Quallege: new US-focused agent aggregator launches

In mid-May 2025 a post on Linkedin announced the launch of Quallege, describing the new venture as being “dedicated to empowering U.S. colleges and universities to expand their global reach and connect with talented students worldwide”.

The Quallege website states:

Our mission is to empower U.S. universities to build and grow diverse campuses by delivering high-quality international students rapidly and at scale.

It is also clear from the website that Quallege will deliver on that mission by adopting an agent aggregation business model. The company states that it has “6,000+ agents worldwide”, offers clients the opportunity to “Expand your global reach with Quallege’s trusted recruitment network”, and states that “Our extensive network of over 6,000 reliable recruitment partners connects universities with high-quality applicants from around the world.”

Quallege has, to say the least, launched at a challenging and uncertain time for international education in the US. It begins its corporate journey in the maelstrom of policy blows from the Trump administration: the moratorium on the recruitment of international students by Harvard University, the pause on student visa interviews, and the revocation of Chinese student visas.

“6000 reliable recruitment partners”

It is also remarkable that Quallege has launched with a network of over 6,000 sub-agents. This places the new market entrant fourth on the sub-agent network ‘leaderboard’, and just 500 sub-agents shy of ApplyBoard.

Quallege – May 2025

AgentBee put the following questions to Quallege, but did not receive a response:

How were you able to establish such a large network at launch?
What due diligence do you do on sub-agents before agreeing to work with them? What vetting process was applied to the 6,000+ agents in your network?
What is your process for on-going due diligence on sub-agents? How will ongoing due diligence be implemented in practice by Quallege staff? How many staff do you have dedicated to that task?

The answer to question 1 would appear to be based on some form of business relationship or partnership between Quallege and Global University Systems (GUS). The Quallege website states that its business model is “backed by the Global University Systems (GUS) network”. Further, a Linkedin post by one of Quallege’s co-founders states:

A cornerstone of this vision is the GUS Gateway, a powerful platform already empowering over 6,000 agents across 120+ countries. The GUS Gateway provides global reach while making the entire process more efficient and streamlined for everyone involved.

The GUS Gateway appears to be the agent portal and network that GUS currently uses to recruit students for its own portfolio of educational institutions. It may be that Quallege will also rely on GUS for the due diligence processes associated with questions 2 and 3 above, but institutions working with the new aggregator should consider seeking confirmation of the answers.

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