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University of Barcelona tops our list of 3 Master's International Business universities in Spain at #160 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Bircham International University (#80 in Spain) and Global Business School Barcelona. The universities on this list offer 5 matching courses between them.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Barcelona at #160 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Barcelona has the largest research record in this group, with 17,237,350 citations and an h-index of 1,022. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 3 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Catalonia (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Barcelona, founded in 1450. University of Barcelona is the largest, with 63,000 students.
The usual length is 1 year and one-year programme. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). Global Business School Barcelona offers the widest choice, with 3 of these courses.
University of Barcelona (QS World #160), Bircham International University (#80 in Spain) and Global Business School Barcelona lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
3 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1 year, with one-year programme the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Global Business School Barcelona, with 3, ahead of Bircham International University (1).
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