Introducing world Best Student Cities in 2012

Best Student Cities Ranking is published by QS for the first time. 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. Statistics show that European cities are at the top of the table comparing to American ones.

Two pre- requisites have been established to identify the cities evaluated in this exercise. The first is that each city must have population of ever 250000, the second that it must be home to at least two ranked institutions.

The currently proposed methodology for the QS Best Student Cities Index features 12 indicators divided into five equally weighted categories. In most cases the indicators are also weighted equally within each category, there are some exceptions where indicated:
• Rankings
• Student Mix
• Quality of Living
• Employer Activity
• Affordability