World Summit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Chapter 36 of Agenda 21) highlighted the importance of the role of high quality education in global development and stated:
“Education, including formal education, public awareness and training should be reorganized as a process by which human beings and societies can reach their fullest potential. Education is critical for promoting sustainable development and improving the capacity of the people to address environment and development issues (Melnychuk et al., 2003:32).”
Regarding the University Rankings, the University that is ranked the number one university on an educational scale is yet according to a sustainable ranking at the bottom of the list. In England according to the green league published exclusively by the Guardian today on 2013 Manchester Metropolitan University has been awarded as the greenest university in the United Kingdom, scoring the first place, while the University of Cambridge has scored the 113th place on the same list. Ranking in terms of green ratings have shown a significant increase as the respective stakeholders (students and faculty) have more emphasis on environmental challenges. Finally we are looking forward to have Qatar University defined as a sustainable university globally.