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Yagshygeldi Kakayev International Oil and Gas University is in the UI Green Metric World University Rankings - 2023 hold by famous International ranking agency Green Metric
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The ranking agency UI Green Metric World University Rankings, established in 2010 by the University of Indonesia, ranks universities around the world in six categories:
- convenient university in frastructure;
- the use of energy-efficient and water-conserving technologies on the university campus;
- recycling programs for waste discarded by the university
- water conservation;
- convenient transport routes on the university campus, reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and harmful particles;
- environmental education inuniversity educational programs.
The purpose of this ranking is to evaluate the current status and policies related to green campus and sustainability at universities around the world and reflects the efforts made by an institution to implement green and sustainable policies and programs.
Overall, the ranking uses the concept of environmental sustainability, which includes three elements such as environmental, economic and social.
The environmental aspect refers to the use of natural resources, environmental management and pollution prevention, while the economic aspect refers to cost savings and profit making. The social aspect includes education, community and social inclusion.
The university's work is assessed using six indicators: environment and infrastructure, energy and climate changes, waste, water, transport, education and research. For participation in the ranking, universities must provide not only quantitative data about their university, but also confirm this information by approved regulatory documents, scans of orders, news from the media, photographs, etc.
In 2023 IOGU participated in the ranking of the international rating agency Green Metric for the first time and with the total of 6,015 points the university immediately took the 597th place, among 1,183 participating universities. The university’s indicators in the ranking of the international rating agency Green Metric are presented in the table.
| IOGU | 2023 |
| Place in the ranking | 597 |
| Infrastructure | 955 |
| Energy efficiency | 1010 |
| Waste | 825 |
| Water | 650 |
| Transport | 1500 |
| Education | 1075 |
| Total score | 6015 |
The geography of countries participating in the ranking is extending and the number of universities participating in the ranking is constantly increasing.
Thus, in 2018 - 719 universities from 81 countries, in 2019 - 779 universities from 81 countries, in 2020 - 912 universities from 83 countries and in 2021 - 956 universities (for the first time 1 university from Turkmenistan) from 80 countries were ranked. In 2022, 1,050 universities (including 3 from Turkmenistan) joined the ranking. In 2023, 133 more universities than in 2022 joined and totally 1,183 universities (including 8 from Turkmenistan) took part in the rating survey.