[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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Leading officials from two prominent global university ranking bodies, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE), addressed the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in reshaping both universities and their assessment methods at the 2026 Korea Times Global Conference. During the event, Leigh Kamolins, vice president of evaluation and insights at QS, explained that AI enables ranking organizations to process a wider array of data with enhanced precision, encompassing information on students' skills and the effectiveness of universities in equipping graduates for the job market.
"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 emphasized at the conference. Despite AI's transformative impact on the evaluation process, the experts emphasized that trust, human judgment, and real-world outcomes will remain crucial as the technology progresses.
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