AAU ranked 2nd in UAE and 168 worldwide in ‘2022 UI Greenmetric Ranking’

AL AIN, 20th December, 2022(WAM) — Al Ain University (AAU) is ranked, 2nd in UAE, 11th in the Arab region, 168th worldwide among the 1050 listed institutions, by the “2022 UI Greenmetric World University Ranking”.

The criteria and indicators used by this ranking to rate the universities include collection of basic information of the size of the university and its zoning (urban, suburban, or rural) profile, degree of green space, electricity consumption to link with carbon footprint, transportation, water usage, waste management, setting & infrastructure, energy & climate change, education & Research and how the university is responding to or dealing with the issues of sustainability through policies, actions, and communication.

Prof. Ghaleb El Refae, AAU President, thanked the “UI Greenmetric World University Ranking” for honoring AAU with the recognition. He emphasised that achieving better ranking platforms are one of the strategic priorities of AAU and securing a university rank exclusively for the concept of green is noteworthy.

Dr. Nazih Khaddaj Mallat, Vice President for Accreditation and Quality Assurance, stated that these results have benchmarked AAU from fellow competitors, and he thanked the “UI Greenmetric World University Ranking” for their acknowledgement”. He stressed that, this achievement reminds the direction towards the focused vision of the nation towards sustainability.