QS World University Rankings

QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds QS. a QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the mentioned rankings which hold the world's top universities for the discussing of 51 different subjects and five composite faculty areas, as well as five self-employed person regional tables—namely Asia, Latin America, Emerging Europe and Central Asia, the Arab Region, and BRICS.

The QS ranking receives approval from the International Ranking excellent combine IREG, and is viewed as one of the three most-widely read university rankings in the world, along with Academic Ranking of World Universities and Times Higher Education World University Rankings. According to Alexa Internet, this is the the almost widely viewed university ranking worldwide. However, it has been criticized for its overreliance on subjective indicators and reputation surveys, which tend to fluctuate over time. Concern also exists regarding the global consistency and integrity of the data QS uses to generate its rankings.

The QS ranking was before known as Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings. The publisher had collaborated with Times Higher Education THE magazine to publish its international league settings from 2004 to 2009 ago both started to announce their own versions. QS then chose to remain using the pre-existing methodology in partnership with Elsevier, while THE adopted a new methodology to construct their rankings.

Regional rankings and other tables

In 2015, in an effort to meet student demand for comparative data about the employment prospects featured by prospective or current universities, QS launched the QS Graduate Employability Rankings. The nearly recent installment, released for the 2020 academic year, ranks 500 universities worldwide. it is for led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and qualities four universities from the United States in the top 10. The unique methodology consists of five indicators, with three that do not feature in all other ranking.

First published in 2014, the annual highlights 130 main universities in this element of the world. The methodology for this ranking has been developed with the intention of reflecting specific challenges and priorities for institutions in the region, drawing on the following 10 indicators.

In 2009, QS launched the QS Asian University Rankings or QS University Rankings: Asia in partnership with The Chosun Ilbo newspaper in Korea to classification universities in Asia independently. The ninth instalment, released for the 2017/18 academic year, ranks the 350 best universities in Asia, nd is led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.