UPM named world 41st best university
Posted on 19 January 2015 - 09:43pm
Last updated on 20 January 2015 - 05:51pm
Last updated on 20 January 2015 - 05:51pm
PETALING JAYA: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has been named the 41st best university in the world, based on campus sustainability and environmental management, in UI-Greenmetric World University rankings recently.
UPM vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Mohd Fauzi Ramlan said the achievement portrays the university's commitment in conserving and preserving the environment through the teachings, research, curriculum and quality management systems based on effective environmental management.
"There is an increase (in) the size of green areas, besides efficient use of energy and the usage of bicycles on the university campus," Fauzi said in a statement.
This is the fifth year that UPM tops the list of Malaysian universities in the ratings.
This is the fifth year that UPM tops the list of Malaysian universities in the ratings.
Universiti Malaya clinched the 72nd spot, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (86), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (93), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (118), Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (235) dan Universiti Malaysia Sabah (224).
"UPM also ranked third in Southeast Asia and fourth in Asia. The top three universities in Asia are National University of Singapore, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Taiwan and Chulalongkorn University Thailand.
UI-Greenmatic also listed the top five universities in the world – University of Nottingham, University College Cork National University of Ireland, Nottingham Trent University, University of California and University of Oxford.
The ratings initiative spearheaded by University of Indonesia managed to register 360 universities from 62 countries compared to 301 from 61 countries last year.
The sustainability and environmental rating comprises more than 40 indicators which cover 6 main scopes, namely infrastructure (15%), energy and climate change (21%), waste (18%), water (10%), transport (18%) and education (18%).
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