Securing the 491st rank, Central Philippines State University (CPSU) once again stands with the world’s best in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2026, moving up 57 spots from its 548th rank in the 2025 rankings.

CPSU landed the 491st spot among 2016 institutions across 110 countries and ranked 16th in the Philippines among 130 participating Philippine academic institutions, while ranking 1st in the Negros Island Region.

CPSU has once again soared in the global rankings, showcasing its sustainable initiatives and green infrastructure across UI GreenMetric’s seven core pillars: Setting and Infrastructure, Energy and Climate Change, Waste, Water, Transportation, Education, and Governance & Digitalization.

This achievement attests to CPSU’s steadfast and consistently improving efforts in improving its operations and services inclined to attaining the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, in rehabilitating the environment, and in molding its students with environment-friendliness as a core value. 

According to its official website, the UI GreenMetric Sustainable University Rankings is a “global initiative dedicated to assessing and promoting environmental sustainability within higher education institutions” using a robust framework comprising 60 indicators across 7 criteria to objectively measure and benchmark the environmental commitments and initiatives of universities worldwide.

In the ranking’s 17th edition, featuring the guiding theme, "Advancing Sustainable Campuses through Governance, Digitalization, and Integrated Performance.”

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