QS Quacquarelli Symonds

QS Quacquarelli Symonds was founded in 1990 and has become established as the world’s leading network for top careers and education. Our mission is to enable motivated people around the world to fulfill their potential by fostering international mobility, educational achievement and career development.

As producers of the THE-QS World University Rankings, we are the only independent education organisation that is truly ‘raising the bar’ of global higher education standards.

Our loyal, ‘blue-chip’ client base includes:

  • over 400 leading business schools which include Wharton, NYU, Chicago, INSEAD, LBS, IESE
  • over 180 leading universities amongst whose ranks are Columbia, MIT, Duke, California, LSE, Warwick, Edinburgh, Politecnico di Milano, Melbourne, National University of Singapore
  • over 200 multi-nationals and regional recruiters including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, AT Kearney, Bain, Eli Lilly, GE, Shell, McKinsey.

Global partners are crucial in helping us to achieve such effective delivery. As well as major institutions and government bodies worldwide, over 300 different media work closely with us. Our TV, newspaper, magazine, and online partners include:

International - CNN, Business Week, Wall St. Journal Asia, International Herald Tribune
America - Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Toronto Star
Europe - The Times, Le Figaro, Handelsblatt, Expansion y Empleo, Corriere della Sera, Vedemosti, Millyet
Asia - South China Morning Post, Japan Times, Bangkok Post, The Times of India

On this website, we present a thumbnail view of QS key services and other activities. Please do not
hesitate to contact us for more information about our excellent and expanding opportunities or to discuss a wider synergy between your organisation and QS.

Nunzio Quacquarelli
Managing Director

Quick facts about QS

• Established 1990
• Team of over 80 highly diverse representatives from five continents
• 25 languages spoken in-house
• Main offices: London, Paris, Singapore
• Satellite offices: Alicante, Beijing, Johannesburg, Sydney, Washington DC

To enable motivated people around the world to fulfill their potential by fostering international mobility, educational achievement and career development.

QS Mission

Our Targeted Approach

• Our focus: the best and most deserving candidates worldwide, motivated parents
and school leavers, top graduates, MBAs and alumni
• Our method: original research, events, conferences, guides and web tools