QS Best Student Cities 2027 for International Students

QS World University Rankings released its Best Student Cities 2027. This list ranks cities based on factors like university rankings, student mix, desirability, affordability, and more. Seoul topped the list, followed by Tokyo and London.

Seoul is the best student city in the world. QS released its Best Student Cities 2027 ranking, and Seoul took the top spot for the second year in a row. Tokyo came second, London third, and Melbourne fourth.

QS ranks 150 cities every year. It looks at five things: University Rankings, Student Mix, Employer Activity, Desirability, and Affordability. The goal is simple. Help international students pick the right city to study abroad.

There are multiple reasons why Seoul won. It has 23 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2027, more than any other city on the list. Seoul also scored high for jobs after graduation. It is among the top 10 safest cities in the world.

This list of the best student cities in the world covers all 150 ranked cities for 2027. You will also find the full methodology QS used to rank each city, so you can see exactly how the scores were calculated.

Best Student Cities 2027 for International Students

This is the recently published list of Best Student Cities for 2027 for international students by QS.

QS Best Student Cities 2027 Ranking: Methodology

Every ranking would be based on a certain set of parameters, which would help decide the performance of one city over another.  Similarly, in this section, we are going to be talking about the ranking methodology followed for the recently published QS Best Student Cities 2027 Ranking by QS.

To start, candidates should note that only cities that have a population of over 250,000 and are home to at least two universities featured in the most recent QS World University Rankings 2027 are eligible for this ranking. Hence, only 164 cities have qualified for this QS Best Student City survey.

Now coming to the ranking methodology:

1. University rankings: The university ranking takes into account the number of universities that are featured in the recently published QS World University Rankings 2027. 
2. Student mix: Student mix would include, how many international students are enrolled in the city, what is the proportion of the city's population, and finally, how inclusive the city and the country it's located.
3. Desirability: How safe is the city, what are the pollution levels like in the city, and how many respondents to the student survey wanted to study in the city?
4. Employer activity: What is youth employment like in the city? What do employers think of the graduates produced by universities in the city?
5. Affordability: How much does tuition cost at the city's universities, and what is the cost of living for students in the city?
6. Student voice: What ratings did students give the city's friendliness, sustainability, diversity, and more? What proportion of students continue to live in the city after graduation?

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