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QS best cities to study abroad, Hong Kong drops to 15th, behind London, Tokyo and Seoul

2021-07-28T10:19:55.315Z


Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), an international higher education rating agency, announced the "World's Best Cities for Studying Abroad". The top ranking was won by London, England for three consecutive years, followed by Munich, Germany, Tokyo, Japan and South Korea.


Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), an international higher education rating agency, announced the "World's Best Cities for Studying Abroad". London, the United Kingdom took the top spot for three consecutive years, followed by Munich, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea, tied for third in the world.


Hong Kong's global ranking fell 5 places compared to 2019, ranking 15th, and ranking 3rd in Asia.

When asked about the reasons for the decline in Hong Kong’s ranking, QS responded that it was affected by the decline in the ranking of multiple indicators, including university rankings, city yearning, employer recruitment activity and affordability (living costs and tuition fees, etc.), but there was no evidence to reflect the relationship between Hong Kong and Hong Kong. The National Security Law is related to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and student reviews show that the students who have recently studied in Hong Kong are generally satisfied with their learning experience.


As for Beijing, it is ranked sixth in Asia and tied for 25th in the world with Moscow, Russia.


London, UK continues to be selected by QS as the world's best study abroad city.

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QS announced the latest "2022 World's Best Study Abroad Cities Rankings". Based on six indicators including university ranking, student composition, city yearning, employer recruitment activity, affordability (living cost, tuition, etc.), and student evaluation, it compares 115 globally city.

Under the influence of the epidemic last year, most places around the world were "locked down". The last time QS ranked the best cities for studying abroad was in 2019. Therefore, the latest ranking will be compared with the last recorded 2019 on the official website.

▼QS Ranking of Best Study Abroad Cities (Top Ten in the World, Top Ten in Asia)▼


London tops the list for 3 consecutive years

London, the United Kingdom continues to top the list. According to analysis by QS Research Director Ben Sowter, London is highly recognized by students, employers rank fourth in recruitment activity in the world, and students are diversified (fifth in the world); and benefited from the depreciation of the pound, living in London and tuition fees. The cost is relatively lower, and the affordability ranks 95 in the world. However, under the influence of the epidemic, some students may not want to take online courses for a long time and consider dropping out or postpone further studies. In addition, Brexit has the opportunity to affect its status, so London must strive to maintain its attractiveness in the future.

Seoul rises to third place in the world and Tokyo is tied for first place in Asia

Munich, Germany was selected as the world's second best city for studying abroad, up two places from 2019.

As for Tokyo, Japan fell slightly by one place, ranking third in the world with Seoul, South Korea.

It should be noted that Seoul, South Korea, has jumped from 10th in the world in 2019 to third in the world this time.

Looking at the world’s top ten best cities for studying abroad, Germany and Australia have two cities on the list, including Munich, Berlin, Sydney and Melbourne; while Boston, the United States, rose to four places, successfully squeezing into the top ten in the world and tied with Montreal, Canada. ninth.

▼QS World's Best Study Abroad Cities Ranking (Top Ten in Asia)▼


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As for the ten best cities in Asia for studying abroad, Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea are tied for the top spot, followed by Hong Kong as the third in Asia.

However, compared to 2019, Hong Kong's global ranking dropped by five places to 15 globally.

Hong Kong Global 15 drops five places from 2019

QS spokesperson Jack Moran replied to "Hong Kong 01" saying that according to the collected data, it is impossible to comment on whether the decline in Hong Kong’s ranking is related to the establishment of the Hong Kong National Security Law or the new crown pneumonia epidemic. However, four of the six scoring indicators have fallen in rankings. Only the rankings of student evaluation and student composition have risen, which is believed to be the overall satisfaction of the students who have recently studied in Hong Kong with their learning experience.

Among the six scoring indicators, Hong Kong's university ranking index dropped slightly by one to ninth; city yearning, which reflects the city’s attractiveness to students, dropped six places in a row to 24 globally; employer recruitment activity dropped even more ten places to 20 globally. Even affordability fell nine places to 48 globally.

With the increasingly fierce global competition in higher education, he suggested that universities continue to work hard to maintain excellent teaching capabilities, research investment, maintain good links with the industry, provide personalized learning experience and international perspective.

In the QS 2022 ranking of the world's best cities for studying abroad, Moscow, Russia and Beijing are tied for 25 in the world.

Beijing is fifth in Asia and tied for 25 in the world with Moscow

There are a total of five cities in Mainland China on the list, with Beijing performing the best, rising five places from 32 in the world in 2019, and ranking 25th in the world with Moscow, Russia, and Asia ranking sixth.

Shanghai Global 37, Nanjing Global 95, Wuhan Global 102, and Guangzhou 110 Global.

QS Research Director Ben Sowter pointed out that students are more concerned about the cost of entering a higher education than before, and the affordability of cities in mainland China is a major advantage.

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