Serdang - Universiti Putra Malaysia
(UPM) managed to improve its ranking in the UI-GreenMetric World University
Ranking 2013 from 19th place in the previous year to 16th place. UPM
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Fauzi Ramlan, said of the overall 301
universities participated in the rating, UPM emerged to be the highest ranked
university from Asia, while the top 15 spots were monopolized by universities
from Canada, United States and European countries.
“The
increase in this year’s ranking marks UPM excellence in actively promoting
sustainability through environmental conservation and the use of green
technology in recent years. “The
rating also factored in the commitment and efforts taken by UPM in ensuring
sustainability, green campus and environmental conservation such as the size
and amount of green space reserve along with its infrucstructure, as well as
on-campus energy efficiency, ” he said when commenting on the rating criteria
prescribed by University of Indonesia (UI).
Prof.
Datuk Dr. Mohd Fauzi, said the rating also evaluated the adaptation of green
technology, enforcement of sustainability policy and on-campus vehicles and
waste management. This
year, University of Nottingham (UK) was ranked first, followed by University
College Cork National University of Ireland (Ireland) in second place, and
Northestern University (US) in third place.
Apart
from UPM, three other Malaysian universities featured in the UI-GreenMetric
Ranking were UTM (98), UM (213) and UKM (276). In 2012, out of 215 universities
participated, local university achievements were UPM (19), UTM (139) and UM
(160).
Source: Universiti Putra Malaysia (http://www.upm.edu.my)
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