What does QS World University Rankings mean?

QS World University Rankings is an annual world university ranking published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS, Chinese name: Quacquarelli Symonds), a British international education market consulting company. .

QS initially cooperated with Times Higher Education (THE) to jointly launch the "THE-QS World University Rankings", which was first released in 2004 and is a relatively early global university ranking; in 2010 Since 2009, QS and THE have terminated their cooperation, and both have begun publishing their own world university rankings. QS Global Education Group generally updates its rankings every summer.