Nearly 90% have become less affordable, QS finds
LONDON, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.
Methodology: QS ranks 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 98,000 survey responses contributing to the Desirability (prospective students) and Student View (former students) indexes.
2023 |
2022 |
City |
1 |
1 |
London |
2= |
2 |
Munich |
2= |
3= |
Seoul |
4 |
7 |
Zurich |
5 |
6 |
Melbourne |
6 |
5 |
Berlin |
7 |
3= |
Tokyo |
8 |
9= |
Paris |
9 |
8 |
Sydney |
10 |
12 |
Edinburgh |
11 |
9= |
Boston |
12 |
15 |
Hong Kong |
13 |
17 |
Singapore |
14 |
9= |
Montreal |
15 |
13 |
Toronto |
16 |
14 |
Vienna |
17 |
19= |
Osaka |
18 |
16 |
New York |
19 |
19= |
Lausanne |
20 |
18 |
Vancouver |
London's leadership is supported by:
Ben Sowter, QS Senior VP, said: "Responses to our surveys from students that have studied in London make it clear that it offers outstanding cultural, economic, and educational opportunities. With two of the world's ten best universities situated in the city, it remains a world-leading educational hub. Worryingly, cities are broadly becoming less affordable for students by QS' measures, with just under 90% declining in our Affordability metric."
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