, energy, climate change, recycling, water resources, transportation, and education and ranks universities according to these criteria.
