近日，全球权威排名机构QS公布了新鲜出炉的《QS全球最佳学习城市排行榜2012》（QS Best Student Cities in the World 2012），针对全球98个拥有25万人口并拥有2所以上荣登《QS世界大学排名500强》学校的大城市进行5项指标（学生比例、生活质量、当地企业雇主评价、学费与生活费负担及世界大学整体排名表现）评比，澳洲5个城市纷纷上榜，排名分别是墨尔本（4）、悉尼（6）、布里斯班（22）、柏斯（25）和阿德雷德（29）。此外，北京和上海分别列于28及39。
| RANK | CITY (Click to view profile) | COUNTRY |
| 1 | Paris | France |
| 2 | London | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Boston | United States |
| 4 | Melbourne | Australia |
| 5 | Vienna | Austria |
| 6 | Sydney | Australia |
| 7 | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 8 | Berlin | Germany |
| 8 | Dublin | Ireland |
| 10 | Montreal | Canada |
| 11 | Barcelona | Spain |
| 12 | Singapore | Singapore |
| 13 | Munich | Germany |
| 14 | Lyon | France |
| 15 | Chicago | United States |
| 16 | Madrid | Spain |
| 17 | San Francisco | United States |
| 18 | New York | United States |
| 19 | Tokyo | Japan |
| 19 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 21 | Milan | Italy |
| 22 | Brisbane | Australia |
| 23 | Seoul | Korea, South |
| 24 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 25 | Perth | Australia |
| 26 | Toronto | Canada |
| 27 | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 28 | Beijing | China |
| 29 | Adelaide | Australia |
| 30 | Washington DC | United States |
| 31 | Vancouver | Canada |
| 31 | Mexico City | Mexico |
| 33 | Helsinki | Finland |
| 34 | Taipei | Taiwan |
| 35 | Manchester | United Kingdom |
| 36 | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 37 | Moscow | Russia |
| 38 | Brussels | Belgium |
| 39 | Shanghai | China |
| 39 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 41 | Santiago | Chile |
| 42 | Philadelphia | United States |
| 43 | Kyoto | Japan |
| 44 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 45 | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| 46 | Toulouse | France |
| 47 | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 48 | Cairo | Egypt |
| 49 | Bangkok | Thailand |
| 50 | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
