University of Limerick is ranked in the top two percent of universities worldwide in the latest UI GreenMetric University Rankings, which rank institutions on green campus and environmental sustainability.
UL placed 22nd out of the 1,183 universities in the world for its environmental commitment and initiatives to support sustainable development, which help improve our quality of life both on and off campus.
Initiated by Universitas Indonesia in 2010, the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking is determined across 39 indicators in the six criteria of Setting and Infrastructure, Energy and Climate Change, Waste, Water, Transportation, and Education.
UL saw improvements in its score across Energy and Climate Change, Waste and Education.
Welcoming the announcement, UL President Kerstin Mey said: “This ranking highlights and acknowledges the important work we are doing across the university when it comes to the environment and sustainability.
“We are building on several initiatives, such as the Glucksman Library banning of disposable cups, to embed the goals of sustainable development into our everyday lives from education to research and beyond.
“For example, the Innovative research project ISCycle is examining how e-bikes can change transport behaviours to improve health and protect the environment are underway to inform everyone how we can do better to protect our planet.
“And UL recently became the first university in Ireland to receive a gold Smarter Travel award in recognition of our commitment to changing attitudes and behaviours that facilitate, support and encourage sustainable travel options for staff, students and visitors.
“Our UL Green Campus Committee, Environmental Committee and Environmental Society made up of staff and students from across the campus, have led the way on many of these changes, which collectively can make a big difference.”
This result adds to UL’s improvement in a number of global rankings in the past year.
On the sustainability front Times Higher Education ranked UL as the 86th best university in the world for delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals while the university was ranked 175th in the world in the QS World University Rankings for Sustainability.
Overall, UL jumped more than 100 places to be ranked 426th in the QS World University Rankings, while it moved into the 401-500 bracket out of the 1,904 universities ranked globally overall in its Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2024.
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