The University of Reading has been named Sustainable University of the Year 2025.

This title comes from The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

The university has also climbed 10 places in the overall UK university rankings, now sitting at joint 24th.

The guide praised Reading for making "impressive headway towards its ambition of being one of the greenest universities in the world."

Reading has reduced its carbon emissions by more than 60 per cent since 2009 and cut waste by 35 per cent.

The university is also recognised as a leading institution for the study of climate change, having received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2021.

Professor Robert Van de Noort, vice-chancellor of the University of Reading, said: "We are proud to be a multi-award-winning community playing a sector-leading role in addressing climate change and environmental sustainability through our world-leading research, teaching, and campus operations.

"It is excellent to be recognised as Sustainable University of the Year, which reflects the incredible hard work of our students, colleagues, and partners who together have a shared commitment to securing a better global future."

Helen Davies, editor of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, said: "The best universities — whether they were founded in the 15th century or 2005 — are local and global powerhouses of intellectual thought and creativity, from the arts to science, that can power economic regeneration and lead the way to a better life."

Reading is the fourth-highest ranked university in the South East, behind Oxford, Southampton, and Surrey.