Best Student Cities in the World 2012

QS is proud to announce the first ever QS Best Student Cities ranking. Based on a complex set of measures taken from public information, surveys and data submitted as part of the QS World University Rankings, the results provide a new way of comparing the best cities around the world in which to be a student.

Click the city name in the table below in order to view the full details and profile for that city, including a list of all of the qualifying educational institutions, population size, quality of living, affordability and student mix.

RANK	CITY	COUNTRY	STUDENT MIX	QUALITY OF LIVING	EMPLOYER ACTIVITY	AFFORDABILITY	OVERALL
1	Paris	France	85	91	96	54	421
2	London	United Kingdom	87	88	89	41	405
3	Boston	United States	85	89	83	44	399
4	Melbourne	Australia	100	94.5	84	28	398
5	Vienna	Austria	99	99.5	81	62	389
6	Sydney	Australia	94	97	81	25	384
7	Zurich	Switzerland	84	99	81	51	381
8	Berlin	Germany	81	95	57	71	376
8	Dublin	Ireland	92	91.5	70	43	376
10	Montreal	Canada	85	93	68	46	372
11	Barcelona	Spain	76	87	71	61	370
12	Singapore	Singapore	78	92	100	35	369
13	Munich	Germany	79	98.5	63	69	368
14	Lyon	France	88	87.5	43	81	367
15	Chicago	United States	62	85.5	72	44	357
16	Madrid	Spain	73	85.5	64	66	356
17	San Francisco	United States	67	91	72	43	353
18	New York	United States	63	83.5	73	35	352
19	Tokyo	Japan	43	84	83	46	351
19	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	74	50	92	42	351
21	Milan	Italy	63	86	89	54	350
22	Brisbane	Australia	94	88.5	63	30	349
23	Seoul	Korea, South	67	50	82	53	345
24	Buenos Aires	Argentina	54	50	93	75	339
25	Perth	Australia	95	93.5	53	28	337
26	Toronto	Canada	70	95.5	75	35	336
27	Stockholm	Sweden	66	94	79	34	335
28	Beijing	China	48	50	87	62	329
29	Adelaide	Australia	88	91	45	34	327
30	Washington DC	United States	60	85.5	55	45	325
31	Vancouver	Canada	78	98	54	37	322
31	Mexico City	Mexico	38	50	68	95	322
33	Helsinki	Finland	58	89.5	53	69	321
34	Taipei	Taiwan	49	50	59	78	320
35	Manchester	United Kingdom	82	50	66	64	317
36	Amsterdam	Netherlands	62	96.5	57	44	316
37	Moscow	Russia	57	50	78	52	314
38	Brussels	Belgium	71	93	40	60	308
39	Shanghai	China	43	50	70	68	306
39	Copenhagen	Denmark	64	97.5	56	31	306
41	Santiago	Chile	33	50	89	63	302
42	Philadelphia	United States	56	50	64	52	301
43	Kyoto	Japan	60	83	44	47	298
44	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	58	50	45	86	295
45	Sao Paulo	Brazil	27	50	79	58	292
46	Toulouse	France	86	50	26	81	286
47	Birmingham	United Kingdom	64	50	55	64	284
48	Cairo	Egypt	47	50	55	96	282
49	Bangkok	Thailand	27	50	63	68	279
50	Glasgow	United Kingdom	68	50	43	63	278

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