Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a British company specialising in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world.[1] The company was founded in 1990 by Nunzio Quacquarelli.[2]

History

On 5 October 2017, QS Quacquarelli Symonds acquired Hobsons Solutions, the international division of Hobsons, Inc.[3] The acquisition allows QS to increase the size of its global product offering, which now incorporates products like QS' International Student Survey[4] (formerly Hobsons' International Student Survey), which is the world's largest survey of prospective international students.[5]

Major rankings

QS World University Rankings is regarded as one of the three most influential university rankings in the world, along with Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[6][7][8]

Events

Quacquarelli Symonds organises a range of international student recruitment events throughout the year. These are generally oriented towards introducing prospective students to university admissions staff, while also facilitating access to admissions advice and scholarships. In 2018, over 300 events were hosted, attended by 220,000 candidates, in 100 cities across 50 countries. Separated into 'tours', QS' event offerings typically comprise a series of university and business school fairs.

The QS World MBA Tour is the world's largest series of international business school fairs, attended by more than 60,000 candidates in 100 cities across 50 countries.

The QS World MBA Premium also focuses on MBA student recruitment, but invites only business schools ranked in the top 200 internationally, according to the QS World University Rankings. The event aims to provide a more holistic overview of an MBA degree, with enhanced focus on pre- and post-study processes and insights.

The QS World Grad School Tour focuses on international postgraduate programs, particularly specialised master's degrees and PhDs in FAME (Finance, Accounting, Management and Economics) and STEM disciplines.

The QS World University Tour has an emphasis on undergraduate student recruitment, inviting undergraduate programs only.

The QS Connect MBA and QS Connect Masters differ from other event series' in that an open fair format is not followed. Instead, candidates take part in pre-arranged 1-to-1 interviews with admissions staff, based on pre-submitted CVs and academic profiles.

References

  1. ↑ "About us". Quacquarelli Symonds.
  2. ↑ "Malaysia's R&D Investment Paying off with Higher Research Productivity and Improved University Ranking". Bloomberg. 5 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Baker, Amy. "QS acquires Hobsons Solutions in major merger". The PIE News. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "International Student Survey". qs.com.
  5. ↑ "QS Enrolment Solutions". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Ariel Zirulnick. "New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top". The Christian Science Monitor.
  7. ↑ "We're fighting above our weight when it comes to uni rankings | Story & Education Stories | The Australian". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17.
  8. ↑ Indira Samarasekera and Carl Amrhein. "Top schools don't always get top marks". The Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-10-03.
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