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Complutense University of Madrid leads the 16 Public Business Administration (MBA) universities in Spain at #187 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Universidad de Zaragoza (QS World #544) and Universidad de Navarra (#24 in Spain). Across the whole list there are 70 courses to choose from.
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2 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #187 (Complutense University of Madrid) to #544 (Universidad de Zaragoza); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Complutense University of Madrid has the largest research record in this group, with 8,184,823 citations and an h-index of 616. 4 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 16 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Community of Madrid (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Complutense University of Madrid, founded in 1499. Universidad Europea de Madrid is the largest, with 130,000 students.
By level: 35 bachelor's, 19 master's, 15 professional and 1 phd / doctorate. The usual length is 4 years and 3–4 years. 86% are full-time and 2 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (98% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (70% of courses with a stated intake). Global Business School Barcelona offers the widest choice, with 24 of these courses.
Complutense University of Madrid (QS World #187), Universidad de Zaragoza (QS World #544) and Universidad de Navarra (#24 in Spain) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
16 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 3–4 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 98% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
2 of these courses are listed as online.
Global Business School Barcelona, with 24, ahead of ENAE Business School (13).
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