QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2018

LONDON, May 8, 2018 /CNW/ - London is the world's best student city for the first time, it has emerged. The fifth edition of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking, released today by analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds, sees London replace Canada's Montreal as the world-leader.

London rises to first primarily as a result of increasingly positive responses to QS's student survey, which asks students about the quality of experience in a city, and their willingness to remain there after graduating. It rises ten places to 13^th in QS's Student View indicator.

Key Observations: 

• Tokyo reaches 2^nd, its highest-ever position;
• Melbourne rises from 5^th to 3^rd;
• No US city achieves a top-10 rank;
• US cities see declines in their ranks for Affordability, Employer Activity, and Student Mix;
• Zurich (8^th) enters the top ten, rising five places;
• Germany and Australia both achieve two top-ten ranks;
• Latin America's best student city is Buenos Aires, which rises from 42^nd to 25^th;
• In total, QS rank the world's top 100 cities.

Methodology 

QS use six indicator groups to compile the ranking, each analysing a different aspect of concern to prospective students.

1. Rankings;
2. Student Mix;
3. Desirability;
4. Employer Activity;
5. Affordability;
6. Student View.

QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2018: Top 10
RANK 2018	RANK  2017	CITY	RANKINGS RANK	STUDENT MIX RANK	DESIRABILITY  RANK	EMPLOYER  ACTIVITY  RANK	AFFORDABILITY RANK	STUDENT  VIEW RANK
1	3	London	1	7	18	2	113	13
2	7	Tokyo	4	72	2	1	51	17
3	5	Melbourne	11	1	8	10	102	3
4	1	Montreal	25	5	10	20	69	1
5	2	Paris	2	24	20	7	92	27
6	9	Munich	27	40	10	23	36	2
7	6	Berlin	40	39	12	18	29	8
8	15	Zurich	20	18	5	6	80	32
9	13	Sydney	19	2	4	13	114	14
10	4	Seoul	3	57	38	4	76	23

(c) QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2018 http://www.TopUniversities.com/.

Ben Sowter, Research Director at QS, said: "The 2018 ranking highlights the enduring quality of the student experience available in London. The city benefits from outstanding employment prospects, more world-class universities than any other city, and enviable lifestyle opportunities. These factors mean that the capital remains a great place to study despite eye-watering costs - as more than 50,000 student respondents to QS's survey have made clear."

Full rankings: https://www.topuniversities.com/best-student-cities.

SOURCE QS Quacquarelli Symonds