Private universities in Spain
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CEU Andalucía
Bormujos, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
CEU Andalucía, also known as the St. Paul Foundation Andalusia (CEU), is an educational institution located in the province and city of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalucía (English: Andalusia). Its founders, the Catholic Archdiocese of Seville and the San Pablo…

CUNEF Universidad
Madrid, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
CUNEF Universidad (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros) is a private university in Madrid. It has operated as a higher education institution since 1973 and was recognised as a university in 2019; according to the university, more than 15,000 professionals have…

IE Universidad
Segovia, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
IE University is an international higher-education institution founded in 1973 in Madrid. It has campuses in Madrid and in the historic city of Segovia, where the campus is at Calle Cardenal Zúñiga 12, and its wider network includes IE New York College, a centre in Riyadh and…

Mondragón Unibertsitatea
Mondragón, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Mondragon Unibertsitatea (Mondragon University) offers studies at every level, from vocational training to doctorates: Bachelor's degrees Official master's degrees (másteres universitarios) PhD programmes Professional learning: master's and postgraduate courses, online…

UDIMA - Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
Madrid, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
UDIMA (Universidad a Distancia de Madrid) is a private university that teaches online and describes itself as Spain's first private online university. It belongs to the CEF.- UDIMA education group, and its offices are in Collado Villalba, in the Community of Madrid. Teaching…

Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (UAX) is a private university in the Madrid region with more than 30 years of history. Its main campus is in Villanueva de la Cañada, and it also has a site in Chamberí; a shuttle bus links the Villanueva campus with stops in Madrid and Pozuelo…

Universidad Antonio de Nebrija
Hoyo de Manzanares, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Nebrija (Nebrija University) is a private university in Madrid with more than 30 years of academic history. According to the university, it has 14,956 national and international students, more than 860 of them on international mobility, from over 60 nationalities…

Universidad Camilo José Cela
Villafranca del Castillo, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC) is a private university in the Madrid region and part of the SEK Education Group. It has four campuses in Madrid, organised by subject area, including the Villafranca campus in Villafranca del Castillo and the Castellana campus. Its centres…

Universidad Católica de Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”
Valencia, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir (UCV) is a Catholic, non-profit university of social initiative in Valencia, linked to the Archdiocese of Valencia. It was created in 2003 and combines professional training with a humanistic and Christian education. UCV…

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)
Guadalupe, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM) is a private Catholic university founded by José Luis Mendoza Pérez. Its main campus is the Campus de los Jerónimos in Guadalupe (Murcia), and it also has a campus in Cartagena, centres in Madrid and Málaga, and an online…

Universidad CEU San Pablo
Madrid, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad CEU San Pablo is a private university in Madrid. It states that it has more than 90 years of teaching tradition, and it reports that it has obtained WSCUC/WASC accreditation, which certifies educational standards of the US university system. The university offers…

Universidad de Deusto, Campus Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The University of Deusto is a Spanish Jesuit university, which grounds were laid in 1886. The school’s two campuses are located in the Basque Country’s major coastal cities: Bilbao and San Sebastian (Spain). It offers a wide range of degrees in various areas of study; all of…

Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad de Navarra is a university with campuses in Pamplona, San Sebastián and Madrid. It offers bachelor's degrees (grados), master's degrees, professional programmes and doctorates. Engineering is taught at Tecnun, its School of Engineering on the San Sebastián…

Universidad de Vic
Vic, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) is a university based in Vic, in the province of Barcelona. Its Miramarges campus is at C/ Sagrada Família 7, and the university has several other buildings in Vic and a site in Granollers. In October 2026…

Universidad Europea de Madrid
Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Europea de Madrid is part of Universidad Europea, a private university with campus-based and online programmes in Spain. In the Madrid region it has campuses in Villaviciosa de Odón and Alcobendas, a Creative Campus in central Madrid for animation, video games…

Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes
Valladolid, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes (UEMC) is a private university in Valladolid, founded in 2002. According to the university, its Valladolid campus has more than 4,500 students. Teaching is organised in three centres: the Escuela Politécnica Superior, the Faculty of…

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) is a private university in Pozuelo, in the Madrid region. It offers undergraduate degree programmes (grados), postgraduate programmes and studies in medicine, and has a Faculty of Medicine. Its bachelor's degrees include one in Digital…

Universidad Internacional Isabel I de Castilla
Burgos, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Isabel I (UI1) is an online university. Its campus in Burgos houses the teaching and administrative services, an R&D building and rooms for exams and practical classes, and it also has an office in Valladolid. It offers official bachelor's degrees (grados)…

Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid
Madrid, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Comillas Pontifical University was founded in 1890 in the town of Comillas, Spain, but moved to Madrid in 1969. It is a private university, and at the same time a catholic institution, run by the Society of Jesus. The university is ranked 5th in Spain for its law degrees, and…

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (UPSA) is the university of the Spanish Episcopal Conference. It was established in 1940 to restore the faculties of Theology and Canon Law, which had been excluded from Spanish universities in 1852, and it traces its roots to the 13th…

Universidad San Jorge
Zaragoza, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad San Jorge (USJ) is a private, nonprofit university founded in 2005 by the San Valero Foundation, a Diocesan educational project that dates back to 1953. Its institutional philosophy is based on Christian humanism. The university is on a campus at Villanueva de…

Universidad Villanueva
Madrid, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Villanueva is a university in Madrid with sites in Mirasierra and Pozuelo. Its Mirasierra campus is at Calle de la Costa Brava 2 and 6, close to the Cuatro Torres business district. According to the university, it has agreements with more than 1,200 companies and…

Universitat Abat Oliba CEU
Barcelona, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universitat Abat Oliba CEU (UAO CEU) is a private university in Barcelona and one of the four universities of the CEU group. According to the university, it has been training professionals for more than 50 years, and more than 15,000 students have studied there. It has…

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)
Barcelona, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) is a university with two campuses, one in Barcelona and one in Sant Cugat. It offers bachelor's degrees and double degrees, master's and postgraduate programmes, international double degrees, doctoral programmes, continuing…

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is a fully online university based in Barcelona that has been teaching online since 1995. Its institutional offices are on Rambla del Poblenou in Barcelona, and it also has offices in Mexico City and Bogotá. Students learn through the…

Universitat Ramon Llull
Barcelona, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
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…
Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Mare Nostrum
Malaga, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
UAX Mare Nostrum (Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Mare Nostrum) is a private university in Málaga, with a new campus of 27,000 m² that the university describes as sustainable and committed to renewable energy. It focuses on health, sport, business, technology and design…

Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
Alfara del Patriarca, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (CEU UCH) is a private university in the Valencian Community and belongs to the Fundación CEU San Pablo, a non-profit educational foundation founded in 1933. CEU has taught in Valencia since September 1971, and the university was created…
Universidad de las Hespérides
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad de las Hespérides (.h) is an online university. According to the university, its degrees are official in Spain and recognised in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Its educational group previously ran OMMA Business School Madrid. Teaching takes place…
Universidad del Atlántico Medio
Tafira Baja, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad del Atlántico Medio (UNAM) is a private university on Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. Its campus is at Carretera de Quilmes 37 in Tafira Baja, in the municipality of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and has 4,735 m2 of buildings, sports facilities and gardens…
Universidad Euneiz
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
EUNEIZ is a young university in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque Country, specialising in digital technology, health and sport. Its campus is next to Salburua park, in the city's green belt. The university builds on more than a decade of experience of partner institutions in…
Universidad Europea de Andalucía
Malaga, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Europea de Andalucía is a private university in Málaga and part of the Universidad Europea network. It offers officially recognised bachelor's and postgraduate degrees. Its campus is in the Teatinos-Universidad district (C/ Eolo 10), with more than 27,000 m²…
Universidad Europea de Canarias
La Orotava, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Europea de Canarias is a private university and the Canary Islands branch of the Universidad Europea group. It has two campuses on Tenerife. The Santa Cruz de Tenerife campus is an urban campus in the city centre for business, social sciences, technology, sport…
Universidad Europea de Valencia
Valencia, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Europea de Valencia is a private university and part of the Universidad Europea group, which also has institutions in Madrid, the Canary Islands and Andalusia. It teaches on an urban campus in central Valencia, spread over four buildings, one of them the Turia…
Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Santander, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEATLANTICO) is a university in Santander, Cantabria, which describes itself as plurilingual and multicultural. Teaching is organised in a Faculty of Health Sciences, a Higher Polytechnic School and a Faculty of Social Sciences and…
Universidad Fernando Pessoa-Canarias (UFP-C)
Santa María de Guía, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Fernando Pessoa Canarias (UFPC) is a private university in Gran Canaria. It was recognised as a private university within the Canary Islands university system by Law 1/2014 of 15 May, and it awards officially recognised degrees. Its main campus is in Santa…
Universidad Intercontinental de la Empresa
Santiago de Compostela, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Intercontinental de la Empresa (UIE) is a private, non-profit university in Galicia, with its own campuses in A Coruña and Vigo and its administrative seat in Santiago de Compostela. It describes itself as an accredited university of public service under…
Universidad Internacional de la Empresa
Madrid, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
UNIE Universidad (Universidad Internacional de la Empresa) is an official private university in Madrid. It belongs to Planeta Formación y Universidades, the higher education network of Grupo Planeta. UNIE offers more than 60 programmes, including bachelor's degrees, double…
Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Dos Hermanas, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
Universidad Loyola Andalucía is a private university of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Andalusia, which began its activities in 2013. According to the university, it has more than 9,150 students across its three sites in Seville, Córdoba and Granada. The Seville campus is…
Universidad Tecnológica Atlántico-Mediterráneo
Campanillas, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Tecnológica Atlántico-Mediterráneo (UTAMED) is a digital-native university based in Málaga that teaches at a distance. Its main site is in Málaga TechPark (the PTA technology park, Calle de Marie Curie), and a second site on Calle Bolsa in the city centre is…
Universitat Internacional Valenciana
Valencia, Spain University in the official register (RUCT)
The Universidad Internacional de Valencia (VIU) is an online university with its main seat in Valencia, at Calle Pintor Sorolla 21. All teaching is delivered 100% online: classes are live and also available recorded, and assessment, final projects and exams take place online…

Universidad Católica de Avila
Avila, Spain In an official register
The Universidad Católica Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila (UCAV) is a Catholic university founded in 1996 under the Diocese of Ávila. It has two campuses in the city of Ávila, on Calle Canteros and Avenida de la Inmaculada, and three faculties: Health Sciences, Social Sciences…

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja UNIR
Logroño, Spain
International University of La Rioja is a newly founded online university with a vision to provide an ‘exclusive, modern and virtual kind of higher education’. It also aims to directly link the education offered with possible future employment in companies throughout Europe –…