Agadir – The Euromed University of Fez (UEMF) has ranked first among Moroccan universities in the 2026 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, placing 323rd globally and seventh in Africa.
The 2026 edition assessed 2,016 universities across 110 countries based on their performance in sustainability and environmental management. UEMF recorded a total score of 7,737.5 points, according to the official ranking.
The university ranked ahead of Ibn Tofail University, which placed second nationally and 415th worldwide with 7,320 points, and ninth in Africa. Mohammed V University in Rabat came third among Moroccan institutions, ranking 1,589th globally with 3,567.5 points, and placing 85th in Africa.
UI GreenMetric evaluates universities across several areas linked to sustainable campus development, including setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation, and education and research.
In a statement shared with Morocco World News (MWN), UEMF said the latest result reflects its commitment to a development model combining academic excellence, research and innovation, environmental and social responsibility, internationalization, and the quality of its university environment.
The university described the latest distinction as part of a broader record of recognition across international university rankings.
In the 2026 Round University Ranking (RUR), UEMF retained first place nationally, according to the university. It also ranked second in Africa in the previous RUR edition, behind the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
UEMF also featured in the 2026 Times Higher Education ranking, where it ranked second in Morocco and fell within the 401-600 range globally.
The university also cited results from ScholarGPS, which placed it first nationally, and U-Multirank, where it said it ranked first in Morocco in teaching and research and among the world’s top 25 universities for student mobility.
UEMF further said that eight of its researchers appeared in the 2025 Stanford-Elsevier list of the world’s top 2% of scientists, reflecting the international visibility of research conducted at the institution.
The latest UI GreenMetric result also builds on UEMF’s performance in the previous edition of the sustainability ranking, when it ranked first nationally and among the world’s top 400 universities.
