3 Iranian universities among UI GreenMetric 500 top universities

EghtesadOnline: Tehran University, University of Zanjan and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad were among 500 top universities of UI GreenMetric World University Ranking in 2016.

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09 January 2017

University of Zanjan having 5,971 scores ranks 75th, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad having 4,484 scores ranks 238th and Tehran University gaining 3,109 scores stands on 431st place.

UI GreenMetric World University Ranking presents a comprehensive perspective of the current environmental and sustainable development policies in various countries' institutions to attract managers and policy makers' attention to environmental and energy consuming issues, IRNA reported.

UI GreenMetric uses 6 key indicators of environment and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water, transportation and education for ranking institutions.

Over 10,000 institutions are assessed by UI GreenMetric system annually.

Based on UI GreenMetric 2016 ranking, University of California Davis has the highest score and it is the greenest university in the world.