For the fourteenth time, the student organization Students for Tomorrow assessed sustainability in higher education. What vision do universities and universities of applied sciences have on sustainability? How is the topic integrated into their curricula, and how is it reflected in campus operations?

The students review information submitted by the institutions and occasionally ask for clarification. This year, they used a slightly modified method, which also considered pedagogy and student participation. Nevertheless, the winner remained the same as in the previous three years.

Best in class

Van Hall Larenstein has now claimed the top spot five times in total. With campuses in Leeuwarden and Velp, the university of applied sciences is closing in on the record held by Wageningen University, which topped the list six times in previous editions.

Second and third place this year go to Avans University of Applied Sciences and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), which held sixth and ninth place, respectively, last year. The results were announced during Groene Peper, an annual sustainability event for higher education.