Best student cities in the world 2012:

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London has been named one of the best student cities in the world in new rankings published today, coming second to Paris.
Four of the UK's largest cities have made it onto a global ranking of student cities, with London coming second in the world behind Paris.


The first global student cities rankings, published today by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) show a list dominated by European cities - Vienna, Zurich, Berlin and Dublin all make it into the top 10 and there are are 20 overall in the top 50.


Only cities with populations of more than 250,000 and home to two or more ranked universities were analysed by researchers who took into consideration quality of living, affordability and reputation of the university amongst other indicators.

London beat Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow on the top 50 list and was also highlighted in the research as the 'only city in the world with three of the world's top 30 universities' with institutions such as University College London (UCL), Imperial College and King's College Londonappearing in the QS World University Rankings at seventh, eighth and 27th place respectively.

Boris Johnson said of the results, "I'm delighted to learn that London has once again been confirmed as one of the best places on earth to be a student. With the Olympic Games just around the corner, London is undergoing an enormous transformation."

The list by category score can be found below. We also have the list detailing instiutions which were featured in the research in our spreadsheet and a chart showing the top 25 student cities by overall score.

Data summary

QS Best Student Cities Rankings 2012 -Top 25

Rank	City	Country	Student Mix	Quality of Living	Employer Activity	Affordability	Overall
SOURCE: QS
1	Paris	France	85	91.0	96	54	421
2	London	United Kingdom	87	88.0	89	41	405
3	Boston	United States	85	89.0	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	97.0	81	25	384
7	Zurich	Switzerland	84	99.0	81	51	381
8	Berlin	Germany	81	95.0	57	71	376
9	Dublin	Ireland	92	91.5	70	43	376
10	Montreal	Canada	85	93.0	68	46	372
11	Barcelona	Spain	76	87.0	71	61	370
12	Singapore	Singapore	78	92.0	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	91.0	72	43	353
18	New York	United States	63	83.5	73	35	352
19	Tokyo	Japan	43	84.0	83	46	351
20	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	74	50.0	92	42	351
21	Milan	Italy	63	86.0	89	54	350
22	Brisbane	Australia	94	88.5	63	30	349
23	Seoul	Korea, South	67	50.0	82	53	345
24	Buenos Aires	Argentina	54	50.0	93	75	339
25	Perth	Australia	95	93.5	53	28	337