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Salamanca draws undergraduate and graduate students from across Spain and the world; it is the top-ranked university in Spain based on the number of students coming from other regions. [17] It is also known for its Spanish courses for non-native speakers, which attract more than two thousand foreign students each year. [18]
This is a list of universities in Spain, which are accredited by Spanish institutions to award academic degrees.The table shows both public (50) and private (46) universities that are registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Qualifications (Registro de Universidades, Centros y Títulos (RUCT), in Spanish), established by means of Spanish Royal Decree 1509/2008 of 12 September, 2008.
Several of the world's oldest universities are located in Spain or were founded by Spanish scholars across the world at the time of the Spanish Empire. The University of Salamanca, founded by King Alfonso IX of Leon in 1218 is the world's 8th oldest university.
All non-university state education is free in Spain, but parents have to buy (or make a contribution towards) their children's books and materials. (Subsidies, loans or second hand book sales are offered by Spain's Autonomous Regions (Comunidades), in some schools and by some local councils.)
It is the first Spanish university and the 22nd in the world in the QS ranking of the 50 best universities in the world under 50 years of age and is included in the THE World University Rankings. It is also a leader in the Erasmus+ student mobility ranking.
Among overall rankings, Times Higher Education ranks UOC as the Number 1 online university in ibero-america, in the Top 175 among the world's youngest universities and in the Top 10 of Spanish universities. The Shanghai Ranking of World Universities defines UOC among the 200 best universities in Communication and among the 500 best universities ...
The Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering was ranked sixth in Europe. In 2019, the Times Higher Education ranking placed UCAM as the 37th university in Spain in terms of teaching quality and positioned it 151-200 in THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2019. Furthermore, UCAM was awarded an overall score of 4 stars in the QS Stars Rating and obtained ...
In the 2021 Shanghai Ranking, [4] it appears among the top 700 universities in the world, making it one of the top 20 of universities in Spain. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, [ 5 ] it is among the top 1000 institutions worldwide in 2022, in the top 600 for Impact (2021), and 196th in the Young University ...