QS World University Ranking is an annual world university ranking published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS for short), a British international education market consulting company. It is one of the most influential rankings with the largest number of participating institutions in the world. Four authoritative world university rankings recognized side by side with Times Higher Education World University Ranking, American News World University Ranking and World University Soft Science Academic Ranking.
QS World University Ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, teacher-student ratio, research citation rate and degree of internationalization, and is rated as one of the most striking university rankings in the world because of its open and transparent questionnaire survey.