How these universities are ranked
5 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #149 (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) to #544 (Universidad de Zaragoza); they are listed first, in that order. Below them, universities follow their research output: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is cited most (12,957,789 citations). 5 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
Public, private and where they are
38 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, Catalonia (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Universidad de Valencia, founded in 1502. Universidad Europea de Madrid is the largest, with 130,000 students.
Inside the course list
The most common subjects are Business & Management (171), Engineering (166), Medicine & Health Sciences (140) and Education (98). The usual length is 4 years and Duration ranges from 1 to 3 years.. 95% are full-time and 41 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (97% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (91% of courses with a stated intake). Bircham International University offers the widest choice, with 265 of these courses.
