Paris appointed best student city in the world

20^th February 2012

The city of Paris came first in the world's first ranking of best student cities established by the British organisation QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd), published on 14th February. According to this assessment, which is based on a series of four indicators: the composition of the student population, the quality of life, attractiveness of the universities amongst employers and the cost of studies, Paris is ahead of London in terms of living standards, attractiveness and cost, pulling ahead amongst other details, on the low cost of enrolment in French universities. From a wider point of view this ranking, based on various traditional ranking criteria, more focused on the quality of research, gives the prize to European towns and cities since nine of the fifteen leading areas are on the European continent.

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