The QS independent Advisory Board exists to advise QS on any aspect of university rankings, including the methods used to produce them, possible new rankings, and the effect and impact of rankings around the world.
It is convened by Alison Lloyd, Associate Vice-President (Institutional Research and Strategic Planning) at Hong Kong Baptist University, replacing Martin Ince in the role.
The table below shows all members of the Advisory Board.
| Full Name | Institution |
| Alison Lloyd (Chair) | Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
| Ludovic Highman (Secretary) | University of Bath, UK |
| Amilcar Falcao | University of Coimbra, Portugal |
| Angel Calderon | RMIT, Australia |
| Angela Hou | National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
| Anton Stroh | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Christina Slade | Charles Sturt University, Australia |
| Colin Campbell | Newcastle University, UK |
| Daniela Seskar-Hencic | Waterloo University, Canada |
| David Oswell | Goldsmiths, UoL, UK |
| Francisco Javier Cantú Ortiz | Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITSEM), Mexico |
| Jingwen Mu | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| John Molony | Deakin University, Australia |
| John Traxler | University of Wolverhampton, UK |
| Julio Durand | Austral University, Argentina |
| Kabsung Kim | Yonsei University, South Korea |
| Leandro Tessler | University of Campinas, Brazil |
| Luz Longsworth | University of West Indies Open Campus (retired), Jamaica |
| Lydia S. Snover | MIT, USA |
| Martin Ince | |
| Michael Mooney | Waseda University, Japan |
| Mirko Degli Esposti | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Nasser Khalili | University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia |
| Pankaj Mittal | Association of Indian Universities, India |
| Paul Thurman | Columbia University, USA |
| Raj Kumar | OP Jindal Global U, India |
| Rory McGreal | University of Athabasca, Canada |
| Salwan Abdulateef | University of Anbar, Iraq |
| Santiago Iniguez de Onzono | IE Madrid, Spain |
| Seeram Ramakrishna | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Shuiyun Liu | Beijing Normal University, China |
| Simon Pratt | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Stefano Caselli | Bocconi University, Italy |
| Susanne Raeder | University of Bonn, Germany |
| Tony Sheil | Griffith University, Australia |
| Yoram/Jerry Wind | Wharton School, UPenn, USA |
| Yotaro Kanda | Waseda University, Japan |
| Xu Liu | Southern University of Science and Technology, China |