{"slug": "what-will-define-world-class-university-in-ai-era", "title": "What will define world-class university in AI era?", "summary": "QS CEO Jessica Turner said universities will be judged on their ability to produce adaptable graduates with human skills that cannot be automated, as artificial intelligence transforms higher education standards. QS is incorporating this shift into its new rankings, moving beyond academic reputation alone.", "body_md": "LONDON — Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the standard by which universities are judged. Academic reputation alone is no longer enough. In the AI era, universities will increasingly be evaluated on whether they produce adaptable graduates with the human skills employers cannot automate, senior executives at global higher education analyst QS said. \"The role of universities is changing very quickly,\" Jessica Turner, CEO of QS, said in a recent interview with The Korea Times. \"Students want to know not just that they are at a university with a great reputation, but that it is preparing them with the experience they're going to need in the job market.\" She noted that universities must prepare students not only for employment after graduation, but for careers that will continue to evolve alongside rapid technological change. \"Employers are looking for graduates who are very adaptable,\" Turner said, adding that students increasingly expect universities to prepare them for careers that will evolve alongside rapid technological change. QS is already putting this shift into its new ranki", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-will-define-world-class-university-in-ai-era", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20260708/what-will-define-world-class-university-in-ai-era?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-08 11:27:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 11:30:43.161184+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["QS", "Jessica Turner", "The Korea Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-will-define-world-class-university-in-ai-era", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-will-define-world-class-university-in-ai-era.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-will-define-world-class-university-in-ai-era.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-will-define-world-class-university-in-ai-era.jsonld"}}