OUR GRAD SERVICES World Grad School Tour Grad School Select Top Grad School Guide Spring/Fall 2012 Contents Introduction 4 Recruited from the Tour 5 World Grad School Tour / World University Tour schedules 2012 6 Who we work with 8 How we generate registrations 10 Europe Spring 2012 12 Central America Spring 2012 14 Latin America Fall 2012 16 North America Fall 2012 18 Africa Fall 2012 20 Europe Fall 2012 22 Asia Fall 2012 26 India/Middle East Fall 2012 30 Recruited from the Tour 32 Subject Focus 33 Grad School Select (GSS) 36 Top Grad School Guide 2013 38 Scholarships on the World Grad School Tour 40 Recruited from the Tour 41 Rate card 42 Order form 43 Terms and conditions 44 Intro The QS World Grad School Tour is a prestigious to reinforce the message that the QS World Grad series of half-day graduate education fairs created School Tour works! especially for institutions worldwide who wish to recruit international students for Masters and PhD There is also information on how we attract high programs in all disciplines. Targeted at candidates potential candidates to our events and how you can who wish to embark on graduate study abroad, the access them via the QS Outreach system both prior 4 complete A-Z of programs is represented. The ten to and after the event. most ‘in demand’ subject areas are: 1. FAME (Finance, Accountancy, Management, Economics) 2. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) 3. Marketing 4. International Relations 5. Law/Legal Studies 6. Media/Communications 7. Bio Sciences 8. Psychology 9. Administration 10. Education/Training 2011 has been a challenging year worldwide from an economic point of view but a very interesting one offering many opportunities for clients on the QS World Grad School Tour. European capitals continue to provide top quality candidates and we enjoyed very good events in Latin America, Asia, India and the Middle-East. New markets, such as Beirut, have been a real success last year, and we will be adding 3 new cities in Africa in 2012 This information pack contains the initial information you will require to participate in the QS World Grad School Tour. It provides full details on all aspects of the Tour; information on cities and regions to help you decide where to work with us; For all enquiries please contact as well as costs, dates and subjects of interest. We Nicolas Cletz on [email protected] have also included a selection of student profiles It works! Recruited from the Tour QS is often asked whether these tours are effective and how can ROI be measured? Plamena is one of three candidate profiled in this pack that attended one of the QS World Grad School Tour and then signed up for a Masters or PhD at one of the schools that took part in that particular event. Every year QS produces dozens of case studies similar to these three candidates, these case studies appear in our monthly newsletter, on our websites and in our publications. We choose these case studies from literally hundreds that we receive each year, and these are just the ones that we are made aware of. 5 Ana Aguilera Nationality: Venezuela Graduate program: Master in Public Policy (MPP) Program Institution of study: University of Chicago (Harris School of Public Policy Studies) Event attended: Caracas, 2010 “Ana Aguilera’s determination to excel in her field of subjects is fuelled by her personal commitment to public service and a desire to gain expertise in addressing challenging situations in her home country Venezuela. She says, “Becoming a winner of your prestigious scholarship is a key element in order to lead this change in my country.” She feels that the MPP program will help her develop strong quantitative and organizational abilities, sharpen her analytical skills necessary for addressing challenging public policy issues and help her pursue her long-lasting commitment to public service. She says, “In the long-run, I expect to contribute to the development of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing expertise to leaders and governments aware of the need of redefining the economic, productive and social strategy of their “Candidates were really good, lots of communities.” Psychology enquiries.” MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN. LOS ANGELES “The quality of candidates has improved greatly. Keep up the good work.” WHU – Otto Beisheim SCHOOL OF Management. Moscow World Grad School Tour / World University Tour Schedules 2012 EUROPE SPRING 2012 EUROPE FALL 2012 LONDON Sat 10-Mar MOSCOW Mon 01-Oct LONDONEUROPE SPRINGSun 2012 11-Mar ST PETERSBURG Tue 02-Oct ROME Mon 12-Mar KIEV Thu 04-Oct ST. Petersburg Wed 14-Mar PARIS Sat 06-Oct Moscow Thu 15-Mar MILAN Tue 09-Oct Almaty Sat 19-Mar SOFIA Thu 11-Oct ATHENS Sat 13-Oct Thessaloniki Mon 15-Oct CENTRAL AMERICA SPRING 2012 MADRID Thu 18-Oct 6 FRANKFURT Sat 20-Oct Quito Mon 19-Mar ISTANBUL Sun 21-Oct Bogota Wed 21-Mar WARSAW Tue 23-Oct MEDELLIN Fri 23-Mar BUCHAREST Thu 25-Oct SAN SALVADOR Mon 26-Mar LONDON Sat 27-Oct SAN JOSE Wed 28-Mar LONDON Sun 28-Oct SANTO DOMINGO Fri 30-Mar ASIA FALL 2012 INDIA & SRI LANKA SPRING 2012 TOKYO Tue 30-Oct NEW DELHI Sat 12-May SEOUL Thu 01-Nov Mumbai Mon 14-May SHANGHAI Sat 03-Nov BANGALORE Wed 16-May SHANGHAI Sun 04-Nov HYderabad Fri 18-May NANJING Mon 05-Nov COLOMBO Sun 20-May SHENZEN Tue 06-Nov WUHAN Wed 07-Nov WUHAN Thu 08-Nov BEIJING Sat 10-Nov BEIJING Sun 11-Nov LATIN AMERICA FALL 2012 GUANGZHOU Mon 12-Nov KUALA LUMPUR Tue 13-Nov SAO PAULO Wed 29-Aug KUALA LUMPUR Wed 14-Nov BUENOS AIRES Thur 30-Aug BANGKOK Fri 16-Nov SANTIAGO Mon 03-Sep HO CHI Minh CITY Sun 18-Nov LIMA Wed 05-Sep MANILA Tue 20-Nov CARACAS Fri 07-Sep BOGOTA Mon 10-Sep MEXICO CITY Wed 12-Sep INDIA/MIDDLE EAST FALL 2012 NORTH AMERICA FALL 2012 DELHI Sun 25-Nov PUNE Tue 27-Nov NEW YORK Sat 15-Sep Mumbai Thu 29-Nov WASHINGTON DC Mon 17-Sep BANGALORE Sun 02-Dec VANCOUVER Wed 19-Sep HYderabad Tue 04-Dec MONTREAL Sat 22-Sep CHENNAI Thu 06-Dec TORONTO Mon 24-Sep Dubai Sat 08-Dec BEIRUT Mon 10-Dec AFRICA FALL 2012 Cities highlighted in Bold are Fairs where the QS NAIROBI Tue 25-Sep World Grad School Tour and QS World MBA Tour NAIROBI Tue 25-Sep are run concurrently. ACCRA Thu 27-Sep ACCRA Thu 27-Sep QS World University Tour (Undergraduate events) LAGOS Sat 29-Sep Please see your account manager for more info. LAGOS Sat 29-Sep Dates can be subject to change. 7 Dubai Fall 2011 Beirut Fall 2011 Beirut Fall 2011 Who we work with EL SALVADOR Instituto Superior de Economia y Administración de Empresas The following is only a partial Universidad de Don Bosco list of all the universities, Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador FINLAND schools, colleges, faculty Aalto University 8 and individual programs that FRANCE Ecole pour l’informatique et les Techniques Avancées, EPITA participated in the QS World EDHEC Business School EMLYON Business School Grad School Tour and QS ESC Rennes, School of Business ESCP Europe World University Tour in 2011. ESSEC Business School Grenoble, Ecole de management - GGSB HEC school of management - Paris Rouen Business School ARGENTINA Toulouse Business School Universidad Austral GERMANY AUSTRALIA ESCP Europe Australian National University Karlshochschule International University The University of Western Australia Jacobs University Bremen University of Adelaide Kühne Logistics University University of Melbourne - Faculty of Economics and Commerce University of New South Wales UNSW GREECE University of Technology Sydney American College of Thessaloniki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki AUSTRIA International Hellenic University Webster University University of Macedonia WU Vienna HONG KONG BELGIUM City University of Hong Kong K.U. Leuven The Hong Kong institute of Education Universiteit Antwerpen - Management School Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School INDIA Aegis School of Business BULGARIA Sofia University IRELAND NUI Maynooth CANADA Dublin City University Concordia University McGill University ITALY McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business Politecnico di Milano. Queens University, Ontario Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. Université de Montréal Università degli Studi di Trento University of Northern British Columbia Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Università degli Studi di Milano York University, Schulich School of Business MALAYSIA CHILE Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Universidad de Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso MEXICO Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez IPADE - Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direction de Empresa Universidad Iberoamericana COSTA RICA Universidad internacional de las Americas NETHERLANDS Delft University of Technology DENMARK Duisenberg school of finance The Copenhagen Business School Maastricht University Radboud University Nijmegen Dominican REPUBLIC RSM Erasmus, Rotterdam School Of Management Universidad Iberoamericana-UNIBE Tilburg University NEW ZEALAND University of Nottingham The University of Auckland University of St Andrews University of Canterbury University of Portsmouth University of Plymouth NORWAY University of Glamorgan BI Norwegian School of Management University of Strathclyde PORTUGAL USA Católica Lisbon Business and Economics Boston University Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz School of Public Policy RUSSIA Carnegie Mellon University, Information Networking Institute Tver State University Columbia University Cornell Institute for Public Affairs SINGAPORE De Paul University, Kellstadt School of Business German Institute of Science and Technology FordhamUniversity Nanyang Technological University George Mason University