Top 10 Best Student Cities in the World 2022
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QS Best Student Cities Rankings 2022 |
QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts, have today (July 28, 2021) released the ninth edition of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking.
What is the best student city in the world for 2022?
According to QS, London, UK, retain its status as the world's best student city for the third consecutive edition. It is followed by Munich, German, which rises from 4th to 2nd. Seoul, South Korea, which jumps from 10th to joint-3rd, shares the bronze-medal position with Olympic hosts Tokyo.
Main reasons that London is the Top
-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 98.4/100 for Student View, a result bettered only by Berlin.
-Outstanding career opportunities for graduates: it places 4th in the Employer Activity metric, scoring 92.9/100.
-Its high levels of openness to international students, which see it achieve the world's fifth-best score (95.9/100) for Student Mix.
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Top 10 World's Best Student Cities for 2022 in the World
Rank 2022 | Rank 2019 | City | Location |
1 | 1 | London | UK |
2 | 4 | Munich | Germany |
3= | 10 | Seoul | South Korea |
3= | 2 | Tokyo | Japan |
5 | 5 | Berlin | Germany |
6 | 3 | Melbourne | Australia |
7 | 8 | Zurich | Switzerland |
8 | 9 | Sydney | Australia |
9= | 7 | Paris | France |
9= | 6 | Montreal | Canada |
9= | 13 | Boston | US |
Top Best Student Cities for 2022: Highlights
*The United States' 15 ranked cities are suffering from a systemic decline in the Desirability indicator.
*Boston (US) is the only new entrant into the top ten, rising from 13th to joint-9th. It shares the position with previously perennial table-toppers Paris (down two spots) and Montreal (down three places).
*Latin America's number-one student destination is Buenos Aires (22nd, up nine ranks year-on-year).
*Germany and Australia are the only locations to have two of the world's ten best student cities each.
*Switzerland's Lausanne enjoys a noteworthy debut in the rankings, placing 19th.
*Moscow and Beijing break into the top thirty, sharing 25th-position.
*Driven by declines in Employer Activity, five of Australia's seven ranked cities have fallen.
*All three of Spain's ranked cities suffer double-digit drops in rank.
*Check out The Full Rankings of Best Student Cities for 2022 in the World Here!
QS rank cities with a population of at least 250,000, and with at least two universities placing in the QS World University Rankings. The ranking offers a powerful lens into the sentiments of both prospective and former students, with over 95,000 survey responses contributing to the Desirability (prospective students) and Student View (former students) indexes. |
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