National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) has moved up two notches this year to become the 27th most sustainable university in the world, an annual Universitas Indonesia ranking showed.
NPUST scored 8,775 points, behind RUDN University in Moscow in 26th position with 8,785 points and Universiti Putra Malaysia in 25th place with 8,800 points, the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings showed.
The top university on the list was Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, followed by the UK’s Nottingham Trent University and University of Nottingham, the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and the University of California, Davis.
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The Pingtung university made the list for the 11th straight year, having ranked 29th last year, 31st in 2020, 37th in 2019, 44th in 2018, 60th in 2017, 37th in 2016, 35th in 2015, 32nd in 2014, 54th in 2013 and 32nd in 2012, the GreenMetric Web site said.
NPUST was also the best-performing Taiwanese university on this year’s list, ranking ahead of National Chi Nan University (44th), National Chin-Yi University of Technology (54th), National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (59th) and National Taipei University of Technology (113th).
The rankings are based on six main factors — setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation, and education — that have a total of 39 indicators.
The entries were submitted through the organizer’s online system between May 18 and Oct. 31, the GreenMetric Web site said.
There were 1,050 participating universities from 85 countries this year, up from 956 schools from 80 countries last year.
Participating universities were required to answer questions about their sustainability performance and provide evidence to back up their claims and prevent cheating. Points were awarded for each indicator, with the results published early this month.
The UI GreenMetric World University Rankings was launched in 2010 by Universitas Indonesia to gauge universities’ environmental commitment and initiatives.
This year’s survey was based on the theme of “Collective Actions for Transforming Sustainable Universities in the Post-Pandemic Time.”
It focused on “universities’ efforts to continue their sustainability programs and policies based on UI GreenMetric and SDGs [the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals] while preparing for teaching, learning and research in post-pandemic COVID-19,” the Web site said.
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