Üsküdar University ranks high among Turkey's "Green Universities"!

Üsküdar University has achieved a significant success in the "UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2024", a prestigious platform that aims to raise global awareness on Green Campus and Environmental Sustainability. Raising a new generation interested in sustainability issues ranked 5th among Foundation Universities in the university's education and research role score. Üsküdar University was also among the top 400 universities among the world universities in the category of efficient use of natural resources, widespread recycling culture, and supporting this culture with research and education activities.

Üsküdar University has achieved a significant success among foundation universities in Turkey in the general score type in the "UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2024" ranking, a prestigious platform aiming global awareness on sustainability and environmental awareness. It ranked 12th.

In this ranking, where universities are evaluated in many areas such as infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water resources, transportation and education under the title of green campus and environmental sustainability, Üsküdar University has once again proved its claim in sustainability.
This success was not limited to the overall ranking. Üsküdar University ranked 5th among foundation universities in Turkey in terms of education and research role score.

Among the top 400 universities in the world...

Üsküdar University is among the top 400 universities among world universities in all categories with our ranking under the heading of efficient use of natural resources, spreading the culture of recycling, and supporting this culture with research and education activities.

With this success, Üsküdar University, which strongly demonstrates its vision of being a "green university", has demonstrated that the projects implemented in line with the sustainability goals of the university and the culture it has developed are internationally recognized.

Improvement plans for next year

Üsküdar University has identified clean energy, waste recycling and water reuse as priority areas for improvement in order to rank even higher in the GreenMetric ranking next year. In this context, it is planned to prepare and implement policy documents on these areas.

What is GreenMetric (Green University Index)?

GreenMetric, a platform that encourages internationalization, draws attention to sustainability issues and aims to raise global awareness on environmental awareness, is open to the participation of all higher education institutions around the world. Every year, many universities from different countries are evaluated by GreenMetric in areas such as infrastructure, energy and climate change, wastes, water resources, transportation and education, scored for each evaluation area, and higher education institutions are ranked according to their total scores from these evaluations.

The UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, launched by the University of Indonesia in 2010, is an international platform that evaluates the sustainability efforts of world universities on a yearly and worldwide basis. The GreenMetric Ranking is open to reputable universities from around the world and aims to raise global awareness of environmental sustainability.
UI GreenMetric can help increase visits to the website and increase internationalization and recognition as a result of the evaluation of universities' current efforts in sustainability. It plays an important role in raising awareness on sustainability by comparing efforts with assessments made within the scope of sustainable development, sustainability research, campus greening. In addition to raising awareness, UI GreenMetric also encourages tangible change. Universities participating in the ranking can connect with other participating universities around the world and share their practices in sustainability programs.

The UI GreenMetric World University Rankings are a tool for universities to tackle the sustainability challenges facing our world. Many universities are able to work together to measure, monitor and evaluate their strategic plans around sustainability and reduce negative environmental impacts.

Methodology

The GreenMetric philosophy is based on a broad philosophy that examines sustainability efforts in the environmental, social and economic spheres.
Universities are assessed in categories such as infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water management, transportation and education. GreenMetric mainly focuses on the size of universities' green spaces, zoning profile, energy consumption, measured carbon footprint, education and research on environmental sustainability, and existing policies. Universities are ranked according to their total score in all of these categories, with individual scores for each category.

By developing integrated approaches to sustainable development, the United Nations aims to end poverty, protect the environment, take action against the climate crisis, share prosperity fairly and ensure peace by 2030. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are addressed in the UI GreenMetric criteria and indicators.

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