Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), which is included in the 2022 ranking of the world's leading higher education rating agency Times Higher Education (THE), ranks 16th in the world and 1st in Turkey in the "Quality Education" category in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Moving forward with the vision of a research university, IGU both supports sustainability and offers living spaces for all living things. Starting the 2022-2023 academic year, Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) students had a fun time with live music, DJ performance, various games and competitions.
Welcoming the new academic year with the "Welcome Fest 2022" prepared in accordance with the "Healthy and Quality Life", "Quality Education" and "Terrestrial Life" categories of the Sustainable Development Goals, IGU once again showed that it attaches great significance to ecological balance with the activities carried out in the festival area. The food and water containers placed for stray animals both in the festival area and in the faculties received full support from the students as well. IGU supports the project of giving cat and dog food in exchange for plastic waste, organized by Avcılar Municipality, with recycling bins placed in faculties. Stating that they have implemented plastic waste bins, Abdülkadir Gayretli, Istanbul Gelisim University Chairman of the Board of Trustees, indicated the following: “As Istanbul Gelisim University, we attach great importance to sustainability. We put boxes at certain points of our university for plastic waste. Our students, academicians and administrative staff will throw their plastic waste into these boxes, and we will buy cat and dog food in return for the plastic waste we collect. In other words, we both protect the environment by contributing to recycling and offer a happier living space for stray animals.”
