Mumbai, the second most affordable city in the world for students till 2016, has dropped to the 30
th position this year.
Delhi, on the other hand, ranks way higher at 15, states a report by Quacquarelli Symonds, who are compilers of the QS World University Rankings.
The organisation published the 2017 list of the 'top 100 student cities in the world' on 16
th Feb 2017.
Mumbai and Delhi rank 85
th and 86
th in the list, respectively.
Paris, which had topped the list since it was first compiled in 2012, was replaced by Montreal in Canada for the first time.
London, ranked fifth last year, has moved up to the third position.
Melbourne, on the other hand, dropped to the fifth position from second.
The top five cities in Asia include Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe.
Where Mumbai and Delhi managed to get higher ranks was in "employer activity".
A city's performance is ranked on six composite indicators - affordability, desirability, student mix (international students), university ranking, employer activity and, for the first time, views of students.
Although an official QS statement shows that Mumbai and Delhi have seen an increase in their desirability score, these cities are still at the bottom.
Mumbai is placed at the 90th position and Delhi 91th. The desirability score takes into account the quality of life, including pollution, corruption and safety.
QS World University Rankings- Quacquarelli Symonds is a British company specialising in education and study abroad.
- The company was founded in 1990 by Nunzio Quacquarelli.
- In its inaugural rankings for 2012, QS had published the rankings for the top 50 cities.
- Later, it began to publish rankings of 75.
- This year, it has expanded the list to 100.
