Universitas Sumatera Utara has courses related to the theme of sustainability. The sustainability covers environmental, social, cultural, economics, health aspects (or both) with keywords related to conservations, ecology, sustainability, climate, certification, renewable energy, waste, pollution, biotechnology, green lifestyle, nature, biodiversity, culture and preservation. There are 2101 courses related to sustainability out of 6285 courses offered. The ratio of sustainability courses to total courses is 33%.

Besides that, Universitas Sumatera Utara has Total Research Funds Dedicated to Sustainability Research (in US Dollars). Total research funds dedicated to sustainability research in 2021 is 845,449 US Dollars, in 2022 is 1,743,569 US Dollar, and ini 2023 is 1,060,278 US Dollars. Average research funds dedicated to sustainability research in the last 3 years is 1,216,432 US Dollars.

There is an academic support unit at the Universitas Sumatera Utara that acts as a facilitator and developer to increase the quantity and quality of publications in reputable scientific journals with national and international recognition and IPR. The institution's URL is https://lipihki.usu.ac.id/. In addition, USU has several categories of journals that are part of the Talenta Journal Series in order to increase the quantity of research published in reputable journals.      

From 2022 to 2023, events related to sustainability have been held, which can be separated from Conferences, Public Lectures, Focus Group Discussions, Community Service, and Competitions at local, national and international levels. Conferences and public lectures raise various sustainability issues based on the faculty or consortium holding the conference. Focus Group Discussions aim to improve communication and coordination among stakeholders on the issues concerned. Community Service is organized by both lecturers and student organizations. Finally, the competition was held as USU's effort to raise awareness, concern, and motivate the USU academic community and the public to maintain sustainability.

Events Related to Sustainability at Universitas Sumatera Utara

Universitas Sumatera Utara has sustainability programs with international collaborations such as International Community Services, Summer Courses, Research collaboration, International Internship Program, Student exchange.

Sustainability Programs with International Collaborations at Universitas Sumatera Utara