myinfocampus: Home to several of Canada's highest ranking institutions, including McGill University (currently ranked 21st in the world and 2nd in Canada), Montréal has been dubbed Canada’s cultural capital, and one of the world's most livable cities. In the QS Best Student Cities 2015, Montréal proves itself to be one of the world’s best cities for students, moving up from 9th to 8th place, behind Tokyo.
As a French-speaking city in a largely English-speaking nation that has experienced mass immigration from all over the world in the past decades, Montréal has a distinctly hybrid culture. The city boasts a world-renowned indie music scene and is the site of several major international festivals, including the Montréal International Jazz Festival and the world's largest comedy festival, Just for Laughs.
With a relatively large and diverse student population, Montréal gets its strongest score in the “student mix” category of the Best Student Cities index. Its weakest point is affordability – but in fact it beats most of the other top 10 student cities on this indicator, barring Asia’s leading cities Hong Kong and Tokyo.
With a relatively large and diverse student population, Montréal gets its strongest score in the “student mix” category of the Best Student Cities index. Its weakest point is affordability – but in fact it beats most of the other top 10 student cities on this indicator, barring Asia’s leading cities Hong Kong and Tokyo.
