It also ranked as 68th in the world by The Times Higher Education in 2011 and among 400 in world by THES — QS World University Rankings.

According to current Good Manufacturing Practice ( GMP ), medical device manufacturers have the responsibility to use good judgment when developing their quality system and apply those sections of the FDA Quality System ( QS ) Regulation that are applicable to their specific products and operations, in Part 820 of the QS regulation.

* Quality System ( QS ) Regulation

Sponsors of IDE's are also exempt from the Quality System ( QS ) Regulation except for the requirements for design control.

QS World University Rankings 2011-2012 placed the University of Sydney 38th in the world and 3rd in Australia behind the University of Melbourne ( 31st ), and behind the Australian National University which is ranked 26th in the world.

Jacques Mallah has released an eprint proposing to debunk quantum suicide and immortality in which he further cautions: " The QS / QI fallacies can threaten to lead to nothing less than a sort of postmodern fanatical religious cult, complete with promises of immortality, suicides ( perhaps by willing suicide bombers ), and murder.

With 75 undergraduate programs, 353 graduate programs and 96 doctorate programs to over 63, 700 students, UB was considered to be the best University in Spain in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, which ranked the university 148th overall in the world.

The UAB is considered to be the best University in Spain by the 2012 QS World University Rankings, which ranked the university 176th overall in the world.

In the 2011 QS Asian University Rankings, which employs a different methodology, Tokyo University came 4th.

In 2011, the Chinese University of Hong Kong was ranked 37th in the world, 2nd in Hong Kong and 5th in Asia by QS World University Rankings but the QS department of Asian University rankings which releases an independent list each year ranked the CUHK 3rd in Hong Kong and 5th in Asia.

It is considered the best University in Greece ( 2011 ) by The Times Higher Education mainly due to its research influence in which it ranks 145 < sup > th </ sup > out of the top 400 Universities of the World, and also in 2012 by QS World University Rankings.

In the 2012 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report, which indexes business schools based on their reputation with employers, the school was placed as the second best business school in Canada and the 13th best business school in North America, ahead of NYU Stern and Yale School of Management.

In 2012, Taipei Medical University was ranked as one of the World's Top 100 universities at which to study medicine, according to the QS World University Rankings.

* According to QS World University Rankings, Sant ' Anna School of Advanced Studies and Scuola Normale Superiore are part of the initiative " Invest Your Talent in Italy " which puts Italian graduate programmes on the world's stage.

Although all QSs will have followed a similar course of education and training ( for those entering the profession today, this is usually to degree level ), there are many areas of specialisation in which a QS may concentrate.

* The technique of measuring quantities from drawings, sketches and specifications prepared by designers, principally architects and engineers, in order to prepare tender / contract documents, is known in the industry as taking off. The quantities of work taken off typically are used to prepare bills of quantities ( BoQ ), which usually are prepared in accordance with a published Standard Method of Measurement ( SMM ) as agreed to by the QS profession and representatives of the construction industry.

This assessment was underscored by the recently published global ranking “ QS Top 50 under 50 ”, which also concentrates on universities under the age of 50.

QS has added to its main World University Rankings, starting in 2009 with the Asian University Rankings.

In the latest ( 2011 ) Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university was ranked between places 201-300 of all universities in the world and at the same time by the QS World University Rankings the university was ranked 202nd in the world ( overall ),

In 2011 QS World University Rankings placed Eindhoven at 146th internationally, but 61st globally for Engineering & IT.

The Times Higher Education placed Peking University as the 49th best university in the world in their 2011 rankings, while the QS World University Rankings placed the University at 46th worldwide in 2011.

Social sciences at Western was ranked 96th in the world in the 2010 QS World University Rankings.

The 2011 QS World University Rankings ranked the university at 149th, 25 places higher than the year previous.

The 2011 QS World University Rankings places Birmingham University at 67th in the world.

In 2012 the QS World University Rankings placed ETH Zurich at 13th overall in the world, and 1st in mainland Europe, while only four UK universities performed better than it in Europe.

One of Australia's best and most prestigious universities, UWA is highly ranked internationally in various publications ; the 2011 QS World University Rankings placed UWA at 73rd internationally.

U. S. News & World Report ranks MSU 71st in the U. S. The 2011 QS World University Rankings placed Michigan State University at 164th internationally.

In the 2010 QS World University Rankings it was ranked 192nd, whereas the 2011 rankings placed it at 165th.

According to QS World University Rankings 2011 / 2012, it was at 22nd in the world and the best in Hong Kong as well as Asia ..

The " Arts and Humanities " discipline at PolyU has been ranked among the top 40 in Asia and one of the top 4 in Hong Kong ( QS. com Asian University Rankings 2009 ).

In 2011, it ranked at number 145 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ( in 2010 the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings parted ways to produce separate rankings ).

The 2011 QS World University Rankings ranked Freie at 66th internationally.

* In 2007 the Times Higher-QS World University rankings ( known from 2010 onwards as the QS World University Rankings ) placed Queen's at number 88 out of the top 150 universities in Europe Ching Yun University in Jhongli City, Taiwan, lists Queen's as a ' sister institution '.

In the 2012 QS World University Rankings placed Vrije Universiteit at 177st overall in the world.

The 2012, QS World University Rankings ranked Hokkaido University one place higher than previous year at 138th in the world.

While it was placed 77th overall by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 112th by QS World University Rankings, it was not included among the top 200 universities by recent Times Higher World University Rankings and came in at 296th ( based on the full THE World University Rankings in their iPhone application ).

It is ranked at number 401-500 in the world by QS.

For the 2010 QS Asian University rankings, USM was at 69th place.

Radboud was internationally ranked by QS World University Rankings, and placed at 138th.

* QS control construction costs by accurate measurement of the work required on a regular basis, the application of expert knowledge of costs and prices of work, labour, materials and plant required, an understanding of the implications of design decisions at an early stage to ensure that good value is obtained for the money to be expended.

QS ranks SSE no. 26 among in the field of economics worldwide.