The pre-summit “QS Higher Education pre-Summit: Asia Pacific 2024” is taking place in the library of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University on November 1, 2024. The QS Asia Pacific Summit, known as the QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education (QS APPLE), celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and is the first of the anniversary events.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a leading global provider of services, analytics and information for the global higher education sector, whose mission is to empower motivated people anywhere in the world to realize their potential through educational achievement, international mobility and career growth.
At this pre-summit “QS Higher Education pre-Summit: Asia Pacific 2024”, QS gathered university leaders and government delegates from all over the Asia-Pacific region, developing leadership in thinking and leading to positive changes, the organization holds leading industry panel discussions that discuss how to use the capabilities of artificial intelligence, create ecosystems continuous learning and navigate the changing landscape of higher education.
QS is widely known for distributing the QS World University rankings and strives to help future students and working professionals find connections with global institutions to achieve success in education and career. Al-Farabi Kazakh National University has entered the TOP 200 universities in the world in the international QS World University Rankings 2025 (QS WUR). This year, the country’s leading university has risen by 67 positions in nine indicators, rising from 230th to 163rd place. KazNU is the first and only university among the universities of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, included in the top 200 universities
