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QS Best Student Cities: Which cities are new to our ranking?

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Craig OCallaghan

Updated Jun 18, 2024
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This year's QS Best Student Cities ranking features some new entrants. Let's take a closer look at some of this year's entrants and their areas of strength according to our ranking which measures a range of indicators (which you can read about in our methodology).

Alexandria

Location: Egypt
Best Student Cities 2025 rank: =148
Top-ranked university: Alexandria University (801-850)
Highest-performing indicator: Affordability (21st)

 

 

Jeddah

Location: Saudi Arabia
Best Student Cities 2025 rank: =120th
Top-ranked university: King Abdulaziz University (KAU) (149th)
Highest-performing indicator: Employer activity (72nd)

Previous new entrants

The cities in the table below all made their debut in a previous edition of the Best Student Cities ranking (2023/2024).

2025 rank City
61 Belfast
68 Turin
83 Amman
=88 Doha
=94 Durham
=97 Tainan
109 Subang Jaya
=117 Taichung
=117 Yogyakarta
119 Pretoria
=123 Shah Alam
125 Astana
=126 Taoyuan District
129 Izmir
=130 Bratislava
132 Bandung
135 Cluj-Napoca
136 Busan
137 Tianjin
=138 Montpellier
=138 Poznan
141 Dhaka
142 Surabaya
=143 Bucharest
=143 Macau
=143 Tallinn
147 Kaunas
=148 Harbin
150 Xi'an