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Of the 5 PhD Business & Management universities in Spain, IE University ranks highest at #438 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by IESE Business School (#61 in Spain) and ESADE Business & Law School (#78 in Spain). The universities on this list offer 46 matching courses between them.
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Public University · 1 course in PhD Business & Management
Public University · 1 course in PhD Business & Management
Public University · 41 courses in PhD Business & Management
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — IE University at #438 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. IESE Business School has the largest research record in this group, with 195,634 citations and an h-index of 189. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 4 public to 1 private institutions. By location, Community of Madrid (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is IESE Business School, founded in 1958. IE University is the largest, with 8,000 students.
The usual length is Average Duration: 24 months. and 24 months. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (80% of courses with a stated intake). Bircham International University offers the widest choice, with 41 of these courses.
IE University (QS World #438), IESE Business School (#61 in Spain) and ESADE Business & Law School (#78 in Spain) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
4 public and 1 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run Average Duration: 24 months., with 24 months the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 80% of courses with a stated start date begin then.
Bircham International University, with 41, ahead of IE University (2).
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