QS may refer to:

Business

  • QS mark (for "quality and safety"), on Chinese products
  • Quacquarelli Symonds, an education and careers networking company
  • QS World University Rankings, an annual publication
  • Quality System (QS) Regulation, a business process
  • Quantity surveyor, a professional in the construction industry concerned with costs and contracts
  • Travel Service (IATA airline designator QS)
  • Quadraphonic sound, the Sansui QS Regular Matrix system

Politics

  • Québec solidaire, a political party in Quebec, Canada
  • Quis separabit?, an Irish Loyalist motto

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

  • ATCvet code QS Sensory organs, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System for veterinary medicinal products
  • Quantum satis, a Latin term meaning "the amount which is needed", used in food and drug regulation
  • Quinolinate synthase, an enzyme
  • Quorum sensing, a system of interaction in natural and synthetic populations

Computing and mathematics

  • Quadratic sieve, an integer factorization algorithm
  • Quality Score, a variable used by search engines to set the rank and cost of ads
  • Quicksort, a sorting algorithm

Other uses in science and technology

  • Quadraphonic sound, or "Quadphonic Synthesizer", a matrix quadraphonic gramophone record format developed by Sansui
  • Quantified self, a movement to incorporate technology into data acquisition on aspects of a person's daily life
  • Quicksand, a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular material and water

Sport

  • Quality start, a baseball statistic calculated for starting pitchers
  • Qualcomm Stadium, a stadium in San Diego, California

Other uses

  • Qualifications Scotland, a Scottish Government public body
  • Queen's Scout, a scout who has attained the Queen's Scout Award
  • Queen's Serjeant, an obsolete legal position in the United Kingdom

See also

  • Cue (disambiguation)
  • Q (disambiguation)
  • Queue (disambiguation)
  • QZ (disambiguation)
  • SQ (disambiguation)