myinfocampus: Lying adjacent to California's famed tech innovation hub Silicon Valley, San Francisco is within striking distance of two of the world's most prestigious universities, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, currently ranked 7th and 27th in the world respectively.
Made famous in the 1960s as the home of “flower power”, San Francisco remains one of the US's most iconic and frequently visited cities. With its famously laidback coastal lifestyle and sunny climate, it’s known for its high quality of life, without the expensive living costs associated with cities like New York (though of course university fees are still as high as you’d expect from top US universities).
Today, the city’s bohemian heritage and laid-back beach style blend with more cutting-edge and competitive dynamics. One of the world's leading 10 financial centers, the San Francisco Bay Area is home to hundreds of innovative companies, particularly in the technology sector, including the likes of Apple, Facebook and IBM, adding to its attraction for ambitious students and graduates.
This, combined with the high caliber of its institutions, gives San Francisco one of the strongest scores in the “employer activity” category of the QS Best Student Cities index – based on surveys of local and international employers, who are asked to identify the cities they perceive as producing the most talented and employable graduates.
Today, the city’s bohemian heritage and laid-back beach style blend with more cutting-edge and competitive dynamics. One of the world's leading 10 financial centers, the San Francisco Bay Area is home to hundreds of innovative companies, particularly in the technology sector, including the likes of Apple, Facebook and IBM, adding to its attraction for ambitious students and graduates.
This, combined with the high caliber of its institutions, gives San Francisco one of the strongest scores in the “employer activity” category of the QS Best Student Cities index – based on surveys of local and international employers, who are asked to identify the cities they perceive as producing the most talented and employable graduates.
