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“The reports have served us to better know our strengths and deficiencies/opportunities as a teaching and research university and to take appropriate actions for improvement.”

Dr. Francisco J. Cantu.Professor of Research and Graduate Studies at Tecnológico de Monterrey

“The QS rankings rate the world’s top 400 universities, evaluating each institution’s strengths in research, teaching, the employability of its graduates and international outlook.”

BBC News, 11th September, 2012

QSIU Client Base 2

QS Stars for Universities and Business Schools 4

Benchmarking Services 8

Academic Reputation Dataset 10

Consulting Service 12

Partner Identification Services 14

QS World University Rankings® 16

Academic Branding Portfolio 18

Meet the Team 24

Welcome

“The process of accreditation by QS Stars required us to collect and compile information regarding our university and academic performance that until then had not been gathered systematically. But the enthusiastic support of our faculty and staff allowed us to demonstrate our high level of achievement, which resulted in an impressive number of stars in a wide range of fields. We are grateful to have had this opportunity to participate in a survey marked by high professional standards and backed by a supportive staff.”

Elena López Díaz Delgado, Vicerrectora de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad de Alcalá

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QS Quacquarelli Symonds

QS Intelligence Unit

QS Quacquarelli Symonds was founded in 1990 and has established itself as the leading global provider of information and solutions in higher education as well as careers.

Our expanding portfolio of clients and partners include major institutions, government bodies and over 300 different global media outlets.

An independent audit of the company conducted by Paramarq in December 2010 found:

~ 97% of QS clients were fairly/very satisfied with QS services ~ Over 85% of QS clients would recommend QS to colleagues

We are headquartered in London with major offices in Paris, Stuttgart, Portland and Singapore, as well as satellite offices in Beijing, Sydney, New York City, Boston, Washington DC, and Johannesburg.

The QS Intelligence Unit (QSIU) was formed in 2008 as a distinct and autonomous department in order to meet the increasing public interest for comparative data on universities and organisations, and the growing demand for institutions to develop deeper insight into their competitive environment.

Building on over 20 years of collecting institutional data, our portfolio of research projects include the QS World University Rankings®, which has been in existence since 2004.

With over 20 team members in the London and Singapore offices, QSIU is a highly skilled and culturally diverse team.

Quick Stats About QSIU...

834 number of universities in the QS World University Rankings®

172 number of clients in QSIU’s client base

38 number of countries our clients span

17 languages spoken in the QSIU offices

10 years since the QS World University Rankings® has been in existence

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A snapshot of our client base

ArgentinaUniversidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE)Universidad Austral

AustraliaAustralian National UniversityBond UniversityCarnegie Mellon University, AustraliaCentral Queensland UniversityCurtin UniversityDeakin UniversityDeakin Graduate School of Business and LawGriffith UniversityJames Cook UniversityMacquarie UniversityMonash UniversityMonash University - Faculty of Business and EconomicsMurdoch UniversityQueensland University of TechnologyRMIT UniversityRMIT Graduate School of BusinessSouthern Cross UniversitySwinburne University of TechnologySydney Business School, University of WollongongThe Deakin Graduate School of BusinessThe University of SydneyThe University of Western AustraliaUniversity of AdelaideUniversity of Melbourne

University of the Sunshine CoastUniversity of New South WalesUniversity South AustraliaUniversity of TasmaniaUniversity of Technology, SydneyUniversity of Western AustraliaUniversity of WollongongThe University of NewcastleThe University of Queensland

BelgiumUniversity of Liege (ULG)

Brazil Associacao Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM)Campus BrasilUniversidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

CanadaUniversité de MontréalUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of GuelphUniversity of Western Ontario

ChileUniversidad Adolfo Ibáñez

ColombiaUniversidad de los AndesUniversidad del NorteUniversidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB)

Czech RepublicBrno University of Technology

DenmarkAalborg University

EcuadorUniversidad Central del EcuadorUniversidad de Especialidades Espiritu (UEES)Universidad San Francisco de Quito

IraqTikrit University

Hong KongCity University of Hong KongHong Kong Baptist University

IndiaAmity UniversityManipal UniversitySRM UniversityVIT University

IndonesiaInstitut Teknologi BandungBINUS UniversityInstitut Pertanian BogorInstitut Teknologi Sepuluh NopemberUniversitas AirlanggaUniversitas DiponegoroUniversitas Islam IndonesiaUniversitas Kristen Petra

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Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangUniversitas Sebelas Maret

IrelandNational University of Ireland, GalwayUniversity College CorkUniversity of Limerick

ItalyPolitecnico de MilanoUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversità Ca’ Foscari VeneziaUniversità di Pisa

JordanJordan University of Science & TechnologyUniversity of Jordan

KazakhstanAl-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityAbai Kazakh National Pedagogical University

LithuaniaVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityVytautas Magnus University

MacauUniversity of Macau

MexicoFundacion Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP)Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)Tecnológico de MonterreyUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónUniversidad de Monterrey (UDEM)Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (UAM)Universidad Autónoma de MexicoUniversidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH)

NetherlandsHAN University of Applied SciencesUniversity of GroningenUniversity of Twente VU University Amsterdam

New ZealandAuckand University of TechnologyAuckland University of Technology Business SchoolMassey University

The University of AucklandUniversity of CanterburyVictoria University of Wellington

ParaguayUniversidad Autónoma de Assunción

PeruUniversidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL)

PortugalUniversity of Coimbra (UC)

RussiaFar Eastern Federal UniversityHigher School of EconomicsMGIMON.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni NovgorodSiberian Federal UniversityTomsk Polytechnic University

Saudi ArabiaAl-Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic UniversityKing Abdulaziz UniversityKing Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsKing Saud UniversityQassim UniversityUmm al Qura University

SingaporeNanyang Technological University

South AfricaNorth-west UniversityUniversity of the Witwatersrand

South KoreaChonbuk National UniversityDongguk UniversityEwha Womans UniversityKAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyKorea UniversityKyungpook National UniversityPohang University of Science and TechnologySeoul National UniversitySungkyunkwan University

SpainCESINE UniversityIE UniversityUniversidad de Alcalá

SwedenKTH Royal Institute of TechnologyLund University

SwitzerlandETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

TaiwanFeng Chia UniversityTaipei Medical UniversityNational Taipei University of TechnologyNational Chengchi University

ThailandKing Mongkut’s University of Technology ThonburiKasetsart UniversityMahasarakham University

TurkeyEastern Mediterranean University

United Arab EmiratesAmerican University of SharjahGulf Medical University

United KingdomAston UniversityBath Spa UniversityDurham University Hertfordshire Business School IELTS - British CouncilLancaster UniversityKing’s College LondonNewcastle UniversityNottingham Trent UniversitySwansea University University of Central LancashireUniversity College BirminghamUniversity of CumbriaUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of HuddersfieldUniversity of LeicesterUniversity of StrathclydeUniversity of Nottingham

United States American UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)The Ohio State UniversityUniversity of South Florida

VietnamFPT University

CATEGORY STAR RATING

Research

Employability

Teaching

Facilities

Internationalization

Innovation

Access

Engineering and Technology

OVERALL

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� e QS Intelligence Unit has, through rigorous and independent data collection and analysis of performance metrics as set out in the QS Stars™ methodology, rated

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Five Star Plus institution.

� e QS Stars™ rating system is operated by the QS Intelligence Unit, the independent compiler of the QS World University Rankings® since 2004. � e system evaluates universities across a wide range of important performance indicators as set against pre-established international standards. By covering a broader

range of criteria than any world ranking exercise, QS Stars™ shines a light on both the excellence and the diversity of the rated institution.

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QS Stars is rapidly growing into the chosen evaluation system for universities worldwide. With over 160 institutions globally participating in the QS Stars program in more than 35 countries, it is an international standard that is becoming increasingly recognized.

QS Stars uses a rating system that allows a university to shine irrespective of its size, shape and mission. At the end of the audit process universities receive a QS Stars Development Roadmap and are awarded stars for their overall performance and each of the category criteria.

The number of stars awarded at the overall and category levels will resonate with international students, parents and university staff, and become a valuable asset to add to your marketing collateral and outreach.

QS Stars uses a wide range of indicators to measure the performance of an institution. It is an opportunity for universities to highlight their strengths through awarded recognition. When associated with an institution’s brand, it acts as a powerful marketing mechanism for communicating distinct areas of strength to students, parents, academics, employers and the wider community.

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Benefits

QS Stars offers your university the opportunity to use your award to empower your marketing and branding collateral and campaigns. Once the audit has been completed you will receive a comprehensive pack that consists of various logos for your institution’s achievements. Under the licence agreement you will be entitled to use whichever logo you have been awarded on your marketing materials such as, website, recruitment fair, prospectus, business card, email signature and any other promotional tools*. QS supplies all logos in formats that will suit your printed and online materials.

Great international visibility

Events ~ QS Stars results will be seen by the 250,000 people who register for one of the 215 QS events per year, representing over 5% of the global international HE student population

~ Prominent school signs

Online and print ~ University rating appearing alongside the QS World University Rankings® results on topuniversities.com, with over 14.5 million visits in 2012

~ QS Stars rating on your university / business school / grad school profile page with detailed breakdown

~ Appear in country and regional features including Asian University rankings, Latin American rankings and 29 subject rankings

~ QS Stars will be available as a search criterion in the online search tool for MBA / Masters candidates.

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“NTU is a relatively young university, which has been developing rapidly in the last few years. The current ranking from QS is an affirmation that NTU today has a high international standing. The new QS Stars rating system further recognizes NTU’s strengths as a world-class university across a broader set of criteria than can be measured in any ranking system and provides valuable information for our many stakeholders - current students, prospective students, parents, teachers, employers, fellow academics and our local community.”Bertil Andersson

President, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

“From now on all of our promotional material, our website, and our publications, will include the QS Stars rating alongside the Australian government’s ERA analysis”

“Compared to an international ranking, QS Stars offers more of a framework for benchmarking. It’s something where criteria that are important can be measured over time, not just with our colleagues in Australia but with likeminded universities anywhere in the world, and that’s what really attracted us.”

“I think most universities will use QS Stars. Increasingly, discerning students who are much more knowledgeable about their opportunities, say ‘show me the evidence’. I sense that this is what the future is going to be - students wanting us not just to make assertions, but to back them up.”Jennie Lang

Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Vice-President, Advancement, University of New South Wales, Australia

“QS Stars actually drills down to further detail, which will give students the choice to compare us more usefully with other institutions.

We can use it to highlight the many diverse areas of strength that we have, and it will help us with our planning in areas such as branding, positioning, and telling us which areas to focus on.”Ailsa Lamont

Executive Director - International, RMIT University, Australia

“QS Stars was our first option to develop a SWOT analysis of our institution. QS Stars is much more than a ranking, it is a huge opportunity to learn about ourselves based on a credible external audit process. Using a mixture of absolute and relative merit, the QS Stars approach appears to be fair for everyone. We feel that we became more prepared to promote our image worldwide.”Amílcar Falcão

Vice-Rector for Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Endorsements

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QS Stars audit fee - US$9,850 ~ Audit valid for three years ~ Includes the QS Stars Development Roadmap detailing basis for achieved award and guidance on maintaining/improving award level

~ Optional annual audit can be conducted at an extra fee, within the three year cycle

QS Stars annual licence fee - US$6,850 ~ Presentation of specific results on a customised link ~ Licence to use supplied QS Stars graphics and logos in online and printed materials to present rating to stakeholders

Please note, the invoicing schedule will be as follows:

Year 1 - US$16,700 (audit fee and annual licence fee)

Year 2 - US$6,850 (annual licence fee)

Year 3 - US$6,850 (annual licence fee)

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Benchmarking Services

Institutions select a number (between 6 and 30) of target institutions from the QS World University Rankings list with which to compare themselves. A mixture of domestic and international institutions is ideal and a 3 to 5 year cycle is recommended in order to develop a comprehensive perspective.

Utilizing our QS Classifications System, we are able to assist clients in choosing their peer list, which is a critical starting point for the benchmarking process.

What is included? ~ World rank estimation for non-ranked institutions ~ Trend data on ranking positions, including information not publicly available ~ Access to the data behind the rankings, including Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation and Research Performance results

~ Variances in performance and a variety of other metrics

The Benchmarking Service utilizes the core data which has been collected over a period of ten years for the QS World University Rankings® and regional projects. The service provides a method of measuring and comparing a university’s performance and standards with those of its peers. It highlights institutional trends by presenting robust data in an accessible and comprehensive format and has been extensively used by institutions around the world as an important tool for strategic planning and research.

Advantages to Institutions

~ Allow institutions exclusive access to data used for the QS World University Rankings

~ Help institutions understand their position regionally, nationally and globally

~ Provides context to assist in setting realistic and achievable targets

~ Challenges operational complacency ~ Creates an atmosphere conducive to continuous improvement

~ Identify gaps and weak areas to indicate what is required to improve competitiveness

Benchmarking MethodologyBenchmarking Service: Year 3 Report – City University of Hong Kong

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Personnel Data Headcount FTE

Faculty 1,535 783 International Faculty 500 245 Students 19,20 0 13,453 International Students 9,305 6,869 Undergraduates 10,010 8,412 International Undergraduates 4,520 3,701 Postgraduates 9,190 5,041 International Postgraduates 5,785 3,168

Exchange Data Headcount FTE

Undergraduates Inbound 622 221 Undergraduates Outbound 45 45 Postgraduates Inbound 22 20 Postgraduates Outbound 5 5

Financial Data US$

Domestic Undergraduate Fees 14,300 International Undergraduate Fees 19,400 Domestic Postgraduate Fees 12,700 International Postgraduate Fees 19,100 Average Domestic Fees 14,000 Average International Fees 17,000 Annual Library Spending 20,000,00 Total Research Funding 50,000,000 Government 20,000,00 0 Industrial 30,000,00 0Facilities Investment -Community Investment 1,500,000 Alumni Donations 5,230,000

Scopus Data Papers Citations Impact

Overall 3,134 8,150 2.6 Arts & Humanities 28 49 1.8 Engineering & Technology 1,456 2,826 1.9 Life Sciences & Medicine 1,255 4,789 3.8 Natural Sciences 537 1,715 3.2 Social Sciences & Mgmt 630 1,988 3.2

Additional Information

Staff with PhD 250 Patents 25 Overall Student Satisfaction Rate 87 Teaching Student Satisfaction Rate 92 PhDs Awarded 123 Graduate Employment Rate 82 Students Pursuing Further Study 52 Average Entry Requirements -

QS Indicator Scores Client Global

Overall 38.1 -Academic Reputation 41.2 39.2 Employer Reputation 69.9 39.0 Faculty Student 12.1 44.3 Citations per Faculty 32.2 34.5 International Faculty 34.2 38.4 International Students 21.4 38.3

QS Faculty Area Scores Client Global

Arts & Humanities 17.7 15.6 Engineering & Technology 44.9 12.1 Life Sciences & Medicine 10.2 12.0 Natural Sciences 63.7 14.4 Social Sciences & Mgmt 11.7 13.7

Other Rankings

ARWU (Shanghai Jiao Tong) 282 (236) URAP 153 (182) Webometrics Ranking 504 ( 699) THE 123 (110) 4icu Web Popularity Ranking 323 Alexa Web Ranking 38752

Website Capture

Web Address: www.university.com Date Taken: 2013-04-10

Name: Commissioning institution Abbreviation: Client Location: City , Country Foundation Year: 1923 Classifi cation: Size: L ; Focus: CO ; Research: HI ; Age: 5 ; Status: A

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Faculty Level Rankings

Faculty Area 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Arts & Humanities - 50 114 620 147 Engineering & Technology - 496 543 174 40 Life Sciences & Medicine - 155 71 153 196 Natural Sciences - 32 134 91 157 Social Sciences & Management - 63 288 224 568

2012 QS World University Rank®

240 Overall Ranking

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

401 382 301 295 240

Academic Reputation

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

218 245 217 200 182

Employer Reputation

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

118 102 121 132 120

Faculty Student

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

219 193 345 229 230 Citations per Faculty

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

332 430 420 435 423 International Faculty

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

91 91 80 63 72 International Students

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

103 132 156 124 110

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“Specifically, we will use your information to identify institutions that could be a reference for us in key aspects, and to estimate the time we need to see changes reflected in our performance and in the perception of academics and employers...

Modules 2 and 3 clearly explain where we should focus to improve in our rankings performance. The benchmarking analysis by subject areas, citations and productivity (module 4) clearly describes the current situation and impact of research activities of our University in comparison with other institutions. The same kind of clarity can be found in Module 5, where we can get useful conclusions and successful examples that we can follow.”

Dr. Antonio Elias Ochoa. Dirección de Planeación y Evaluación, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

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AR= Academic ReputationER= Employer ReputationFS= Faculty StudentCF= Citations per FacultyIF= International FacultyIS= International Student

The charts in this module represent a snapshot of performance across all the indicators utilised in the 2012 Rankings, each presented in con-trast to Atlantis’ results. In each case, the area inside the line represents the all round strength of the institution across the six principal ranking indicators and would correlate perfectly with the overall ranking per-formance were it not for the infl uence of weightings; essentially this display approach implies that each indicator carries the same weight.

Some insights can be drawn from analysing the results of the peer institutions:

• Typically the more hexagonal the ‘shape’ of the institution, the better the performance, as exemplifi ed by Template (Chart 2.1). However this shape is not completely achieved for any of the selected peers as most of them, including top performer Athe-nea University (Chart 2.1), exhibit a weakness in at least one area. An area of weakness, for the purposes of this module, is defi ned by an indicator position below the 200 mark.

• At position 212, Atlantis does not perform particularly well in the International Faculty indicator. This may be a result of insuf-fi cient IPEDS data regarding international numbers, but overall, top American institutions, with only four exceptions in 2011, are not represented in the top 50 in this indicator. The excep-tion is San Diez (Chart 2.1) which performs well in both inter-national indicators.

• Atlantis, ranked in the top 100, similarly has weaknesses in the international indicators, performing at 249 in International Fac-ulty and 396 in International Students.

• Atlantis’s domestic peers, University 1 and University 2, also struggle in the international indicators: the former performs at 541 in International Students and the latter at 239 in Interna-tional Faculty.

• University 4 outperforms the selected peers in both interna-tional indicators.

• University 6 performs well overall at 84 however its ‘shape’ ex-hibits a distinct weakness in Faculty Student where it performs at 585. Otherwise, the selected peers perform well in the Fac-ulty Student indicator, averaging a rank of 56.

• University 5 performs well in all of the indicators except for the Employer Reputation index, where it performs at 204. Despite this, University 2 is placed at 12 overall. Peer 1 and Peer 4 and Peer 6 all outperform the institution in this indicator. University 3’s stellar and stable performance in the remaining indicators have helped it to achieve an impressive overall result.

• Peer 2 leads the selected peer group in both reputational indi-cators, performing at six in Academic Reputation and four in Employer Reputation.

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DOMESTIC ANALYSIS

There is a clear division in regional performance in the Citations per Faculty and Faculty Student indicators.

Chart 2.8 shows the average country performance in all six indicators. Analysts please write your own analysis. In the Citations per Faculty indicator, insti-tutions based in Country 2 perform on average 35% better than those located in Country 3, and 24% bet-ter than those in Country 2 and 19% in Country 1.

However, in terms of average country performance in the Faculty Student indicator, institutions in the region clearly dominate. Sample Country’s institutions perform on aver-age 23% better than institutions located in the US.

• Currently Atlantis performs at the bottom of the group in both reputational indicators. It is placed at 232 in Academic Reputation and 432 in Employer Reputation. Top performer Peer 2 achieves the best performance among the domestic peer group, at 32 in Ac-ademic Reputation and 83 in the Employer Reputation indicator.

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2.4

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Benchmarking Service

University of Atlantis

3 year total fee - US$45,000 ~ 5 standard modules, benchmarking against six institutions

5 year total fee - US$75,000 ~ 5 standard modules, benchmarking against six institutions

Additional institutions can be added to the benchmark list at a rate of $2,500 per institution per year.Supplementary modules can be added at a rate of $ 3,000 per module per year.

PRICING

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Regional Rankings: Asia and Latin AmericaThe purpose of each ranking is to provide a neutral and independent comparison of the quality of universities across the region, based on a set of criteria that commonly applies to all countries involved in the study.

QS World University Rankings by Faculty & Subject AreaThese rankings examine the institutional strength in specific fields. They cover over 30 narrow disciplines, grouped in five broad faculty areas: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences & Management.

The Benchmarking Service is also available for the following ranking exercises:

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A data-rich solution for measuring academic performance and institutional brand recognition.

The Academic Reputation Dataset is a benchmarking tool exclusive for World Top 350 institutions. It enables them to further analyze its academic performance and institutional brand perception.

This extensive dataset provides access to raw data from the QS Global Academic Survey, arguably the largest and strongest survey of its type drawing over 46,000 responses in 2012. Its results feed into the Academic Reputation indicator, the most distinctive component of QS World University Rankings®.

Basic 6 peer package - US$55,000

Additional cost per peer per year US$2,500PRICING

Academic Reputation Dataset

What is included? Each report includes all the academic responses nominating the client institution and/or the selected peers, broken down by respondent and institution profiles.

~ Responses from 5 continents and over 140 countries ~ Over 50 disciplines covered ~ High level of flexibility. The tool allows filtering by: ~ Narrow discipline fields ~ Broad faculty area ~ Respondent profile (country, job classification and experience in academia) ~ Respondent institution rank range ~ Respondent institution country ~ Respondent institution size ~ Respondent institution focus ~ Respondent institution research intensity ~ Respondent institution age

DeliverablesThe dataset is intended to provide a high level of flexibility. It is presented response by response, allowing for filtering and cross-referencing according to each institution’s needs.

The report is delivered in MS Excel format and includes basic pre-defined tables.

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Consulting Service

The prime objective of the consulting services offered by the QS Intelligence Unit is to assist universities, and other higher education institutions, who aspire to achieve world class standards.

Institutional Direction ~ Implementation and change management ~ Governance and structure ~ Infrastructure and facilities improvement ~ Internal communications ~ Financial planning

External Strategy ~ Internationalization ~ External communications ~ Online marketing and presence

Academic Impact ~ Faculty recruitment, retention and development ~ Entrepreneurship, innovation, knowledge transfer

Student Value ~ Learning and teaching development ~ Graduate employability ~ Student recruitment and experience

Implementation Services: ~ Setting up an International Office – governance & structure ~ Setting up an Institutional Research Office – governance & structure

~ Setting up internal performance measurement processes

Scope of the Advisory Services:

~ Bespoke Services: QSIU have a unique capacity and expertise in global higher education to provide customized advisory services that address our clients’ specific priorities, objectives, and culture.

~ International Advantage: QSIU is internationally unique in the higher education sector through their comprehensive and integrated services, with coordinated and collective team support.

~ Collective Strength: Every project we manage is championed by an international expert, teamed with an integrated selection of consultants who help ensure coherence and alignment between the different modules.

~ Strategic review and audit ~ Research strategy and publication performance

~ Internationalization of students & faculty ~ Market positioning and recognition ~ Accreditation, quality assurance and audit support

~ Online marketing and social media presence ~ Employer relations and careers service provision

~ Advisory on international ranking systems

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“QS has provided a thorough, professional, and analytical consulting service to our university and we are highly satisfied with the progress it has enabled us to make. They have provided access to a range of internationally renowned senior administrative and academic experts who have worked closely with university management to bring about real and positive changes to our professional practice.”Prof Nabeel Koshak, Vice President for Business & Innovation, Umm Al-Qura University

“QS offered us a deep insight into research strategy and the recommendations have been very useful in our improvement process. We strongly recommend the consulting service to universities that, like us, constantly seek to provide better services to students and to society as a whole.”Prof. Carlos Cruz Limon, Vice President External Relations and Internationalization, Tecnológico de Monterrey

“Great work and really helpful for us! We do appreciate your hard work and I’ll make all efforts to persuade people to implement all your recommendations! Work delivered did exceed what we expected.”Prof. Maxim Khomyakov, Vice President for Internationalization, Ural Federal University

Global Clientele

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Partner Identification Services

Stages

Module 1- US$ 10,000This module offers the option to choose a set of criteria- primary and secondary- that are of most interest, when identifying partner universities. Based on results in these criteria, up to ten specific partner institutions will be identified.

Primary criteria for selecting partner institutions include: country, university size, research intensity and focus (faculties and presence of a medical school). Our extensive research data is able to match university partners through paper intensity, research focus, subject area specification, and citation levels.

Secondary criteria for selecting partner institutions are based on the extensive data collected for the QS World University Rankings® , QS University Rankings: Asia, QS University Rankings: Latin America, and QS World University Rankings by Subject.

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PRICINGModule 2 - US$ 22,000This module includes the service provided in module 1, with a supplementary introduction to key contacts at all identified partner institutions. This module also comprises a one-page advert within the QS University Rankings supplement, which is emailed to senior university staff in a targeted region as well as a printed edition for distribution at major international higher education conferences. The client will also be provided with a button advert on the rankings section of the QS Intelligence Unit website, the academic home of the QS World University Rankings www.iu.qs.com.

Partner Identification – International Research Collaboration

Research and most importantly collaborative research is a key component when it comes to performing well in most major ranking systems. This service, a part of the whole engagement, serves as a solid starting point for establishing research partnerships with competitive institutions worldwide by providing recommendations tailored to the client’s own strategy in a particular region. The service can systematically identify ‘good-fit’ partner institutions for international research collaboration(s).

The service begins by identifying potential partnership opportunities in a targeted region, according to general and specific prerequisites established with the client. Further to selecting the appropriate partner institutions in the region, QSIU can provide contact details of key people in the selected universities.

This service includes access to arguably the world’s largest database on the international academic community. The database is used for the identification of ten partner universities that are specialized or have excellence and research strength in particular broad and/or narrow subject areas. Clients can then use this intelligence to potentially identify relevant study programs at the partner university.

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QS World University Rankings®

Academic ReputationA global survey of academics asking respondents to identify universities they consider excellent in their own broad field of knowledge.

Employer ReputationA global survey of employers with experience of recruiting from universities.

Citations per Faculty MemberUtilizing Scopus data (the world’s largest abstract and citation database of research literature operated by Elsevier), this indicator combines research productivity and quality, taking into account the scale of an institution.

Faculty Student RatioIn lieu of a globally available evaluation of teaching quality, this indicator is designed to serve as a widely available proxy for commitment to teaching.

International StudentsUsed to evaluate not only a university’s broad approach to internationalization, but to also give prospective students a feeling for an institution’s commitment and facilities for students from overseas.

International FacultyThis indicator supports the previous one in assessing a university’s commitment to providing a global educational environment.

The QS World University Rankings® presents a multi-faceted view of the relative strengths of the world’s leading universities.

Launch Event

MethodologySix indicators are drawn together to form an international ranking of universities:

QS World University Rankings live launch event will be held in each year in early September. This event is typically co-located with the annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition (2014 – PRAGUE). This annual event announces the latest results from the annual QS World University Rankings offering, giving exclusive access to the team behind the rankings with a full Q&A session on the day of release. This event is documented and video archived to allow a broad global audience to engage in the debate.

Make a date in your diary, the launch event of the QS World University Rankings 2014-2015 will take place on Tuesday, the 16th of September 2014.

For more information, contact jason@qs.com or visit www.iu.qs.com

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Regional and Subject Rankings

Sponsorships

Regional Rankings

Full results for these Rankings can be found online at www.topuniversities.com.

The purpose of each ranking is to provide a neutral and independent comparison of the quality of universities across the region, based on a set of criteria that commonly applies to all countries involved in the study.

QS University Rankings by Subject

This series of Rankings examine the institutional strength of universities in specific subject fields. Rankings in five key subject areas are produced: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & IT, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences & Management.

Sponsorship opportunities for the Rankings are available and provide a truly unique global reach to audiences within the higher education sector including parents and students. Sponsorship for regional rankings allow for a targeted media campaign in key countries.

For more information, contact jason@qs.com.

Format

QS World University Rankings® can be found online at www.topuniversities.com and in print.

Last year the Rankings were viewed over 50 million times and in 2013 received coverage in over 4,000 national and international newspapers and news portals.

“Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), one of the big three ranking organisations.”

The Economist, 10th October, 2011

“...widely recognised throughout higher education as the most trusted international tables...”

The Independent, 11th September, 2012

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Academic Branding Portfolio

Due to increased demand for marketing opportunities to the international academic community, The QS Intelligence Unit (QSIU) is pleased to inform you of a new and exciting service.

QSIU now offers institutions unrivalled exposure to the global academic community, providing institutions with an important platform to reach out to this dynamic and elusive audience. QS has one of the largest global academic databases, as well as one of the most-visited world university ranking websites in the world.

Institutions can now select tools within this portfolio based on regional or global exposure and our audience will receive targeted materials from QSIU. The majority of these services take the form of electronic and print publications. A detailed breakdown of each publication is below along with definitions of the various international conferences these publications will be distributed at and their target audience.

Academics and researchers, department heads, deans, vice chancellors, presidents, deputy vice chancellors, academics, rectors, institutional planning and research directors, international office directors, senior administrators.

NAFSA: Association of International Educators.EAIE: Internationalisation of Higher Education.AIEC: Australian International Education Conference.AIEA: Association of International Education Administrators.CBIE – BCEI: The Canadian Bureau for International Education.QS APPLE: QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference.QS MAPLE: QS Middle East and Africa Professional Leaders in Education Conference and Exhibition.

Advertising options are limited to 10 single color pages per publication.

Target readership Conference definitions:

Please contact jason@qs.com for more information.

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The QSIU Website

The QS Intelligence Unit’s website attracts a specific audience of academics who frequent the site for the latest news in higher education, rankings, and events information.

The website is relatively new but the audience has grown signficantly. In 2012, it received over 500,000 page views, an increase of 40% from the previous year. And the interest surrounding a website dedicated to a very specific global academic community continues to grow.

The site receives visitors from around the globe including the United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, and Italy. In total, the website reaches over 200 countries, highlighting its unique ability to garner a worldwide academic audience.

Advertisement opportunities are available to suit your target audience. Our rankings pages draw hundreds of thousands of visitors, and our events page pulls in tens of thousands of visitors. Spaces are limited, please contact jason@qs.com for more information.

Visit our QSIU Library on www.iu.qs.com. The library contains a wealth of reports, each pertaining to a specific area in higher education intelligence:

~ QS Careers Advisors’ Guide ~ TopMBA.com Jobs & Salary Trends Report

~ QS World University Rankings result tables - Excel format

~ Country Reports ~ QS World University Rankings Supplement

~ QS TopMBA.com Applicant Survey ~ QS World University Rankings by Subject - Result tables

~ QS University Rankings: Latin America Supplement

~ QS University Rankings: Asia Supplement

~ Special reports including Asia as a destination for innovation

The QSIU Library

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QS Rankings Supplements

Who Rules?QS World University Rankings®

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2013 QS University Rankings: Latin AmericaTM

Due to increased demand for marketing opportunities to the international academic The QS rankings supplements have become an important platform for universities to ensure their brand is established with academics and international university staff.

QS publishes a supplement focusing on the QS World University Rankings and our two regional rankings: QS University Rankings: Asia and QS University Rankings: Latin America annually.

We will also launch a fourth edition dedicated to the QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2014. These exclusive supplements are produced and distributed in both print and electronic versions.

Each of the four supplements is 48 pages which heralds the results from the latest rankings release. The individual supplements will be sent electronically on the morning of each release to academics and senior international university staff around the world. We will also distribute printed copies at all major global international higher education events as mentioned above.

Electronic copies - 30,000Print edition copies (each supplement) - 10,000

Conference distribution:

NAFSA, EAIE, AIEC, AIEA, CBIE, IREG, CIRPA, QS APPLE, QS MAPLE

Distribution

Please contact jason@qs.com for more information.

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ISSUE NO. 10 • AUGUST–OCTOBER 2013

A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR UNIVERSITIES BY QS ASIA

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Qassim University to promote education in India’s Muslim-populated areas

Qassim University of Saudi Arabia will be promoting higher education, research and training in Muslim-populated areas in India.

Kishan Ganj district of Bihar with a 70% Muslim population has been selected as the starting point of this mission. Qassim University dispatched a four-member delegation—led by Pro Vice Chancellor Abdur Rahman Saleh Raham Al Wasel— to visit the area and identify their primary higher education needs.

Motiur Rahman Madani, chairman of Tauheed Educational Trust—an institution working to promote education—said Qassim University had expressed its willingness to respond to the Trust’s initiative and help promote education and research in backward Muslim-populated areas. He added that after Kishan Ganj, the university’s delegation will visit some other poor, Muslim-populated areas of the country. He further mentioned that Qassim University will also provide scholarships to deserving students of these areas.

QS World University Rankings approved by IREG—Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence

QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the first compiler of global and regional university rankings to receive the “IREG Approved” label for three of its research outputs.

The International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) Executive Committee, at its meeting in Warsaw on May 15, 2013, decided to grant to QS the rights to use the “IREG Approved” label in relation to the following three rankings: QS World University Rankings, QS University Rankings: Asia, and QS University Rankings: Latin America.

The purpose of the audit, conducted by independent experts, is to verify that the rankings under review are compiled professionally and with a transparent methodology. Successful organizations also need to show that they observe good practices and respond to a need for relevant information from a range of stakeholders, in particular students, higher education institutions, employers and policy makers.

“QS is committed to the pursuit of best practice in international university rankings. We are, naturally, pleased to be the first international ranking to be IREG Approved,” said Ben Sowter, QS head of research. “Beyond the result itself, it signals the willingness to open our systems and processes up to external, independent scrutiny and exhibit the same transparency we demand of universities.”

“We are proud and honored to have received the IREG approval,” said Nunzio Quacquarelli, managing director of QS. “It is a testimony to the vision, dedication and sheer passion that our team has put into pioneering the evaluation of universities at a

global, regional and subject level.” He continued “Since the inception of the World University Rankings in 2004, QS has focused on criteria that are relevant to millions of international students and their parents.”

Separately, QS Asia concluded three higher education events from April–June. QS Asia held the 6th WorldClass seminar from April 1–3, 2013, in Taipei city. The seminar convened close to one hundred university leaders from more than sixty institutions to exchange their valuable knowledge, learn from the discussions and presentations, and network in the most relaxed atmosphere. Taipei Medical University was QS’s Organizing Partner in this prestigious event.

QS’s second biggest event and one of the biggest events in the Middle East and Africa—QS-MAPLE conference and exhibition—concluded its third occurrence on May 8, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 3rd QS-MAPLE conference and exhibition was a great success convening more than 200 academics from 108 Institutions and from a record-breaking array of 45 countries to exchange their valuable knowledge and explore potential partnerships. Also, for the first time in the history of QS higher education events, two universities from two continents—University of Johannesburg from Africa and Nanyang Technological University from Asia—co-hosted the conference.

Finally, the QS in conversation seminar—co-hosted by Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan from June 9–10, 2013—proved to be a great success gathering nearly 120 academics from 50 Institutions in 24 countries.

Qassim University representatives with their Indian counterparts. (Source: Tauheed Education Trust)

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QS World University Rankings Pocket Guide To The Top 200

News-2-WOW-U

QS World University Rankings live launch event (next Prague 2014)

Conference distribution:

NAFSA, EAIE, AIEC, AIEA, CBIE, IREG, CIRPA, QS APPLE, QS MAPLE

This slick and easy-to-use pocket guide is produced as a ‘quick’ guide to the top 200 and will be distributed at the live release event held alongside EAIE each year. The concertina guide offers 14 panels for universities to place the most powerful university brand, its logo, alongside the results of the QS World University Rankings.

Celebrating outstanding achievements in international higher education

The newsletter incorporates important news and views from the world’s higher education centers with a special focus on Asian, Middle Eastern, and African universities. News may highlight student and faculty achievements, program developments, research breakthroughs, innovations, international collaborations, international mobility agreements, and other notable accomplishments. The newsletter also highlights outstanding achievements in higher education at the national level in areas such as policy-making, bilateral partnerships, and multilateral associations. Distribution- up to 5,000 complimentary copies of the print edition are sent to the presidents of universities in Asia, Middle East and Africa and the online edition is emailed to our strong database of half a million academics and students.

Distribution

More information? RANKINGS: Ben Sowter ben@qs.comRELATED SERVICES: Jason Newman jason@qs.com

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Top Universities Guide

Careers Advisors’ Guide to the QS World University Rankings (Europe)

The authoritative guide to the world’s top universities

This popular publication comes in two languages—English and Chinese, both of which features results of the latest QS World University Rankings. It provides students and parents with up-to-date information and advice on making the right choice when deciding upon a university. The publication is a compendium of all the annual research conducted by QS on the best universities, with commentary on the recent trends in global higher education that is of particular interest to the international academic community.

The guide reaches a readership of over 200,000 in 72 countries and more than 100,000 in 285 Chinese cities respectively. The TUG is also available as an iPad app and in a USB drive which will be distributed at all of the major industry conferences. The online version is sent to QS Asia’s extensive database of half a million university academics and students.

The QS World University Rankings reach far and wide. This is especially true within the IB and independent school sector. This publication is dedicated to those who advise students and parents on international higher education (including education agents). This guide is written with this audience in mind, giving them a detailed explanation of our methodology as well as the results of the QS World University Rankings and QS University Rankings by Subject. We will always ask that the reader uses rankings sensibly as part of the process and not in isolation.

Top Universities Guide 2013 is written by acknowledged experts in higher education worldwide, university rankings and student options. John O’Leary, author of The Times Good University Guide,and Martin Ince, bring years of experience editing Times Higher Education (THES) and the original World University Rankings. Nunzio Quacquarelli as director of the QS World University Rankings® is editor in chief of the flagship QS resources for students worldwide including topuniversities.com, TopGradSchool.com and TopMBA.com.

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TopUniversitiesGuide

Top Universities Guide 2013 Information to make the best study choices worldwide

● QS World University Rankings® 2012/13

● Worldwide Rankings in 29 subjects - NEW

● Best student cities - NEW

● Top Universities in Asia and Latin America - NEW

● Top Univesities under 50 years old - NEW

● QS Stars™ excellence ratings

● Study abroad information

● Contact details of Top 700+ universities worldwide

“The QS World University Rankings, which are widely recognised throughout higher education as the most trusted international tables…” The Independent

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Print run - 5,000, twice per yearElectronic version - 5,000 recipients

Distribution:

EAIE, ECIS, NAFSA, QS Study down under tour

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QSIU Academic Brand Portfolio

Bronze package - US$25,0001 page advert in the QS WUR supplement

1 page advert in the LAR Supplement

1 page advert in the AUR supplement

1 page advert in the Subject supplement

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Silver package - US$35,000The above plus

1 page in 10th anniversary guide to the QS WUR

1 logo panel in the top 200 pocket guide

1 banner on iu.com 6 months

Gold Package - US$45,000The above plus

1 page in TUG English

1 page in TUG Chinese

1 page in the careers councillors guide

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Team of Analysts and ResearchersStephanie Braudeau, Ina Chiriliuc, Abby Chau, Martin Juno, Susan Gatuguta, Shadi Hijazi, Deena Al-Hilli, Irene-Jay Shin, Dr. Christina Yan Zhang and Hillol Nag.

Meet the team

Nunzio Quacquarelli - Founder and Managing Director of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.Nunzio believes that education and career decisions are too important to leave to chance. QS aims to be the world’s leading media and solutions company in the higher education sector and the most trusted on-line and off-line meeting place for all candidates, schools and businesses for career and educational related decisions, at each key career stage. Nunzio is responsible for the annual TopMBA.com Applicant and Recruiter Research, producing several reports including the annual QS Global 200 Top Business Schools Report. He is recognized as an authority on the strengths, weaknesses and specializations of business schools and universities around the world.

Ben Sowter - Head of Research at QS, leading the QS Intelligence Unit.Ben is fully responsible for the operational management of all major QS research projects and is actively involved in all the collection, compilation and tabulation of all the data that lead to, among others, the QS Top MBA Applicant and Recruiter Research and the QS World University Rankings®. Ben is a frequent contributor to the press and his opinions and expertise are used regularly by major global publications.

Baerbel Eckelmann - Research ManagerBaerbel has a MA in General Pedagogy, Sociology and Psychology from the University of Passau, Germany and a MA in Applied Social and Market Research from the University of Westminster. Soon after joining QS, Baerbel took on the responsibility for the data and knowledge management of the QS World University Rankings® and regional rankings exercises. Baerbel also manages the QSIU research team in Singapore.

Jason Newman - Global Commercial DirectorJason is based in QS London HQ, and has 22 years experience working in publications, events and promotions, including for the last 12 years in the international higher education sector. At QS he has run a portfolio of international undergraduate and graduate recruitment products and services. He consults with top universities worldwide, introducing the QS portfolio and advising them on strategies for brand positioning, international student recruitment and international partnerships.

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Contact us

Head of sales Jason Newman jason@qs.com

Australia, New Zealand and Canada Jason Newman jason@qs.com

UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Scandinavia and Switzerland Nicholas Sequeira nicholas@qs.com

France Nicolas Cletz nicolas@qs.com

Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Belgium Bernardo Amador bernardo@qs.com

Asia, Middle East and Africa Mandy Mok mm@qs.com Ashwin Fernandes ashwin@qs.com

Italy and Turkey Dario Consoli dario@qs.com

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Zoya Zaitseva zoya@qs.com

USA Mark Shay mark.shay@qs.com

Rest of World Jason Newman jason@qs.com

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To enable motivated people around the world to fulfill their potential, by fostering

educational achievement, international mobility and career development.

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