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July 21, 2023

QS Reveals the World's Best Cities for Students

Photo: Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo is World’s Second Best Cities for Students. Image Credit: Roman Boldyrev.

LONDON, July 20, 2023 — QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a renowned higher education expert, has released the 11th edition of the QS Best Student Cities, which compares 160 top educational destinations, including 26 new entries.

London has remained the world’s best student city for the fifth consecutive year. Tokyo ranks second, followed by Seoul in third. Melbourne has ascended to fourth place, while Munich has slipped to fifth.

QS ranks cities with a population of at least 250,000 and a minimum of two universities in the QS World University Ranking. The ranking includes student feedback and opinions, with 100,000 survey responses contributing to the Desirability and Student Voice indicators.

London has retained its position as the world’s best student city due to its high concentration of world-class universities, excellent student feedback, diverse student population, and outstanding graduate career opportunities.

• Highlights

• Germany and Australia have two of the world’s top ten student cities.
• Boston breaks back into the world’s top 10. San Francisco climbs into the top 20.
• The US and Canada both have three top-20 student cities.
• Seoul dominates the World University Rankings indicator, with a record 23 ranked universities.
• Coventry and Edinburgh have topped the Student Mix indicator.
• Copenhagen, Zurich, and Sydney lead in the Desirability indicator.
• Tokyo leads globally in Employer Activity, followed by Seoul and Boston.
• Yogyakarta in Indonesia is the most affordable city, with 70% of the 160 ranked cities declining in affordability.
• Madrid, Auckland, and Canberra have broken into the top 30.
• India has four cities in the rankings: Mumbai (118), Delhi (132), Bangalore (147), and Chennai (153).
• Buenos Aires is Latin America’s number one student destination at 34th.
• Cape Town is Africa’s top city for students at 86th.
• Dubai is the top-ranked city in the Middle East at 54th.

• QS Best Student Cities 2024

RANK — CITY — COUNTRY — SCORE

1. London United Kingdom 100
2. Tokyo Japan 98
3. Seoul South Korea 97.6
4. Melbourne Australia 97.3
5. Munich Germany 97.1
6. Paris France 96.3
7. Sydney Australia 96.2
8. Berlin Germany 95
9. Zurich Switzerland 95
10. Boston United States 92.3
11. Toronto Canada 92.1
12. Vienna Austria 91.1
13. Montreal Canada 90.9
14. Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Japan 90.8
15. Singapore Singapore 90.7
16. Edinburgh United Kingdom 90.2
17. New York United States 89.6
18. Vancouver Canada 88.7
19. Lausanne Switzerland 87.5
20. San Francisco United States 87.4
21. Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR 86.5
22. Brisbane Australia 86.2
23. Stockholm Sweden 86.2
24. Amsterdam Netherlands 86.1
25. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 86.1
26. Adelaide Australia 86
27. Los Angeles United States 85
28. Madrid Spain 85
29. Auckland New Zealand 84.8
30. Canberra Australia 83.9
31. Manchester United Kingdom 83.9
32. Dublin Ireland 83.7
33. Taipei Taiwan 83.5
34. Buenos Aires Argentina 83
35. Perth Australia 83
36. Glasgow United Kingdom 82.9
37. Beijing China (Mainland) 81.8
38. Barcelona Spain 81.6
39. Chicago United States 81.5
40. Leuven Belgium 81.5
41. Newcastle Upon Tyne United Kingdom 81.5
42. Prague Czech Republic 81.5
43. Copenhagen Denmark 79.8
44. Bristol United Kingdom 78.4
45. Coventry United Kingdom 78.4
46. Lyon France 78.4
47. Santiago Chile 76.9
48. Shanghai China (Mainland) 76.8
49. Birmingham United Kingdom 76.5
50. Brussels Belgium 76.4
51. Gothenburg Sweden 76.3
52. Nottingham United Kingdom 76.1
53. Milan Italy 75.9
54. Dubai United Arab Emirates 75.8
55. Leeds United Kingdom 74.7
56. Rome Italy 74.5
57. Ottawa Canada 74
58. Liverpool United Kingdom 73.8
59. Atlanta United States 73.4
60. Belfast United Kingdom 72.9
61. Warsaw Poland 72.9
62. Washington DC United States 72.6
63. Brno Czech Republic 72.3
64. Philadelphia United States 72.3
65. Helsinki Finland 71.2
66. San Diego United States 70.8
67. Turin Italy 70.5
68. Sheffield United Kingdom 70.4
69. Mexico City Mexico 70.2
70. Budapest Hungary 70.1
71. Bangkok Thailand 68.9
72. Lisbon Portugal 68.7
73. Daejeon South Korea 68
74. Christchurch New Zealand 67.7
75. Istanbul Turkey 67.5
76. Aberdeen United Kingdom 67.4
77. Pittsburgh United States 66.7
78. Brighton United Kingdom 66.2
79. Miami United States 66.2
80. Hamburg Germanelsink
81. Almaty Kazakhstan 65.4
82. Oslo Norway 65.3
83. Seattle United States 65.1
84. Toulouse France 64.7
85. Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 64.6
86. Cape Town South Africa 62.9
87. Gold Coast Australia 62.6
88. Durham United States 62.5
89. Baltimore United States 62.2
90. Bogota Colombia 61.9
91. Cairo Egypt 61.9
92. Valencia Spain 61.9
93. Krakow Poland 61.8
94. Stuttgart Germany 61.6
95. Graz Austria 61.1
96. Monterrey Mexico 60.9
97. Sao Paulo Brazil 60.7
98. Athens Greece 60.6
99. Hsinchu Taiwan 60.5
100. Nanjing China (Mainland) 60.5
101. Ankara Turkey 60.2
102. Leicester United Kingdom 60.1
103. Amman Jordan 59.4
104. Johannesburg South Africa 59.2
105. Pretoria South Africa 58.5
106. Doha Qatar 58.4
107. Houston United States 58.2
108. Tainan Taiwan 58.1
109. Wuhan China (Mainland) 58
110. Riyadh Saudi Arabia 57.6
111. Quebec Canada 57.5
112. Lima Peru 57.2
113. Nagoya Japan 56.6
114. Subang Jaya Malaysia 56.2
115. Manila Philippines 55.7
116. Shah Alam Malaysia 55.7
117. Riga Latvia 55.6
118. Mumbai India 54.7
119. Vilnius Lithuania 54.1
120. Beirut Lebanon 53.4
121. Astana Kazakhstan 53.2
122. Jakarta Indonesia 52.7
123. Dallas United States 52.3
124. Hannover Germany 52.2
125. Quito Ecuador 52
126. Yogyakarta Indonesia 51.4
127. Wroclaw Poland 51.2
128. Busan South Korea 50.7
129. Taichung Taiwan 50.2
130. Montpellier France 49.9
131. Tallinn Estonia 49.6
132. Delhi India 49.4
133. Bandung Indonesia 49.3
134. Guangzhou China (Mainland) 49.1
135. Panama City Panama 48.7
136. Valparaiso Chile 48.5
137. Cluj-Napoca Romania 48.4
138. Rio de Janeiro Brazil 47.9
139. Medellin Colombia 47.5
140. Bratislava Slovakia 47.4
141. Bucharest Romania 46.9
142. Poznań Poland 46.8
143. Macau Macau SAR 46.4
144. Kaunas Lithuania 46.3
145. Surabaya Indonesia 45.9
146. Tianjin China (Mainland) 45.2
147. Bangalore India 45
148. Gwangju South Korea 44.4
149. Dhaka Bangladesh 44.1
150. Xi’an China (Mainland) 44.1
151. Albany United States 42.9
152. Bilbao Spain 42.3
153. Chennai India 43
154. Daegu South Korea 42.5
155. Gdańsk Poland 42.4
156. Harbin China (Mainland) 42.1
157. Izmir Turkey 43.4
158. San Jose Costa Rica 43.5
159. Taoyuan District Taiwan 43.6
160. Timisoara Romania 42.7

Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds

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