The University of Karbala achieved eighth place locally in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings among 1,183 universities around the world from 85 foreign and Arab countries.
The classification included basic standards for university infrastructure, energy, addressing climate change, water, waste treatment, and transportation, as well as scientific research related to sustainability.
The Director of Scientific Affairs at the University, Dr. Fadel Nour El-Din, said, “The classification evaluates universities in terms of applying environmental sustainability standards. It was launched in 2010 and includes 6 basic standards and 39 sub-indicators.”
Noting that “74 Iraqi universities participated in this classification, and the University of Karbala achieved eighth place after the University of Babylon, Anbar, Al-Mustaqbal, Baghdad, the Middle Euphrates, Basra, and Al-Mustansiriya.”
Dr. Nour El-Din explained, “This achievement was achieved through the great efforts exerted by the university’s presidency in recent years to develop infrastructure, especially in the field of increasing green spaces, planting trees and extending water canals around the university campus, as well as creating a number of lakes, in addition to moving towards energy.” Renewable energy, reducing consumption and other measures.
He added, “The University of Karbala has outperformed many well-known Arab and international universities such as Abu Dhabi University, the University of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University and King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia. It has also outperformed many international universities such as the German Hochschule Weihenstephan-triesdorf and other universities.” In Asia and America”
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The Dutch Wageningen University & Research ranked first, the British Nottingham Trent University came in second place, and the German Trier University of Applied Sciences ranked third.
