The UI GreenMetric World University Ranking on Sustainability is an initiative set up by Universitas Indonesia that was first implemented in 2010.

The aim of this ranking is to measure the current conditions and policies related to environmental sustainability in universities around the world by conducting an online survey in which information is collected in six areas linked to sustainability: Setting and Infrastructure (SI) (15%), Energy & Climate Change (EC) (21%), Waste (WS) (18%), Water (WR) (10%), Transportation (TR) (18%) and Education & Research (ED) (18%).

In this year's ranking, UIC Barcelona has reached 472nd out of the 956 universities surveyed worldwide. In this regard, and with respect to the previous year, the institution has improved its position, since last year it placed 589th. On a national level, the University has managed to rank 24th out of 28 Spanish universities.