For those who want to study amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city, they don't come much bigger and busier than Tokyo, one of the world’s most populous urban areas.
Such is the mind-blowing scale of the Japanese capital that even with 10 internationally ranked universities, it still has one of the lowest proportionate student populations of any city in the top 50 of the QS Best Student Cities. Tokyo, then, is a city for those who favor total immersion in local culture rather than living in a “student bubble”.
The upshot of Tokyo's gargantuan size is that it offers one of the most varied and cosmopolitan living environments on earth. As one of the world's three leading financial epicenters, alongsideNew York and London, it also provides enviable professional and internship opportunities, and scores highly for both domestic and international employer activity.
Tokyo climbs 10 places in the 2015 edition of the QS Best Student Cities; alongside a high rating from graduate employers, it scores notably well in the “desirability” category, which considers factors such as safety, quality of living, tolerance, transparency and pollution.
QS ranked universities
University of Tokyo ; Tokyo Institute of Technology ; Keio University ; Waseda University ; Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) ; Tokyo Metropolitan University ; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology ; Tokyo University of Science ; Ochanomizu University ; Aoyama Gakuin University ; Hitotsubashi University
More about Tokyo
Number of universities ranked by QS
| 12
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Top ranked institution
| University of Tokyo (31st in the world)
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Population
| 37,800,000
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Students (% of total population)
| 0.5% (based on ranked institutions)
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International students
| 6.0% (of students at ranked institutions)
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Average tuition fees
| US$7,700
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Global Liveability Ranking
| 18th (out of 140)
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Mercer Cost of Living rank
| 7th (out of 214)
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Cost of a Big Mac
| US$3.64
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Cost of an iPad
| US$480.36
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Numbeo safety rank
| 9th (out of 372)
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Numbeo pollution rank
| 227th (out of 299)
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Transparency International score
| 18th (out of 177) |