QS World University Rankings
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The QS World University Rankings is a portfolio of comparative college and university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm. Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with Times Higher Education (THE) magazine as Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings, inaugurated in 2004 to provide an independent source of comparative data about university performance. In 2009, the two organizations parted ways to produce independent university rankings, the QS World University Rankings and THE World University Rankings.
Editor | Ben Sowter (Senior Vice President) |
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Staff writers | Craig O'Callaghan |
Categories | Higher education |
Frequency | Annual |
Publisher | Quacquarelli Symonds |
First issue | 2004; 20 years ago (2004) (in partnership with THE) 2010; 14 years ago (2010) (on its own) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Website | topuniversities.com qs.com topmba.com |
QS’ rankings portfolio have since been expanded to consist of the QS World University Rankings, the QS World University Rankings by Subject, four regional rankings tables including: Asia, Latin America, Europe, Central Asia, the Arab Region, several MBA rankings, and the QS Best Student Cities rankings. In 2022, QS launched the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability and in 2023, it launched the QS World University Rankings: Europe. The rankings are intended to reflect and articulate university performance for the next academic year. Therefore, they are usually named for the year following that in which they are produced.[1] The rankings are regarded as one of the most-widely read university rankings in the world, along with Academic Ranking of World Universities and Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[2] According to Alexa Internet, it is the most widely viewed university ranking worldwide.[3]
The ranking has been criticized for its overreliance on subjective indicators and reputation surveys, which tend to fluctuate over time and form a feedback loop.[4][5][6][7][8] Concerns also exist regarding the global consistency and integrity of the data used to generate the QS rankings.[5][9][10][11] The development and production of the rankings is overseen by QS Senior Vice President Ben Sowter, who in 2016 was ranked in 40th position in Wonkhe's 2016 "Higher Education Power List", a list of what the organisation believed to be the 50 most influential figures in UK (United Kingdom) higher education.[12]