TEHRAN — The University of Tehran is among the 500 green institutes worldwide announced by the University of Indonesia Green Metric overall ranking 2016, IRNA reported on Sunday.

The world’s green universities are ranked according to six deciding factors contributing to sustainability including setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste and water management, transportation and education in more than 10,000 universities worldwide.

While University of California Davis came in first with a total score of 8398, the University of Tehran ranked 431st with a total score of 3108.

The University of Nottingham and Wageningen University and Research came in second and third respectively.

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