QS World University Ranking is an annual world university ranking published by QS, a British international education market consulting company. QS Company initially cooperated with Times Higher Education to jointly publish the world university ranking, which was first published in 2004, and was an earlier global university ranking. Since 20 10, QS and QQ have terminated their cooperation and started to publish their respective world university rankings. QS Global Education Group generally updates its ranking every summer.
QS World University Ranking 20 10 was recognized by IREG-International Academic Ranking and Excellence Association established by the International Expert Group on University Ranking, and it is one of the most influential rankings with the largest number of participating institutions in the world. Together with Times Higher Education World University Ranking, American News World University Ranking and World University Soft Science Academic Ranking, it is recognized as the four more authoritative world university rankings.
QS World University Ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, teacher-student ratio, research citation rate and degree of internationalization. Because of its open and transparent questionnaire survey form, it has been rated as one of the most eye-catching universities in the world, but it has also been criticized for its excessive subjective indicators and commercialization indicators.
Times Higher Education, formerly known as Times Higher Education Supplement, 19 10 started with a higher education column in The Times. After more than 100 years of construction and transformation, Times Higher Education has now become an international organization for big data analysis in world universities, and an award-winning international higher education media, reporting the development of higher education in various fields in various countries in time every day.
Its published Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings, U.S.News World University Rankings and World University Soft Science Academic Rankings are recognized as the world rankings of the four authoritative universities, but they are also criticized for their commercial factors and prejudice against English-speaking countries.
The ranking is updated once a year, with five categories 13 indicators, such as teaching, research, paper citation, internationalization and industrial income. It ranks among the 65,438+0,000 best universities in the world (involving nearly 90 countries and regions) and is considered as one of the most influential universities in the world.