Top 10 Best Cities For Students in the World by Global Higher Education

QS Best Student Cities Rankings

QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts, have released the ninth edition of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking.

What is the best student city in the world?

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 4^th to 2^nd. Seoul, South Korea, which jumps from 10^th to joint-3^rd, 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 4^th 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.

A view of East London - Getty Images

Top Best Student Cities: 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 13^th to joint-9^th. 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 (22^nd, 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 19^th.

*Moscow and Beijing break into the top thirty, sharing 25^th-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.

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