What is UI GreenMetric World University Rankings?
Universitas Indonesia (UI) initiated world university rankings in 2010, later known as UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, to measure campus sustainability efforts. It was intended to create an online survey to portray sustainability policies and programs for universities around the world. We based the rankings broadly on the conceptual framework of Environment, Economy, and Equity. The ranking indicators and categories are intended to be relevant to all. We have designed the indicators and weightings to be as free of bias as possible. The work of collecting and submitting data is relatively straightforward and requires reasonable staff time. Ninety-five universities from 35 countries participated in the 2010 version of UI GreenMetric: 18 from America, 35 from Europe, 40 from Asia, and 2 from Australia. In 2023, 1183 universities from 84 countries around the world participated. This shows that UI GreenMetric has been recognized as the first world university ranking on sustainability. Our theme this year is “Instituting UI GreenMetric: The Way Forward”. We would like to focus on universities’ efforts to continue their sustainability programs and policies to become sustainable universities based on UI GreenMetric and SDGs.
Universities that participate in UI GreenMetric rankings by submitting their data can expect to enjoy several benefits such as internationalization and recognition, increasing awareness of sustainability issues, social change and action, and networking. Registration is free of charge.
a. Internationalization and recognition
Participation in UI GreenMetric can help the university’s efforts in internationalization and recognition by getting its sustainability efforts on the global map. Participation in UI GreenMetric can result in an increase of hits to your university website, more mentions of the institution relative to the issues of sustainability on web pages, more correspondence with institutions interested to collaborate with your university, and recognition from your alumni and public as a university with strong concern with sustainability.
b. Increasing awareness of sustainability issues
Participation can help to increase awareness in the university and beyond about the importance of sustainability issues. The world faces unprecedented global challenges such as population trends, global warming, overexploitation of natural resources, oil-dependent energy, water, and food shortages, and other sustainability issues. We realize that higher education has a crucial role to play in addressing these challenges. UI GreenMetric leverages the crucial role that HEIs can play in raising awareness by doing an assessment and comparing efforts in education for sustainable development, sustainability research, campus greening, and social outreach.
c. Social change and action
UI GreenMetric is more than raising awareness; it is about encouraging concrete change. It is crucial that understanding move forward to action to address emerging global challenges. Only by working together can we tackle global challenges on sustainability.
d. Networking
All participants of UI GreenMetric are automatically members of UI GreenMetric World University Rankings Network (UIGWURN) which was established in 2017. In this network, participants can share their best practices in sustainability programs as well as networking with other participants worldwide by attending the annual UI GreenMetric International Workshop and regional/national workshops hosted by approved host universities. Participants can also arrange technical workshops on UI GreenMetric at their respective universities.
