QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2018

          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 13th in QS's Student View indicator.

          Key Observations:
          - Tokyo reaches 2nd, its highest-ever position;
          - Melbourne rises from 5th to 3rd;
          - No US city achieves a top-10 rank;
          - US cities see declines in their ranks for Affordability, Employer Activity, and Student Mix;
          - Zurich (8th) 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 42nd to 25th;
          - 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

                                                            EMPLOYER                STUDENT
    RANK   RANK            RANKINGS   STUDENT    DESIRABILITY   ACTIVITY   AFFORDABILITY      VIEW
    2018       2017                CITY               RANK          MIX   RANK         RANK        RANK       RANK        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