AIOU’s Green Transformation Earns Global Recognition

News Desk

Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has been ranked 8th amongst the greenest Pakistani universities, while it stood at 293th position worldwide in the ranking of ‘UI’s Green Metric’ for the year 2023.

According to the AIOU, as far as the federally chartered universities of Pakistan are concerned, the AIOU stood 3rd amongst the ranking of these universities.

AIOU Vice Chancellor Dr Nasir Mahmood has expressed his gratitude for the honour and stated that the credit for this achievement goes to the Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) and the gardeners of the university, for whom they deserve congratulations.

Dr Nasir further said that the university will pay special attention to making the campuses greener so that we can get a better position next year.

As compared to the previous year’s ranking, the AIOU has significantly improved its position worldwide by taking practical steps to green the main campus as well as the regional campuses.

In the ranking of global universities in 2021, the AIOU was ranked 485th among the greenest universities in the world, while in 2022, the university was ranked 331st among global universities.