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QS Best Student Cities Rankings 2024 Out; London Retains the Top Spot for 4th Yr

Updated on 26 February, 2024

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Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) has released the list of Best Student Cities for 2024, with London emerging as the top city for students looking to study abroad. The capital city of the UK has been bagging the top spot since 2018. 

Munich and Seoul share the second position this year, followed by Zurich in the fourth spot. Around 140 cities have been ranked by QS this time. 

The rankings are based on six key categories: University Rankings, Student Mix, Desirability, Employer Activity, Affordability, and Student Voice. All the indicators are given equal weightage when calculating the overall scores. 

With an overall score of 100, London got 94.8 in Ranking, 94.9 in Desirability, 19.4 in Affordability,  92.7 in Employer Activity, 94.9 in Student Mix, and 98.5 in Student View.

QS World University Rankings 2024 Out

Interestingly, four London-based universities feature on the QS World University Rankings in the top 100 list this time. Imperial College London at the sixth spot, UCL at eighth, King’s College London at 37th, and The London School of Economics and Political Science at 56th position have been rated as the best colleges in the city. 

Additionally, four Indian cities feature on the list. With an overall score of 48.5, Mumbai is placed in the 103rd spot. Bangalore followed it at 114th, Chennai in 125rd, and Delhi at 129th position. 

QS Best Student Cities: Table for Comparison

QS Best Student Cities 2024 City Country QS Best Student Cities 2023 QS Best Student Cities 2022
1 London UK 1 1
2 Tokyo Japan 7 3
3 Seoul South Korea 2 3
4 Melbourne Australia 5 6
5 Munich Germany 2 2
6 Paris France 8 9
7 Sydney Australia 9 8
=8 Berlin Germany 6 5
=8 Zurich Switzerland 4 7
10 Boston US 11 9
11 Toronto Canada 15 13
12 Vienna Austria 16 14
13 Montreal Canada  14 9
14 Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Japan 17 19
15 Singapore Singapore 13 17
16 Edinburgh UK 10 12
17 New York US 18 16
18 Vancouver Canada 20 18
19 Lausanne Switzerland 19 19
20 San Franciso US 27 24
21 Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong 12 15
=22 Brisbane Australia 24 29
=22 Stockholm Sweden 21 23
=24 Amsterdam Netherlands 21 21
=24 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 28 31
26 Adelaide Australia 31 35
27 Los Angeles US 30 31
=30 Manchester UK 25 30
33 Taipei Taiwan 31 27
34 Buenos Aires Argentina 23 22
36 Glasglow UK 25 28
37 Beijing China 29 25
38 Barcelona Spain 31 34
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