Chapter 11 QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds. The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings, and five independent regional tables—namely Asia, Latin America, Emerging Europe and Central Asia, the Arab Region, and BRICS Published in Chapter:

1. New Entrants. A new entrant should be in the global Top 20% in academic reputation. *1. 2. Paper Threshold. For the QS World University Rankings, an institution should have at least 100 papers indexed by Scopus and published over a 5-year window. Only papers of relevant paper types and after affiliation cap is applied are considered.

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a British company specialising in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world. The company was founded in 1990 by Nunzio Quacquarelli.

QS World University Rankings is a portfolio of comparative university rankings compiled by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).