Gdansk University of Technology was ranked 1st among Polish universities in the latest UI GreenMetric World University Ranking. In the global part of the list, the Technical University was ranked 137th on a list of 1,050 universities from 85 countries.
UI GreenMetric is a ranking that examines the university’s commitment to environmental issues, primarily in the areas of infrastructure, climate and environmental care, transport, water and electricity consumption and waste management.
The creators of the ranking want to gain a picture of how a university is responding to or dealing with sustainability issues through policies, actions and communication. The leaders of the list this year were Wageningen University (the Netherlands) and two UK universities from Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham,’ reads the website of the Gdansk University of Technology.