Universities across the world are experiencing a rise in student enquiries – many recording a greater number of international queries to their admissions teams given that most borders have now opened to international students.   In fact, at QS Enrolment Solutions (QSES), our UK partner institutions have recorded a staggering 105% increase in international enquiries in just the last few years.  And with Australian and New Zealand borders opening this year, QSES partner institutions in these regions have also begun to register a rise – 12% in the last year.  Through working wit ..read more

Universities across the world are experiencing a rise in student enquiries – many recording a greater number of queries to their admissions teams given that most borders have now opened to international students.   In fact, at QS Enrolment Solutions (QSES), our UK partner institutions have recorded a staggering 105% increase in enquiries in just the last few years.  And with Australian and New Zealand borders opening this year, QSES partner institutions in these regions have also begun to register a rise – 12% in the last year.  Through working with these institutions, QSES h ..read more

This year, the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education awards, an annual competition to reward innovation in higher education, will play host to a new category of awards: Values.  With an increasing awareness for the role that universities can play in advancing social justice, the values awards aim to platform projects and initiatives that promote ethics, purpose, diversity, access and inclusion across the higher education sector.  The new ‘Access, Diversity and Inclusion award’ sits within this category, and celebrates innovative initiatives aimed at providing a more equitable access to h ..read more

As part of the QS 2022 International Student Survey, we asked prospective international students what factors play a role in their decision-making process. Here’s what they said:   Flexibility   Nearly a third of prospective students interested in studying abroad in the UK viewed the option of multiple intakes as an important factor when selecting a course.   The majority of students enrol at their chosen university in September, however travel restrictions due to ongoing COVID-19 measures in their home countries or lengthily visa processing force some students ..read more

It’s one of the highlights of the QS calendar – the QS World University Rankings 2023 are now live! We are incredibly excited to be launching this year’s rankings in-person alongside data experts and education leaders from across the globe at the QS EduData Summit 2022, being held at the United Nations Delegates Dining Room in New York. This edition is the largest QS World University Rankings to date, with over 1,400 institutions from across the world, representing a 9% increase on the number of institutions included last year. For the eleventh subsequent year, Massachusetts Institute of Tec ..read more

At QS, we are proud to be bringing together leading experts in higher education data and insight from across the globe to the United Nations Delegates Dining Room in New York for the QS EduData Summit 2022. Joining us in New York and online this week will be data strategists, Chief Data Officers and data scientists who want to explore the latest trends in big data, analytics and AI – and the opportunities they can bring to higher education. Google, Intel, IBM, UNESCO and MIT are among the organisations represented in this year’s programme of panels and keynote speeches. QS data experts will ..read more

This week, we are excited to be bringing together many of the world’s leading minds on data-driven education at the QS EduData Summit 2022. Among the keynote speakers at this year’s conference – being held at the United Nations Delegates Dining Room in New York and online – are speakers from IBM, UNESCO, Elsevier, the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, Google and Intel’s AI Ethics Lead Architect Ria Cheruvu. Ria, who joined Intel aged 14 and graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in data science aged 16, leads a team responsible for the development of trustworthy AI te ..read more

To mark 10 years since the launch of the International Student Survey (ISS), we spoke to QS Insights Manager, Alex Berka, about his work on the survey throughout the years and its impact on the higher education sector. QS Insights Manager Alex Berka Can you tell us what the ISS is and how you’ve been involved in it since its launch? “The ISS is an online quantitative survey of prospective international students from all over the world. As the Insights Manager at QS, I manage the survey, determine the survey content and foster partnerships with universities who can then distribute the surve ..read more

Staff from across the higher education sector have been attending their first face-to-face events since restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 began to be lifted.  Over the past few months, recruitment and events team staff have packed their banners and business cards into their suitcases and headed to the airport for the first time in two years.  Though restrictions remain in place in several regions and countries, organisations – including QS – have now brought back physical events into their schedules and planning.  QS will continue to offer a flexible student events pr ..read more

Prospective business school students are showing increasing confidence in the quality of online master’s programmes. Leading business school accreditation body AACSB says their assessments set the same high-quality standards for online programmes as they do for on-campus ones. While students and educators were forced to adapt to online course delivery during the pandemic, now schools are reviewing whether hybrid or even 100% virtual courses should form part of their permanent course portfolio. Quality standards must be met, whatever the mode of delivery AACSB provides quality assurance and le ..read more