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| ⚫ | '''Quacquarelli Symonds''' ('''QS''') is a ] company specialising in education. <ref>{{cite journal |title=About us|url=http://www.qs.com/about-us/|journal=http://www.qs.com}}</ref> The company was founded in 1990 <ref>{{cite journal |title=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/s/#!search/profile/company?companyId=346382693&targetid=profile|journal=http://www.zoominfo.com}}</ref> by Nunzio Quacquarelli and Matt Symonds.<ref>{{cite journal |title=QS Founder Nunzio Quacquarelli on Rankings and Online MBA Programs|url=http://www.topmba.com/mba-programs/distance-online/qs-founder-nunzio-quacquarelli-rankings-and-online-mba-programs|journal=http://www.topmba.com|date = 8 June 2012}}</ref> | ||
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| ⚫ | '''Quacquarelli Symonds''' ('''QS''') is a ] company specialising in education |
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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| The company was founded between 1988 and 1990 as a student initiative whilst Nunzio Quacquarelli was completing his ] at the ]. It held its first World MBA Tour in 1995. It provided its first QS Top MBA listing in 1996. This listing ranks the top business schools in the world. A career program, called the QS Career Forums was launched in 2002. They launched the ] n collaboration with the '']'' in 2004. QS acquired German software company unisolution, a European supplier of software ]s and services for institutions of ] in 2009. | |||
| *1988–90: QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd was founded as a student initiative whilst Nunzio Quacquarelli was completing his ] at the ]. | |||
| *1990: TopMBA Career Guide and TopMBA International MBA Recruitment and Salary Research launched. | |||
| *1995: The first QS World MBA Tour was held in just two cities, London and Paris. Today, the tour travels to over 70 cities across five continents.<ref>{{cite journal |title=QS World MBA Tour 2013 : découvrez Benoît à la recherche de sa formation (vidéo MCE)|url=http://mcetv.fr/mon-mag-campus/2810-qs-world-mba-tour-2013-benoit-recherche-formation-video-mce/|journal=http://mcetv.fr|date = 28 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
| *1996: QS TopMBA Global Recruiters Top 100 Business Schools, an alternative to business school rankings, providing a list of business schools currently preferred by the most international MBA recruiters. In 2009, the name of this report changed to "QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers' Choice". | |||
| *1998: QS TopMBA.com Applicants Research - a survey into the mindset and aspirations of MBA applicants. | |||
| *2001 | |||
| **QS World Grad School Tour was launched; today, the tour visits over 40 cities in more than 30 countries. | |||
| **QS acquired Global Workplace, a network for professionals and employers looking to connect with alumni from international business schools. | |||
| *2002: QS Career Forums - a program of recruitment and career development events | |||
| *2004: ] launched in collaboration with the '']'' <ref>{{cite journal |title=Times Higher Education' Releases New Rankings, but Will They Appease Skeptics?|url=http://chronicle.com/article/Times-Higher-Education/124455/|journal=http://chronicle.com|date = 15 September 2010}}</ref> | |||
| *2005 | |||
| **Scorecard - an online search and personal ranking tool of business schools worldwide | |||
| **QS APPLE - The Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education annual conference and exhibition for international educators in Asia, Europe, America and Australasia. | |||
| **QS Education Trust - a non-profit trust company providing scholarships for international study to candidates each year. | |||
| *2005-2006: QS TopApply - a specialized ] system was launched that integrates in with business schools' internal application and candidate management processes. | |||
| *2007: QS TopInternships – a community website for helping first degree and Masters students locate ], with an initial focus on English speaking countries around the world. | |||
| *2008: QS Asian University Rankings launch announced in partnership with ]'s '']'' newspaper | |||
| *2009 | |||
| **TopUniversities & World of Study Tour launches in London serving high school students and young professionals looking to emigrate through an international degree or ]. | |||
| **QS acquired German software company unisolution, a European supplier of software ]s and services for institutions of ] in the area of internationalization. | |||
| * 2012: QS TopMBA Career Guide was launched in the ].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Manifest your business School's Glory to the Chinese Market|url=http://community.benchmarkemail.com/users/marcoms@qs-asia.com/newsletter/contact_attribute-firstname--Advertise-your-MBA-to-the-Chinese-market|journal=http://community.benchmarkemail.com|date = 19 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Major rankings== | ==Major rankings== | ||
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| At first, it had cooperated with the ] to release annual world university rankings, the ], since 2004 and was the data provider of the rankings. However, it ended its partnership with Times after the release of their 2009 rankings and both have worked out their own rankings afterward with QS using the same methodology while Times which has then cooperated with ] using an adjusted one. Now, the rankings published by QS are known as the ]. | At first, it had cooperated with the ] to release annual world university rankings, the ], since 2004 and was the data provider of the rankings. However, it ended its partnership with Times after the release of their 2009 rankings and both have worked out their own rankings afterward with QS using the same methodology while Times which has then cooperated with ] using an adjusted one. Now, the rankings published by QS are known as the ]. | ||
| Generally, the QS World University Rankings is regarded as one of the three most influential university rankings in the world, along with the ] and the ].<ref name="New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top">{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0916/New-world-university-ranking-puts-Harvard-back-on-top|title=New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top|author=Ariel Zirulnick|publisher=]}}</ref><ref>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/were-fighting-above-our-weight-when-it-comes-to-uni-rankings/story-e6frgcko-1226428383288</ref><ref name="edmont">{{cite news|title=Top schools don't always get top marks|author=Indira Samarasekera and Carl Amrhein|newspaper=]|url=http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/schools+always+marks/3560240/story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003203348/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/schools+always+marks/3560240/story.html|archivedate=2010-10-03}}</ref> | Generally, the QS World University Rankings is regarded as one of the three most influential university rankings in the world, along with the ] and the ].<ref name="New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top">{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0916/New-world-university-ranking-puts-Harvard-back-on-top|title=New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top|author=Ariel Zirulnick|publisher=]}}</ref><ref>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/were-fighting-above-our-weight-when-it-comes-to-uni-rankings/story-e6frgcko-1226428383288</ref><ref name="edmont">{{cite news|title=Top schools don't always get top marks|author=Indira Samarasekera and Carl Amrhein|newspaper=]|url=http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/schools+always+marks/3560240/story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003203348/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/schools+always+marks/3560240/story.html|archivedate=2010-10-03}}</ref> However The old iterations of the rankings produced collaboratively by THE and QS Quacquarelli Symonds received a number of criticisms. Some critics expressed concern about the manner in which the peer review conducted by THE-QS was carried out. | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 04:27, 19 December 2017
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a British company specialising in education. The company was founded in 1990 by Nunzio Quacquarelli and Matt Symonds.
History
The company was founded between 1988 and 1990 as a student initiative whilst Nunzio Quacquarelli was completing his MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It held its first World MBA Tour in 1995. It provided its first QS Top MBA listing in 1996. This listing ranks the top business schools in the world. A career program, called the QS Career Forums was launched in 2002. They launched the QS World University Rankings n collaboration with the Times Higher Education in 2004. QS acquired German software company unisolution, a European supplier of software solutions and services for institutions of higher education in 2009.
Major rankings
Main article: QS World University RankingsQS has published various university rankings.
At first, it had cooperated with the Times Higher Education to release annual world university rankings, the THE-QS World University Rankings, since 2004 and was the data provider of the rankings. However, it ended its partnership with Times after the release of their 2009 rankings and both have worked out their own rankings afterward with QS using the same methodology while Times which has then cooperated with Thomson Reuters using an adjusted one. Now, the rankings published by QS are known as the QS World University Rankings.
Generally, the QS World University Rankings is regarded as one of the three most influential university rankings in the world, along with the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities. However The old iterations of the rankings produced collaboratively by THE and QS Quacquarelli Symonds received a number of criticisms. Some critics expressed concern about the manner in which the peer review conducted by THE-QS was carried out.
References
- "About us". http://www.qs.com.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|journal= - "QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd". http://www.zoominfo.com.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|journal= - "QS Founder Nunzio Quacquarelli on Rankings and Online MBA Programs". http://www.topmba.com. 8 June 2012.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|journal= - Ariel Zirulnick. "New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top". The Christian Science Monitor.
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/were-fighting-above-our-weight-when-it-comes-to-uni-rankings/story-e6frgcko-1226428383288
- Indira Samarasekera and Carl Amrhein. "Top schools don't always get top marks". The Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-10-03.