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For Students: Best Places Are In EU-Australia …

  • February 28th, 2012
  • Posted by EUEditor

paris-moon.jpg students-naec-missionorg.jpgA set of ratings identifying the “best cities for students” has put Paris out in front, with a parcel of likely possibilities jostling for the minor placings.

The ratings check out four indicators: composition of the student population (probably based on  achievements, but maybe social factors are counted in?); quality of life; attractiveness of the universities to employers, and the cost of studies.

Top 15, commencing with Paris, then:

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London
Boston

Melbourne

Vienna

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Sydney
Zurich
Berlin
Dublin
montreal.jpgMontreal
Barcelona
Singapore
Munich
Lyon
Chicago

The list was made by a British company offering services linked to Business courses, called QS – Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.; see http://www.topuniversities.com/student-life/best-student-cities/2012/, (28.2.12).

Pictures Paris, London, Sydney, Montreal -  lyricsdog, afn.org, lenouvelhotel