How QS engages with governments
We work with governments seeking change and socioeconomic development through higher education.
Transforming global higher education policy
Our world-leading data, insights, and expertise set and shape higher education policy globally.
Strategy transformation
We partner with governments to align their national higher education research goals with socioeconomic needs through our decades of expertise and data.
Future policy planning
With verifiable, comparable, and referenced data, use QS insights to create effective, transformational policy.
Sustainability
Learn how the sector is engaged in the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, using data on research, social outcomes, and governance.
Quality assurance
Ensure your country’s universities contribute to broader national objectives through globally-recognised frameworks.
Collaboration and partnership
Engage in joint strategic projects and initiatives, utilise our convening power to share your message, and forge new partnerships.
Mobility, internationalisation and transnational education
Tap into the global talent pool of students and faculty by building your higher education sector’s reputation and simplifying transnational education.
Digital and AI Maturity
Navigate digital maturity and AI adoption with our resources, expertise and strategies.
Government engagement formats
We partner with governments to shape their national higher education strategy through our trusted data, quality assurance and advisory capabilities. We support policy and planning through:
Strategic partnerships
- Research & reputation building
- Employability & alignment of skills with demand
- International engagement, TNE & partnerships
- Sustainability transformation
- Quality assurance including digital and AI competency
- Policy, planning & implementation of international student recruitment
Advisory services and data analytics
- Roundtables and consultation with public officials
- Country overviews and higher education performance benchmarks
- Programme implementation and performance tracking
Professional conferences and summits
- Keynote speeches at QS-organised events with sector leaders
- Ministerial round tables
- Profile building through interviews and publications
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Why collaborate with QS?
We’re a trusted source of analytics and expertise for students, employers, universities and policy makers who are seeking an unbiased perspective on global higher education.
74,000 students, 102 cities
We support students at more than 300 student fairs and events every year.
4,700 higher ed institutions
We connect with institutions across the globe at our conferences and forums.
800+ higher ed experts
We are a passionate community of global higher education experts in 41 locations.
100,000 enrolments
We support more than 100,000 students each year to enrol at their dream university.
Our thought leaders
Sergei Khristoliubov , Regional Director of Client Partnerships EECA and Global Government 
Dr Ashwin Fernandes , Executive Director
Dr Shadi Hijazi is a management and marketing specialist and a consultant with multinational experience in higher education strategy. He has worked at QS for more than a decade with previous experience as a researcher and lecturer at institutions across the globe.
Dr Shadi Hijazi , Principal Consultant
Jacques de Champchesnel , Head of Consulting & Insights
Selma Toohey , Executive Director - Europe
Elson Freire , Regional Director of Client Partnerships and Global Government Initiatives - Latin America
Ben Webb , Regional Commercial Director - North America
Jeroen Prinsen , Executive Director - APAC
Leigh Kamolins , Director of Analytics & Evaluation
Helen Kelly , Principal Consultant
Jessica assumed the position of CEO in September 2022, after serving as Group Managing Director from 2019. Jessica leads a diverse global team focused on nurturing and amplifying the trust QS has earned over three decades from the worldwide higher education community, students, employers and policymakers.
Jessica Turner , Chief Executive Officer
A University of Cambridge and Wharton School alumnus, Nunzio is the founder of QS and the visionary behind the QS World University Rankings – now the most cited global rankings worldwide.
Nunzio Quacquarelli , Founder and President
Ben is one of the founding thinkers behind the QS World University Rankings and a veteran in the field of comparative institutional performance in global higher education. As Senior Vice President at QS, Ben heads the institutional performance unit, dedicated to bringing together policy makers and HE leaders through the power of data and insights.
Ben Sowter , Senior Vice President
Our convening power and global network
State leaders, heads of governments, and ministers speak at our higher education summits and conferences to strengthen the reputation of their countries, showcase their excellence, and convey their messages to global audiences.
Summits and conferences
Ministries of education use our data and insights to identify the gaps between the status quo and their strategic aspirations. We help them to make informed decisions on the allocation of human, organisational, and financial resources and development of strategic partnerships.
University rankings
Governments globally use the QS World University Rankings as a quality standard to attract the best talent from the world’s universities to study.
Student recruitment events
“Study in…” agencies build their global outreach by actively participating in our international student recruitment events.
Frameworks and quality assurance
Government higher education agencies and departments use our frameworks for optimised quality assurance and improved outcomes.
Our partners around the world
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