Paris retains its claim to being the world’s number one student city, topping the QS Best Student Cities index for the third consecutive year. Meanwhile cross-channel rival London falls one place to third, with Melbourne replacing it in second position. The US remains the most-represented country overall, with eight cities in the top 50, followed by Australia with six.
The French capital has now led this ranking of the world’s best cities for international students since it was first developed in 2012, as a complement to the QS World University Rankings®. The index’s methodology has this year been expanded to draw on 18 indicators; these are combined to score each city in five key categories: university rankings, student mix, desirability, employer activity and affordability.
| Top 10 Cities for Students in 2015 Based on the QS Best Student Cities 2015 | ||||||
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| Overall rank | University rankings (score out of 100) | Student mix | Desirability | Employer activity (score out of 100) | Affordability |
| Paris | 1 | 96 | 83 | 83 | 96 | 54 |
| Melbourne | 2 | 69 | 100 | 94 | 94 | 40 |
| London | 3 | 100 | 93 | 71 | 100 | 28 |
| Sydney | 4 | 65 | 95 | 98 | 94 | 36 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 74 | 80 | 88 | 82 | 63 |
| Boston | 6 | 77 | 87 | 73 | 100 | 49 |
| Tokyo | 7 | 79 | 55 | 95 | 94 | 62 |
| Montréal | 8 | 63 | 96 | 83 | 78 | 60 |
| Toronto | 9 | 61 | 90 | 100 | 73 | 51 |
| Seoul | 10 | 87 | 71 | 66 | 94 | 54 |
A total of 29 countries are represented in this year’s QS Best Student Cities. Europe remains the dominant region, with 20 cities featured, followed by North America with 12, Asia with 9, Oceania with 7 and South America with 2. New entries this year are Coventry (UK), Pittsburgh (US) and Osaka (Japan).
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