Manila Placed 103rd in QS Best Student Cities 2025 Ranking
Spot.ph
21 June 2024
(SPOT.ph) Manila remains the only city in the Philippines that secured a spot in the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Best Student Cities Ranking.
The Philippines' capital city, home to the University Belt or U-belt, placed 103rd in the global rankings. It scored 59.4 overall, a few notches higher than last year's score of 55.7.
Of the ten Southeast Asian cities included in the rankings, Singapore came on top with a global ranking of 15th, followed by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (23rd), Bangkok, Thailand (59th), and then Manila.
As students from various regions of the Philippines and beyond gather in Manila, the city continues to be an appealing destination for those seeking more than just a degree.
The U-Belt area, in addition to its academic offerings, serves as a vibrant hub of student activity. It features numerous cafes, bookstores, affordable eateries, and recreational spaces to meet the needs and preferences of its youthful population.
2025 Best Student Cities Rankings
QS Top Universities, the platform behind the global ranking, annually researches and compiles the most prime locations in the world for students.
As for the methodology, each city are ranked based on the following six key categories:
University rankings, which evaluate the city's performance in the QS World University Rankings
Student mix, which refers to the proportion of students in the city’s population
Desirability, which covers the city's safety, pollution levels, and number of students who want to study in the city
Employer activity or youth employment in the city
Affordability, which looks into a university’s tuition cost and the city's cost of living
Student view, which is based on a survey of students' experiences while studying in the city
Looking at Manila's stats, it performed best in employer activity (77), followed by affordability (74.6), student view (58.8), student mix (29.1), university rankings (29), and desirability (20.4).
QS covered a total of 150 cities in this year's edition, with London, United Kingdom, as the top city for students for the sixth consecutive year, followed by Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea.
A city is eligible for assessment by QS if it meets the following criteria: it has a population of more than 250,000, at least two universities that appeared in the recent QS World University Rankings, and is in a country marked as "insignificant to the medium" by the global medical and security services company International SOS index.
In the Philippines, Manila-based educational institutions, the University of Santo Tomas and De La Salle University, landed a spot in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.
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