@article{article_1683204, title={Performance evaluation of sustainable universities with WENSLO-based AROMAN multi-criteria decision making method: Application with GreenMetric criteria}, journal={Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={27}, pages={369–390}, year={2025}, DOI={10.33707/akuiibfd.1683204}, author={Bayazit Bedirhanoğlu, Şule}, keywords={WENSLO, AROMAN, ÇKKV, Sürdürülebilirlik, Performans Değerlendirme}, abstract={Universities conduct studies aimed at creating a sustainable future and addressing environmental challenges. This commitment to sustainability drives universities to transform into sustainable institutions. This study evaluates the sustainability performance of the world’s top 10 universities, as ranked by UI GreenMetric’s 2023 General Report, between 2014 and 2023. The evaluation utilized criteria established by GreenMetric, including setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water usage, transportation, education, and research. The priority levels of these criteria were established using the WENSLO objective weighting method, which identified setting and infrastructure as the most critical factors. Following this, the AROMAN MCDM method was used to rank the universities based on their sustainability performance. Consequently, the University of Birkenfeld was recognized as the top-performing institution. Universities carry out studies to create a sustainable future addressing environmental problems. The concern for a sustainable future encourages universities to become sustainable universities. In this study, the sustainability performances of the world universities ranked in the top 10 in the 2023 general ranking report published by UI GreenMetric between 2014 and 2023 are evaluated. In the study, the criteria set by GreenMetric included setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water usage, transportation, education, and research. The priority level of these criteria was established by the WENSLO objective weighting method and it was determined that the most critical criterion was that of setting and infrastructure. Universities’ sustainability performance was evaluated and ranked using the AROMAN MCDM method. According to this ranking, Birkenfeld University had the best performance.}, number={2}, publisher={Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi}