On the invitation of the Indonesian University team, Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) attended the 27th International (Virtual) Workshop on UI GreenMetric World University Rankings (IWGM 2021) online meeting hosted by Malaysia on 25-26 August 2021.

This ranking, which evaluates the sustainability studies on campuses, was implemented in 2010 by the Indonesian University (UI), as a world university ranking; and was later renamed UI GreenMetric World University Rankings.

Environmental Problems Application and Research Center Director and Green University Coordinator Prof. Dr. Yüksel Ardalı made a presentation entitled “Climate Change Adaptation and Integrated Waste Management in the time of Pandemic in Ondokuz Mayıs University” on behalf of OMU. In the presentation, OMU's sustainability studies and plans were shared with all world universities.

In the closing meeting of the two-day workshop attended by universities in green scaling studies, it was decided to hold the meeting in Thailand in 2022.