Vienna

QS Best Student Cities ranking: 11^th

Climbing five places in this year’s Best Student Cities ranking, Vienna is home to Austria's two highest-ranked universities, the University of Vienna at 154^th in the world and the Vienna University of Technology at joint 182^nd. It's also frequently ranked as one of the world's most livable cities, and offers some of the lowest tuition fees around for international students, earning it a top 50 score for affordability.

One of Europe's most historic capitals, Vienna is awash with cultural riches, from the theaters and concert halls that witnessed the earliest performances of masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, to the Sigmund Freud Museum, and numerous galleries displaying the works of Viennese artists such as Gustave Klimt and Egon Schiele.

As well as consistently ranking strongly for desirability, Vienna also scores within the top 10 for student mix, thanks to its relatively large and internationally diverse student community. So while its selection of universities is much smaller than cities such as London or Paris, Vienna is pretty hard to beat as a European city offering high quality of living combined with cultural activity and affordable tuition fees.

Vienna’s climb from 16^th to 11^th in this year’s Best Student Cities is thanks to its much improved score for student view – which takes into account the student experience and the proportion of students staying and working after graduation. Vienna rose a whopping 49 places for this indicator, now rating among the top five cities as rated by students themselves.

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