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June 29, 2022

QS reveals the World's Best Cities for Students.

LONDON, June 29, 2022 — QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts, published today the 10th edition of the QS Best Student Cities rankings, which enable students to compare 140 premier educational destinations, including 30 new entries.

London retains its status as the world’s best student city for the fourth consecutive edition. Munich (2nd =) shares its silver medal with Seoul (2nd =). Zurich (4th) and Melbourne (5th) break into the top 5, while Edinburgh (10th) joins the top 10.

London’s leadership is supported by:

• Its high concentration of world-class universities; it achieves the world’s second-best score in the Rankings indicator.
• Highly positive feedback from students that have studied in the city: it scores 98.5/100 for Student View, a result bettered only by Berlin.
• Outstanding career opportunities for graduates: it places fourth in the Employer Activity metric, scoring 92.7/100.
• Its high levels of openness to international students see it achieve the world’s fifth-best score (94.9/100) for Student Mix.

• RANKING HIGHLIGHTS

• UK, Germany, and Australia are each home to two of the world’s ten best student cities.

• Paris rises to eighth place. Barcelona (31st) is Spain’s top city.

• Canada boasts three top-20 student cities, while the US, Japan, and Switzerland have two each.

• The US highest-ranking cities are Boston (11th) and NYC (18th).

• All the 18 US-ranked cities decline in the Affordability indicator.

• Los Angeles and Kuala Lumpur break into the top 30.

• Seoul (2nd) is Asia’s top-ranked city.

• China (Mainland) top entry is Beijing (29th)

• Latin America’s number-one student destination is Buenos Aires (23rd)

• Sao Paulo (86th) and new-entry Rio de Janeiro (121st) are Brazil’s ranked cities.

• Cape Town (78th) is Africa’s top city for students.

• Dubai (51st) is the top-ranked city in the Middle East.

• The fastest rising cities are Almaty (75th), Abu Dhabi (71st), and Ankara (77th).

• India doubles its representation. It now has four cities on the list: Mumbai (103), Bangalore (114), Chennai (125), and Delhi (129).

• RANKING METHODOLOGY

QS ranks cities with a population of at least 250,000 and at least two universities in the QS World University Rankings. The ranking offers a powerful lens into the sentiments of both prospective and former students, with over 98,000 survey responses contributing to the Desirability (prospective students) and Student View (former students) indexes.

• QS BEST STUDENT CITIES

RANK — CITY

1. London, United Kingdom
2. Munich, Germany
3. Seoul, South Korea
4. Zurich, Switzerland
5. Melbourne, Australia
6. Berlin, Germany
7. Tokyo, Japan
8. Paris, France
9. Sydney, Australia
10. Edinburgh, United Kingdom
11. Boston, United States
12. Hong Kong, SAR Hong Kong
13. Singapore, Singapore
14. Montreal, Canada
15. Toronto, Canada
16. Vienna, Austria
17. Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe, Japan
18. New York, United States
19. Lausanne, Switzerland
20. Vancouver, Canada
21. Amsterdam, Netherlands
22. Stockholm, Sweden
23. Buenos Aires, Argentina
24. Brisbane, Australia
25. Glasgow, United Kingdom
26. Manchester, United Kingdom
27. San Francisco, United States
28. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
29. Beijing, China (Mainland)
30. Los Angeles, United States
31. Adelaide, Australia
32. Barcelona, Spain
33. Taipei, Taiwan
34. Perth, Australia
35. Canberra, Australia
36. Shanghai, China (Mainland)
37. Auckland, New Zealand
38. Dublin, Ireland
39. Prague, Czech Republic
40. Chicago, United States
41. Coventry, United Kingdom
42. Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
43. Leuven, Belgium
44. Madrid, Spain
45. Birmingham, United Kingdom
46. Lyon, France
47. Copenhagen, Denmark
48. Milan, Italy
49. Bristol, United Kingdom
50. Nottingham, United Kingdom
51. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
52. Istanbul, Turkey
53. Brussels, Belgium
54. Gothenburg, Sweden
55. Ottawa, Canada
56. Leeds, United Kingdom
57. Bangkok, Thailand
58. Warsaw, Poland
59. Liverpool, United Kingdom
60. Santiago, Chile
61. Sheffield, United Kingdom
62. Brno, Czech Republic
63. Atlanta, United States
64. Philadelphia, United States
65. Washington DC, United States
66. Budapest, Hungary
67. Helsinki, Finland
68. Aberdeen, United Kingdom
69. Mexico City, Mexico
70. Lisbon, Portugal
71. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
72. Daejeon, South Korea
73. Pittsburgh, United States
74. Rome, Italy
75. Almaty, Kazakhstan
76. Durham, United States
77. Ankara, Turkey
78. Cape Town, South Africa
79. Toulouse, France
80. San Diego, United States
81. Brighton, United Kingdom
82. Seattle, United States
83. Graz, Austria
84. Nanjing, China (Mainland)
85. Christchurch, New Zealand
86. Sao Paulo, Brazil
87. Valencia, Spain
88. Stuttgart, Germany
89. Hsinchu, Taiwan
90. Baltimore, United States
91. Krakow, Poland
92. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
93. Gold Coast, Australia
94. Cairo, Egypt
95. Leicester, United Kingdom
96. Monterrey, Mexico
97. Johannesburg, South Africa
98. Wuhan, China (Mainland)
99. Bogota, Colombia
100. Miami, United States
101. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
102. Houston, United States
103. Mumbai, India
104. Athens, Greece
105. Beirut, Lebanon
106. Quebec, Canada
107. Nagoya, Japan
108. Riga, Latvia
109. Vilnius, Lithuania
110. Guangzhou, China (Mainland)
111. Manila, Philippines
112. Lima, Peru
113. Amman, Jordan
114. Bangalore, India
115. Tainan, Taiwan
116. Dallas, United States
117. Wroclaw, Poland
118. Busan, South Korea
119. Montpellier, France
120. Bandung, Indonesia
121. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
122. Cluj-Napoca, Romania
123. Gwangju, South Korea
124. Jakarta, Indonesia
125. Chennai, India
126. Baku, Azerbaijan
127. Surabaya, Indonesia
128. Kaunas, Lithuania
129. Delhi, India
130. Quito, Ecuador
131. Timisoara, Romania
132. Bucharest, Romania
133. Taichung, Taiwan
134. Albany, United States
135. Montevideo, Uruguay
136. Denver, United States
137. Iasi, Romania
138. Xi’an, China (Mainland)
139. Irbid, Jordan
140. Łódź, Poland

Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds

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