Online Bilgi and QS Quacquarelli Symonds sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement for Türkiye
Istanbul, 5 August 2025: Online Bilgi, a trusted leader in Information Services and Technologies in Türkiye, is proud to announce a new partnership with QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global higher education think-tank and publisher of the most authoritative and referenced university and business school rankings.
Under this agreement, Online Bilgi has been appointed as an authorised Channel Partner and reseller for Türkiye, offering QS’s institutional performance and student recruitment solutions and services to support universities and higher education institutions across the country.
This strategic collaboration is designed to increase global competitiveness and international visibility of Turkish institutions by enabling access to QS’s data, platforms, expertise, and services.
QS’s Data, Platforms and Services
Through this partnership, Turkish institutions will gain local access to:
- QS Analytics data and insights about performance in QS World University Rankings, QS Europe University Rankings, QS World University Rankings by Subject, and QS Sustainability Rankings to guide institutional strategy and benchmarking
- QS Stars programme whose member institutions undergo a comprehensive audit of their performance and receive world-renowned marks of distinction
- QS Conferences & Branding services with unique opportunities to establish strong presence at higher education summits and forums as well as in higher education publications
- QS Digital services for global positioning of higher education institutions on TopUniversities.com, TopMBA.com, QSChina.cn, owned and operated by QS
- QS International Student Recruitment services including access to international student recruitment events and end-to-end platforms
- QS Consulting Services supporting Turkish universities in reputation management, research analytics, internationalisation, employability, and sustainability
Yusuf Candemir, Finance Director of Online Bilgi, commented:
“This partnership with QS will provide Turkish higher education institutions with world-class tools and services to increase their global recognition, enhance their academic and employer reputation, and attract more international talent. We are excited to bring these opportunities to Türkiye through a locally dedicated partnership.”
Jason Newman, Chief Commercial Officer at QS Quacquarelli Symonds, added:
“QS is pleased to partner with Online Bilgi to expand our reach in Türkiye. We look forward to continue working with Turkish universities to enable their growth, transformation, and global engagement.”
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About Online Bilgi
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About QS – Quacquarelli Symonds
“Enabling motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfil their potential through educational achievement, international mobility, and career development.”
QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insight to the global higher education sector, whose mission is to empower motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfil their potential through educational achievement, international mobility, and career development.
The QS World University Rankings portfolio, inaugurated in 2004, is the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university performance. Their flagship website, www.TopUniversities.com – the home of their rankings – was viewed more than 120 million times in 2024, and over 134,000 media clippings pertaining to, or mentioning, QS were published by media outlets across the world in 2024.