Lagos State University was rated the Best University in Nigeria and the West African Sub-region in the recently released 2022 UI GreenMetrics worldwide Ranking. The organisation assessed 1050 institutions from across the globe on green environment indicators, including LASU, which was placed 799 internationally and 15th in Africa overall, following 14 Egyptian universities.
Universitas Indonesia launched the UI GreenMetric World University Rating in 2010 as a ranking of green campuses and environmental sustainability. The UI GreenMetric World University Rankings used 39 parameters in 6 categories to carefully evaluate the rankings based on institutions’ environmental commitment and initiatives.
It is the first time LASU has taken part in the ranking, which, according to the organisers, grades participants based on 39 indicators and six categories, namely Setting and Infrastructure (SI), Energy and Climate Change (EC), Waste (WS), Water (WR), Transportation (TR), and Education (ED).
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, has expressed her joy at the ranking, calling it a significant milestone in her goal of making LASU the best in West Africa. She congratulated the whole university community and thanked the Lagos State Government, headed by Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, for enabling her administration to flourish.
The Vice-Chancellor went on to say that the institution will not stop adopting the policies, strategies, and infrastructures needed to place LASU as the best in the sub-region in all other ranking indices.
