Times Higher Education has completed the acquisition of , the leading provider of news and resources for prospective graduate business students worldwide.

The deal ¨C the latest in a series of high-profile acquisitions for the company ¨C significantly expands É«ºÐÖ±²¥¡¯s offering in the business education sector, where P&Q reaches more than 85 per cent of the MBA applicant market for the world¡¯s top 100 business schools.

P&Q, meanwhile, is expected to grow its international audience and to develop new data tools, resources and events for the business education sector.

Founded in 2010 by John Byrne, a former executive editor of Business Week, P&Q offers news, rankings and events to help people make informed decisions about their MBA.

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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ is acquiring its parent company, C-Change Media, along with sister sites , covering the executive MBA and executive education market, and , covering the undergraduate business school market.

Mr Byrne described the acquisition as a ¡°match made in heaven¡±.

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¡°We¡¯ll be joining a news and data-gathering organisation that deeply understands the higher education market. With É«ºÐÖ±²¥¡¯s additional resources, we¡¯ll be able to vastly extend our reach around the world and expand our current offerings for both our readers and clients,¡± he said.

P&Q will join a stable that, alongside É«ºÐÖ±²¥, includes US-based news provider Inside Higher Ed, which was acquired in January 2022. Between them, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ and Inside Higher Ed reach combined audiences of more than 50 million academics, higher education professionals and students annually.

To accelerate É«ºÐÖ±²¥¡¯s plans for the business education sector, Josh Macht, a former publisher, chief product and innovation officer and acting chief executive of Harvard Business Review, is joining the company board as a non-executive director.

Paul Howarth, É«ºÐÖ±²¥¡¯s chief executive, said that P&Q was an ¡°ideal acquisition¡±.

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¡°I¡¯m really excited about what we can do together to grow in the business education market,¡± Mr Howarth said. ¡°With our recent acquisitions and organic growth, we¡¯re fulfilling our mission to support and enable universities across the world to excel.¡±

Owned by Inflexion Private Equity, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ is headquartered in London, with offices in Australia, the US and Singapore. Alongside É«ºÐÖ±²¥ magazine and website, its influential university rankings, and global events series, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ works with clients across data, consultancy and hiring services.

Other recent É«ºÐÖ±²¥ acquisitions include dataHE, the rapidly growing provider of code-based data analysis for UK universities, and BMI, the leading organiser of international student recruitment events.