[CONFERENCE] AI is changing university rankings, but human judgment still matters, experts say
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping both universities and the systems used to evaluate them, but trust, human judgment and real-world impact will become more important as the technology advances, senior officials from two major global university ranking organizations said Tuesday. Speaking at the 2026 Korea Times Global Conference, representatives from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming universities and the evaluation systems that rank them, but trust, human judgment and real-world impact will become increasingly crucial as the technology progresses, according to senior officials from two prominent global university ranking organizations. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE) representatives addressed these developments at the 2026 Korea Times Global Conference.
Leigh Kamolins, QS's vice president of evaluation and insights, explained that AI enables ranking organizations to examine a wider array of data with greater accuracy, encompassing information on skills and the effectiveness of universities in preparing students for the workforce. "One thing AI will allow us, these new tech approaches to university rankings, is providing us the opportunity to really provide a much broader and stronger evidence base for what we are doing," Kamolins noted during the conference.
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