QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system now comprises the global overall and subject rankings (which name the world’s top universities for the study of 48 different subjects and five composite faculty areas).

Thus, universities continue to be evaluated according to the following six metrics:
Academic Reputation 40; Employer Reputation 10; Faculty/Student Ratio 20; Citations per faculty 20; International Faculty Ratio 5; International Student Ratio 5