On June 16 Mahasarkham University delegates from all over Thailand participated in a QS World University Rankings (QS WUR) Master Class seminar. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings is reputed as one of, if not the, world’s most reliable guides to university performance.
The seminar was held at the MSU Faculty of Infomatics with Mandy Mok, Managing Director of QS Asia, giving a presentation on strategies for universities to achieve world class status in the early morning session. Ms. Mok’s informative presentation explained the workings of the QS organisation and what benefits can be gained by tertiary institutions joining and making use of QS networking capabilities.
Senior QS consultant, Dario Consoli, also spoke in the morning session providing a thorough explanation on varying criteria used in the creation of the major university world rankings. Mr Consoli also included advice on how some universities successfully create marketing strategies and most importantly how a university can learn to discover and analyse its own strengths and weaknesses before creating a marketing plan to attract international students.
Mr. Consoli had a busy day, also running a four hour open Globalisation Workshop in the afternoon, providing extra information and fielding many questions on the world university rankings process. Questions were asked and answered on how Thai universities can best adapt to find their place in an increasingly mobile academic world.
Normally seminars such as this are held in major city centres. It was a pleasure for Mahasarakham University to bring this world class QS Master Class seminar to the heart of north east Thailand.
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