QS Top Universities: Purpose & Approach

QS Top Universities: Purpose & Approach: "themselves are increasingly being required to compete - for the best faculty, the brightest students, lucrative research contracts and even government funding. The notion of a 'World Class University' is becoming ever more important to governments, employers, investors, alumni, students, applicants and the universities themselves. Without measurement it is difficult to identify which universities may qualify today, let alone how others may be able to get there tomorrow."