In the 2025 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, National Chiayi University (NCYU) ranked No. 125 worldwide, rising from No. 187 in 2024. The achievement underscores NCYU’s continued international recognition for its overall performance in sustainable campus governance, environmental management, and sustainability education.
The UI GreenMetric ranking, hosted by Universitas Indonesia, is one of the world’s largest sustainability assessments for university campuses. According to the official UI GreenMetric 2025 Fact File, this year’s assessment involved 1,745 universities from 105 countries. The evaluation framework covers six categories: Setting & Infrastructure, Energy & Climate Change, Water, Waste, Transportation, and Education & Research. It emphasizes the consistency and verifiability of institutional frameworks, on-the-ground actions, and supporting documentation.
NCYU earned a total score of 8,462.5 out of 10,000, achieving an overall performance of 84.63%. Scores by category are as follows:
Setting & Infrastructure: 1,275 / 1,500
Water: 937.5 / 1,000
Energy & Climate Change: 1,550 / 2,100
Transportation: 1,625 / 1,800
Waste: 1,550 / 1,800
Education & Research: 1,525 / 1,800
With
university governance as its longstanding core, NCYU has integrated resources
across the Center for Environmental Protection and Safety Management, the
Office of University Social Responsibility Project, and various colleges to
advance sustainability initiatives simultaneously at the institutional,
operational, and educational levels. Through data-driven management and regular
reviews, NCYU continues to strengthen campus energy management, water recycling
and reuse, waste reduction, and the capacity of sustainability-related courses
and research. This significant improvement in the ranking demonstrates not only
NCYU’s accumulated achievements in building a sustainable campus, but also its
tangible contributions to global climate action and the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). Looking ahead, NCYU will continue to deepen its sustainability
governance framework, strengthen cross-unit collaboration and data quality
management, and steadily advance its campus net-zero transition, moving toward
a more resilient and responsible sustainable university.
Photo 1: NCYU climbed to No. 125 worldwide in the
2025 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings.
Photo 2: NCYU’s UI GreenMetric ranking has
improved significantly year by year.