CoHE President
Özvar: "70 Turkish universities entered the top 1,000 in the 2021 UI
GreenMetric World University Rankings and 81 in the 2022 UI GreenMetric
World University Rankings.”
December 13, 2022
CoHE President Erol Özvar announced that 70 Turkish universities entered
the top 1,000 in the 2021 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings and 81
in the 2022 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings.
In his address at the “Pilot Universities Meeting for Sustainable and
Climate-Friendly Campus Project” held in Konya, Özvar emphasized that three
Turkish universities entered the top 100 in the said index, and 37
universities, 29 of which were state universities, in the top 500.
“According to the 2021 THE, QS or ARWU rankings, 15 Turkish universities
were in the top 1,000, while three of them managed to enter the top 500.
In the QS 2022 Field-based World University Rankings, seven Turkish
universities entered the top 500 in the category 'Arts and Humanities'.
In the QS 2022 Field-based World University Rankings, eight Turkish
universities entered the top 500 in the category 'Engineering and
Technology''.
In the QS 2022 Field-based World University Rankings, three Turkish
universities entered the top 500 in the category 'Life Sciences and
Medicine'.
In the QS 2022 Field-based World University Rankings, five Turkish
universities entered the top 500 in the category 'Natural Sciences'.
In the field-based world university rankings of QS 2022, six Turkish
universities entered the top 500 in the field of 'Social Sciences and
Management'.
-81 Universities in 2022-
According to the information given by Özvar, 81 Turkish universities, 61 of
which are state universities and 20 are foundation universities, were among
the top 1,000 universities in the 2022 Green University Index (UI
Greenmetric).
While four universities, including Istanbul Technical University, Erciyes
University, Özyeğin University and Yıldız Technical University, were in the
top 100, 41 universities (33 state universities and 8 foundation
universities) managed to be in the top 500.
According to the 2022 THE, QS or ARWU rankings, 17 Turkish universities
were in the top 1,000, while two universities, Istanbul University and
Çankaya University, entered the top 500.
- CoHE President Özvar Holds Official Talks in Konya -
After the meeting, CoHE President Erol Özvar paid a visit to the Rector’s
Office of Selçuk University and attended the senate meeting.
Özvar made a site visit to the campus by his environmentally friendly
vehicle and opened the Selçuk University Museum, which contains 2,500
artifacts from different continents and civilizations. Then, he met with
the students and had an interview. He also had a meeting with the rectors
of the universities in Konya. Lastly, he visited the Governor’s Office of
Konya and returned to Ankara after wrapping up talks in the province.