CCF CSoftware Engineering and PL2022: CPublisher: IEEE

QRSInternational Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security

QRS is a rank C conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. QRS 2026 took place on Jul 22–25, 2026 in University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Acceptance rate 2026: 25.5% (71/278).

Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition

QRS 2026 datesJul 22–25, 2026
VenueUniversity of Florence, Florence, Italy
Latest acceptance rate25.5%2026 · 71/278
CCF rankRank C7th edition · Software Engineering and PL
Papers in dblp (2025)72Main proceedings

Latest edition

QRS 2026: call for papers timeline

  1. Apr 9, 2026, 11:59 UTC
  2. Apr 23, 2026, 11:59 UTC
  3. Jul 22–25, 2026Local time
    ConferenceUniversity of Florence, Florence, Italy

AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). These dates come from the ccf-deadlines community project and have not yet been checked against the conference website; confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗

Past editions

Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates

YearPaper deadlineAcceptancePapers (dblp)DatesVenue
20262026-04-22AoE25.5%71/278 · source—Jul 22–25, 2026University of Florence, Florence, Italy
20252025-04-15AoE24.2%65/269 · source72Jul 16–20, 2025Hangzhou, China
20242024-03-25AoE26.5%50/189 · source71Jul 3–5, 2024Cambridge, UK (Hybrid)
20232023-08-07AoE23.5%54/230 · source70—Chiang Mai, Thailand
20222022-09-10AoE27.5%75/273 · source107Dec 5–7, 2022Online
20212021-09-01AoE25.1%61/243 · source108Dec 7–9, 2021Hainan Island, China (Hybrid)
2020——60——
2019——47——
2018——50——
2017——47——
2016——48——

Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗

CCF list

QRS in the CCF list

7th edition (2026)
CCF C Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages · no. 15
6th edition (2022)
CCF C Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages
Name in the list
International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security
Publisher
IEEE

CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide. What counts, case by case →

FAQ

About QRS

What CCF rank is QRS?

QRS is a rank C conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.

Where is QRS 2026?

QRS 2026 took place on Jul 22–25, 2026 in University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

What is the QRS acceptance rate?

2026: 278 submissions, 71 accepted, 25.5%. 2025: 24.2% (65/269). The history table links each figure to its source.

Do QRS workshop and short papers count as CCF C?

CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.

In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines

Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).