The worldwide ranking UI GreenMetric is the only ranker that compare universities in term of their campus and sustainability programs based on 34 indicators and 6 criteria. To make better impact to the global sustainability environment, universities need to put more efforts on  the six criteria: setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water management, transportation and education.
This workshop is aimed to highlight the commitment of Italian universities towards a sustainable 360° approach. UI GM Chairperson, Riri Fitri Sari, will showcase the ranking’s structure and indicators in details.  Italian participants are warmly invited to ask questions and raise issues concerning the specificity of the Italian universities to fit into the UI GreenMetric ranking. The Alma Mater Studiorum assumes the role of National Network Hub for UI GM  in the framework of this event that will  also host experts from  RUS (Rete delle Università per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile). More...

Polish universities feel, they deserve a better place in international rankings. To discuss what can and should be done to improve the quality of research, rectors of best universities in the country gathered 1-2 December in Warsaw at the conference “Polish Universities in International Perspective – Rankings and Strategic Management of University” organized by Perspektywy Education Foundation jointly with the Conference of Rectors (CRASP) and Polish Accreditation Commission (PAC). More...

Times Higher Education (THE) has released the latest edition of its World University Rankings. The result that has received the most publicity is the rise of Cambridge to second place so that with Oxford at the top there are now two British universities occupying the top two places. THE reports that the rise of Cambridge was due to a rise in research quality and research income while rivals Caltech and Stanford suffered because of falling institutional income and a relative decline in doctoral degrees awarded. More...

The Nature Index is a database of information about the authors of research articles in 68 leading international journals.  It is updated monthly and the journals included are selected by two panels of experts, Physical Sciences headed by John Morton of University College London and Yin-Biao Sun of King’s College, London. More...

The US News has just published the latest edition of America’s Best Colleges. Princeton continues to hold first place among the best national universities and Williams College is first among national liberal arts colleges. More...

The QS Graduate Employability Rankings are an attempt to measure the value of a university degree in terms of graduate employment and outcomes. More...