Universitat Ramon Llull

The Universitat Ramon Llull (URL) is a university based in Barcelona that brings together several institutions of higher education and research, with 13 faculties and schools and three university institutes in all. Its institutions are IQS, Blanquerna, La Salle, Esade, the Pere Tarrés Foundation, the Ebro Observatory University Institute, the Vidal i Barraquer University School of Mental Health and the Borja Institute of Bioethics, together with the affiliated ESDI Higher School of Design. Most centres are in Barcelona, with Esade Business School in Sant Cugat del Vallès and the Ebro Observatory in Roquetes (Tarragona). The rector's office is at Carrer Claravall 1-3.

Across its institutions the university offers bachelor's degrees, university master's degrees, PhD programmes and its own qualifications, as well as the Ramon Llull University Summer School. Admission is handled separately for each type of programme.

The URL has close to 1,000 collaboration agreements with universities around the world and offers mobility scholarships for students, as well as Santander-URL grants. For housing, it offers 550 places in three residence halls managed by RESA and reserved places in another residence, and the Barcelona Centre Universitari's BCU Housing service helps students find apartments, residences or rooms.