The Universitat Politècnica de València has been ranked 147th in the world and 8th in Spain in the 2022 edition of the ranking UI GreenMetric World University, which measures sustainability among a total of 1,050 institutions in more than 85 countries.
The ranking considers 56 indicators according to six weighted categories: Setting and Infrastructure (15%), Energy and Climate Change (21%), Waste (18%), Water (10%), Transportation (18%), and Education (18%). Thus, the UPV is ranked 80th in waste management, 92nd in environmental education, and 103rd in energy actions and the fight against climate change.
With this result, the UPV improves by 39 ranking positions compared to 2021 and scores higher in the Environment and Infrastructure, Energy and Climate Change, Transportation, and Education categories. In the previous year, the institution had already improved by 51 places, thus climbing 90 ranks in the last two years.
The constant improvement of the UPV’s sustainability indicators is a task carried out by the UPV’s Environment Unit. The Center for Quality and Data Management of the university assists the work to qualify for this ranking.
The scores’ details for each of the indicators are shown below.
