The global nature of the QSWorldWide summit, dedicated to current issues in international education, speaks volumes. For instance, the numbers: 450 representatives from 128 leading universities worldwide from 27 countries, including Professor James Stewart Pounder, Chairman of the QS WorldWide International Committee on Academic Cooperation, visited Moscow to participate in this event for the first time.
Delegates discussed many important and interesting topics, from the secrets of building successful university brands to what an ideal university website should be like. As for the main agenda of the summit, it was the role of rankings in the global higher education system. The level of organization of the summit was highly praised by the RUDN rector, V.M. Filippov, and the QS Worldwide leadership.