Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), which attaches importance to sustainability studies in all areas, especially environmental sustainability, by adopting the "Sustainable Development Goals", carries out practices for the effective use of natural resources and proceeds with a universal sense of responsibility within the scope of energy and waste management. In the "University Monitoring and Evaluation General Report-2023" prepared by YÖK, in which 208 universities were evaluated according to 74 different indicators, IGU stood out in 6 categories. While universities were examined for the first time this year in terms of whether they use natural resources consciously under the heading of "Sustainability", IGU was at the top in the categories of "Use of Renewable Energy Resources" and "Water Saving".
Achievements in GreenMetric 2023 and THE 2023 have also been registered by Council of Higher Education (YÖK)
IGU, which stands out in the field of sustainability with its rapid rise in the categories in GreenMetric 2023 and Times Higher Education (THE) 2023, was also registered by YÖK. IGU, which has accelerated its green campus studies by using 100 percent green energy since 2022, achieved a significant success by being ranked 14th in the "UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2023" list, which evaluates the sustainability studies of universities such as campus settlement and infrastructure, energy and climate change, wastes, water resources, transportation, education and research, according to 6 criteria. Moreover, IGU also ranked 21st among Turkish universities in the "Energy and Climate Change" category. IGU, which was included in the "Accessible Clean Energy" category for the first time this year in the Times Higher Education (THE) 2023 Impact Ranking 2023 list, the world's leading higher education rating agency, ranked 12th among Turkish universities. In line with the "Sustainable Development Goals", a report was created by IGU for Times Higher Education (THE) in the categories of Quality Education, Health and Quality Life, Accessible and Clean Energy, Reducing Inequalities and Partnerships for Goals.
"Our goal is to produce all the electricity we consume in our own power plant"
Stating that they carry out both national and international studies in the field of sustainability with precision, IGU Vice Rector Prof. S. Arda Öztürkcan also added the following: "We are very happy with the success we have achieved from the ‘Sustainability‘ category, which is one of the evaluations made by Council of Higher Education (YÖK) for the first time this year. We included our studies in the Sustainability Report and Sustainability Status Report we prepared. As a result of accelerating green campus activities by using 100% green energy, we ranked at the top in the category of ’Use of Renewable Energy Sources'. Our most important criterion when choosing our electricity supply company was that they supplied the electricity we consumed from renewable power plants. In this context, the certificates given to us were the assurance of this decision. Our next plan is to establish a Solar Power Plant with a power of 4 MW for our university. All official processes for the SPP have been completed and the implementation process will begin soon. "Our goal is to produce all the electricity we consume in our own power plant."
