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Montreal has been named the world’s best city for students, beating out London, Berlin, Boston and Tokyo in a global ranking of 125 cities.

Montreal’s desirability, affordability and students’ positive perception of their time studying there propelled it from seventh place last year to top spot in 2017, knocking Paris from the first-place ranking it held for the last five years.

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Recent global events like Brexit and the election of U.S. President Donald Trump may also have played a factor in Montreal’s ascension, said global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds, which compiled the rankings. Paris fell to second place this year, followed by London (England), Seoul, Melbourne, Berlin and Tokyo. Vancouver placed in 10thspot, while Toronto was 11th.

Montreal’s position was based largely on the ranking’s new “Student View” indicator, which polled both students who were studying or had studied in a city vs. those who thought they might like to study there. The viewpoints between the two were often very different.