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Nunzio Quacquarelli MA Cambridge, MBA Wharton Managing Director, QS

QS STARS Shining a Light on Excellence . Nunzio Quacquarelli MA Cambridge, MBA Wharton Managing Director, QS. Trusted. Independent. Global. 1. QS mission.

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Nunzio Quacquarelli MA Cambridge, MBA Wharton Managing Director, QS

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  1. QS STARS Shining a Light on Excellence Nunzio Quacquarelli MA Cambridge, MBA Wharton Managing Director, QS Trusted. Independent. Global. 1

  2. QS mission Enabling motivated people around the world to fulfil their potential, by fostering international mobility, educational achievement and career development. Trusted. Independent. Global. 2

  3. About qs – world’s leading HE event organiser • Founded in 1990 at Wharton – now over 200 staff with offices in 10 countries • No one is doing more than QS to raise awareness of internationally minded institutions – face to face • World’s leading higher education events provider – 240 events & Conferences this year in 45 countries • QS World MBA Tour……#1 worldwide • QS World Grad School Tour…#1 worldwide • QS Top Universities Tour……..new • QS APPLE Conference (Asia- Pacific)…#1 Asia • QS MAPLE Conference (Middle East & Africa) Trusted. Independent. Global. 3

  4. About QS – first contact online • No one is doing more than QS to raise awareness of the quality education choices – online • World leading information sites for higher education: • www.topuniversities.com - 10 million visitors in 2010 (more than 3 X traffic of any other international rankings site) • www.topgradschool.com – 1.4 million visitors • www.topmba.com – 1.5 million visitors • Over 50 million views of QS Rankings in last 12 months on QS and partner web sites Trusted. Independent. Global. 4

  5. About qs – technology supporting international student mobility QS technology supports the largest student exchange and mobility network QS Unisolution - 380 HE institutions in 30 countries moveon leads the market for managing international mobility • topapply streamlines managing prospects & online applications 5 Trusted. Independent. Global. 5

  6. About qs – intelligence unit QSIU strives to be the most trusted source of independent global HE intelligence Led by Ben Sowter To meet the demand for institutions to have insight into their competitive environment To meet the public demand for comparative data on; universities across borders, admissions and career trends Main services Production of; rankings, international student application trends and salary & recruitment trends since 1990 Provision of benchmarking data for HE leadership Auditing Star Ratings for Universities Trusted. Independent. Global. 6

  7. Why Qs has produced world rankings since 2004 The student journey requires comparative information Information gathering – Rankings, comparative web-sites, fairs, advisors, guides The Academic Community wants a basis for comparison of international institutions Research and student exchange partnerships Benchmarking Governments want a basis for comparison Investment and performance assessment Employers wants a basis for comparison Olga Molina, HR Manager of Ernst and Young “(QS) University Rankings are indispensable when HR explores new niches: be it the graduates from the new geography or specialization. How a university is ranked definitely helps reduce uncertainty.” Trusted. Independent. Global. 7

  8. University Rankings University league tables continue to attract the attention of prospective students making life-changing decisions • Strengths of rankings • Over 50 million people have viewed QS’ results in 12 months • Provides a basis for benchmarking performance across borders • Limitations of rankings • Limited data available for rankings • Specialist strength often overlooked • Difficult to capture the diversity of higher education institutions • Performance is relative to others Trusted. Independent. Global. 8

  9. UCT could be 107 this year and make significant improvements such as recruiting more post-doctoral scholars and leading international scientists, increasing further its research articles and so on. But if the university at position 110 has improved slightly more than UCT, the UCT will drop- though this will not reflect any deterioration. A better system would be to have categories – such as five-star, four star ratings with no limit on how many universities may qualify for five star rating if they meet the top-notch criteria. “Do university rankings matter” Dr Max Price, Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Town 9

  10. QS Academic Advisory Board ‘guiding quality and new developments’ QS has invited leading faculty and experts to help create a feasible framework for this research exercise. This advisory Board is currently made up of people who share our passion and vision for the management education sector. Over 20 academic representatives from Argentina, Australia, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Spain, UK, USA.They include; Jerry Wind - Professor of Marketing at Wharton, U.Pennsylvannia Alan Kantrow – Professor at Skolkovo and former Editor of McKinsey Quarterly and Harvard Business Review, Santiago Iniguez - Dean of IE Dr Bhaskar Das – Executive President Times of India, Professor Emma Rasiel - Head of Economics, Duke University Paul Thurman - Clinical professor in Statistics, Columbia Business School Edouard Housson – Chancellor, Universities of Paris Trusted. Independent. Global. 11

  11. Trusted. Independent. Global. Why QS Stars? We’re responding to a need in the industry Institutions - Many institutions are seeking to differentiate themselves in the international arena, without reliance on rankings Perspective Students – Providing a deeper insight – enabling prospective students to see beyond the headlines and identify excellence that might otherwise remain in shadow We recognise… Universities vary from each other, with different missions and different areas of expertise. 12

  12. Trusted. Independent. Global. How do qs ratings Differ? Ratings are not dependent on the performance of other institutions Performance measured against pre-set global thresholds, facilitating independent performance tracking over time Ratings can “Shine a light on Excellence” Highlights the institutions specialities and expertise Ratings can reflect important university missions which cannot be included in rankings Less focus on research Includes teaching quality, based on a globally comparative student survey Includes ‘Community Engagement’ & ‘Knowledge Transfer’ 13

  13. Trusted. Independent. Global. QS Star ratings for universities 14

  14. Trusted. Independent. Global. Star allocation 1 star – 100 / 1000 2 stars – 250 / 1000 3 stars – 400 / 1000 4 stars – 550 / 1000 5 stars – 700 / 1000 15

  15. Trusted. Independent. Global. 1. Research 16

  16. Trusted. Independent. Global. 2. employability 17

  17. Trusted. Independent. Global. 3. Teaching 18

  18. Trusted. Independent. Global. 4. Infrastructure 19

  19. Trusted. Independent. Global. 5. Internationalization 20

  20. Trusted. Independent. Global. 6. Innovation 21

  21. Trusted. Independent. Global. 7. Engagement 22

  22. Trusted. Independent. Global. 8. Rank in Specialist Subject 23

  23. NTU is undergoing rapid development and the current ranking from QS is a confirmation that NTU today has a high international standing. NTU is participating in a QS Star audit to establish our strengths as a university across a broader set of criteria than can be measured in any ranking system, to provide valuable information for our many stakeholders: students, employers, fellow academics as well as our local community. Bertil Anderson, President, Nanyang Technical University Trusted. Independent. Global. 24

  24. You may be interested to know that we used QS data – along with a number of other datasets – to analyse our performance and prospects ….. The outcome was that our University Council approved a research investment strategy of some AUD$40m over 5 years and a new investment cycle approach to research development. Sue Rowley University of Technology, Sydney Trusted. Independent. Global. 25

  25. QS Stars – international visibility • QS World Universities & World Grad School Tour: Star ratings will also be seen by the 250,000 people who register for one of the 245 QS events per year, representing over 5% of the global international HE student population. • School signs (optional) • dedicated pull up banners • Media campaign in our partner publications e.g. US News, The Guardian, Times of India, Handelsblatt etc • Topuniversities.com: extensive visibility with over 10 million visitors in 2010. • Appear on school profile page • Appear in country and regional features • Appear alongside World University Rankings • Search & Scorecard: QS Stars will be available as a search criterion in the online search tool Trusted. Independent. Global. 26

  26. Qs b-school star ratings Note: +Analysis for B-School as a whole. * Analysis for Full-Time MBA Trusted. Independent. Global. 27

  27. Contact us: deena@qs.com / intelligenceunit@qs.com Follow the Blog: iu.qs.com Thank You Trusted. Independent. Global. 28

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