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Barcelona is powerful!

07-04-2017

The QS Best Students Cities ranking, published by the company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which specializes in the classification of universities worldwide, values ​​the best cities in the world to study in the university and places, Barcelona in this year 2017, in position 23. Paris loses its leadership of the last four years and now is at the position number 2 of the ranking, giving way in the first position to Montreal.

The United Kingdom and Germany have significantly improved their position in this edition. In Spain, we find Madrid in the 31st position and Valencia in the 70th position.

Barcelona is according to this ranking the best Spanish city to study in the University!

For a city, to appear positioned in this ranking must have more than 250,000 inhabitants and host two universities ranked in the last QS World University Rankings, in the case of Barcelona, ​​these two universities are the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of Barcelona.The novelty of this edition 2017 has been that aside from the above, have taken into account the opinions of students and graduates on issues such as reputation, cost and quality of life, tuition fees and diversity of cultures among university students .

Barcelona has one of the most important university communities in Europe, surpassing 200,000 university students, of which about 20,000 are international students, according to a study by the ESADE business school, which has more than 15,000 professors University teaching different subjects in the many university options offered.

To live the experience of studying your university years in Barcelona, ​​will be one of the best experiences of your life; An innovative and modern, cosmopolitan city with a great cultural and leisure offer, with a great equipment and infrastructures, both in public transportation and in its offer of accommodation for students, do not miss our new university residences; In addition, with the Mediterranean Sea at your feet, will allow you to enjoy a unique atmosphere and an exceptional time during most of the months of the year.

If you are thinking about studying in Barcelona in the next course and you had doubts about the city where you were going to do these university studies, after reading this article, we hope that your doubts have dissipated, and you choose, the best city in Spain to study in college.

Welcome to Barcelona!

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