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World University Rankings 2026: Spain

57 universities ranked in Spain, out of 2,287 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Spain yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Spain’s universities on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	University of Barcelona	183	53.6	86	79	est.	103–550
2	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	=237	51.1	84	76	est.	128–704
3	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	=312	48.5	82	70	est.	168–814
4	Universidade de Vigo	=380	46.8	81	63	est.	191–896
5	Pompeu Fabra University	=397	46.2	78	72	est.	188–963
6	University of Valencia	=409	46.0	80	62	est.	198–935
=7	Complutense University of Madrid	=453	44.8	72	80	est.	197–988
=7	University of Navarra	=453	44.8	72	80	est.	215–990
9	University of Granada	=506	43.8	79	2	est.	244–1075
10	University of the Basque Country	=543	42.6	74	66	est.	266–1206
11	University of Santiago de Compostela	=554	42.3	73	69	est.	288–1167
12	University of Castilla-La Mancha	=572	41.9	75	52	est.	289–1204
13	University of Zaragoza	=611	41.1	71	69	est.	307–1254
14	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech	=617	41.0	73	61	est.	311–1337
15	University of Seville	=620	40.9	72	65	est.	301–1349
16	University of Alcalá	=701	39.1	71	56	est.	363–1405
17	Universitat Rovira i Virgili	=738	38.2	71	22	est.	395–1497
18	Carlos III University of Madrid	=750	37.9	68	64	est.	403–1525
19	University of Cantabria	=758	37.7	69	49	est.	399–1507
=20	Technical University of Madrid	=790	37.2	64	73	est.	383–1556
=20	University of Salamanca	=790	37.2	61	77	est.	394–1568
=22	Rey Juan Carlos University	=800	37.1	68	51	est.	438–1548
=22	Universitat Politècnica de València	=800	37.1	69	49	est.	428–1670
24	University of Jaén	=845	36.2	68	22	est.	465–1684
25	University of Malaga	=856	36.0	67	53	est.	476–1629
26	University of Murcia	=864	35.8	66	55	est.	485–1660
27	University of Girona	=939	34.7	65	49	est.	520–1750
28	University of the Balearic Islands	=951	34.4	65	22	est.	522–1752
29	Universidad de Almería	=1004	33.2	63	22	est.	595–1836
30	University of Deusto	=1015	32.8	48	81	est.	488–1942
31	University of Oviedo	=1048	32.3	56	68	est.	616–1848
32	University of Cordoba	=1070	32.0	59	52	est.	633–1913
33	Universitat Jaume I	=1134	31.2	58	49	est.	661–1941
34	University of Alicante	=1146	31.1	57	53	est.	665–1953
35	Universidad de León	=1162	30.8	49	73	est.	635–1969
36	University of Valladolid	=1223	29.9	54	55	est.	722–2017
37	Miguel Hernández University	=1337	28.7	53	22	est.	806–2084
38	University of Extremadura	=1363	28.5	51	50	est.	780–2095
39	Ramon Llull University	=1373	28.4	39	71	est.	755–2113
40	Universidad de La Laguna	=1444	27.8	48	57	est.	833–2132
41	Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia	=1519	27.3	36	69	est.	854–2148
42	Universitat Internacional de Catalunya	=1592	26.8	41	60	est.	878–2177
43	Public University of Navarra	=1615	26.6	43	52	est.	922–2185
44	Universidad Pablo de Olavide	=1638	26.5	40	58	est.	907–2175
45	University of Cádiz	=1660	26.4	42	51	est.	897–2197
46	Comillas Pontifical University	=1681	26.3	27	71	est.	849–2195
47	Universitat Oberta de Catalunya	=1845	25.4	44	2	est.	1025–2210
48	University of Lleida	=1877	25.2	39	22	est.	996–2223
49	University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia	=1906	25.1	37	46	est.	994–2226
50	University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	=1952	24.9	35	45	est.	999–2228
51	University of A Coruña	=1998	24.6	32	48	est.	1040–2230
52	Francisco de Vitoria University	=2012	24.5	34	22	est.	1040–2242
53	University of Burgos	=2053	24.3	33	22	est.	1083–2242
54	Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena	=2135	23.7	28	22	est.	1083–2252
55	Universidad de Huelva	=2146	23.6	27	22	est.	1055–2252
56	University of La Rioja	=2174	23.3	24	22	est.	1158–2258
57	National Distance Education University	2279	16.2	29	1	est.	1605–2279

57 universities

Business schools in Spain

Business Schools 2026

1. 22IE Business SchoolIE University (private)
2. 33IESE Business SchoolUniversity of Navarra
3. 81Esade Business SchoolRamon Llull University
4. 107EADA Business School BarcelonaEADA (independent)

4 schools; rank among 107 full-time MBA programmes worldwide.

Research Index for Spain · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,287 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.