QS Quacquarelli Symonds

QS Quacquarelli Symonds, founded in 1990, is a provider of services, analytics, and insights for the global higher education sector. Its work spans data analytics and software solutions, serving universities, business schools, employers, governments, and students worldwide.

The company is best known for the QS World University Rankings, its flagship ranking system. It also operates topuniversities.com, a student-facing information platform that attracts over 70 million sessions annually. Its software division manages nearly 300,000 global student mobilities on behalf of more than 400 institutions. The company organises student recruitment events with close to a quarter of a million registrations each year, and runs a conference portfolio that includes Reimagine Education and the EduData Summit.

QS employs a team representing 54 nationalities and operates across the higher education industry vertical globally.