QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) is the world’s leading information specialist in the higher education sector. QS’s mission is to enable motivated people to fulfil their potential by fostering educational achievement, international mobility and career development. Through our exclusive events, publications, research and interactive web tools, we link undergraduate, graduate, MBA and executive communities around the world with recruiters and education providers. Our communities include QS TopUniversities.com, QS TopGradSchool.com, QS TopMBA.com, and QS Global Workplace.com, providing the complete online solution for prospective undergraduate, graduate and MBA students worldwide. TopUniversities.com, the home of the QS World University Rankings®, received over 5.7 million visitors in 2009. QS publications include the QS Top Grad School Guide and the QS Top MBA Careers Guide, which feature articles, interviews and information on news and trends in the postgraduate and MBA markets. The Top Universities Guide is the definitive annual guide to the world’s leading universities as ranked by the QS World University Rankings®. The highly diverse QS team of over 150 individuals from the four corners of the world include internationally recognized experts in the higher and business education arena. Founded in 1990, QS operates globally from offices in London, Paris, Stuttgart, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Sydney, Washington DC, Boston, and Johannesburg.