The University of Kelaniya was ranked as the leading Green University among the Sri Lankan Universities in the UI GreenMetric Ranking 2022, by advancing in its global rank from 247 in 2021 to 241 in 2022, out of the 1050 universities which applied for the UI GreenMetric Ranking in 2022.

The University of Kelaniya applied for UI GreenMetric Ranking through the Centre for Sustainability Solution (CSS) and became the first state-sector university in Sri Lanka to adopt an environmental policy and align its strategic plan and key performance indices with the United Nations Sustainable development goals. The UI GreenMetric rankings were based on the performance from Oct. 2021 to Oct. 2022. The total rankings and scores obtained by the University of Kelaniya are as follows:

(https://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/rankings/overall-rankings-2022/kln.ac.lk)