What to study in Spain?

The Spanish Higher Education system

The Spanish University System, during the 2023-2024 academic year, consists of 91 active universities (50 public and 41 private). Additionally, there are currently 1,111 university centers, including schools and faculties, 594 university research institutes, 61 doctoral schools, 57 university hospitals, and 76 foundations.

As a member state of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), all official degrees awarded by Spanish universities are recognised for academic and professional purposes in 53 countries worldwide, 45 of which are European.

They are also top-quality universities that are well-positioned in international rankings by subject area, widely internationalised, given that Spain is the favourite destination for ERASMUS+ students.

Spanish universities

Degree search tools

Would you like to study in Spain? We provide you with several degree search tools to help you choose:

• The RUCT (Register of Universities, Educational Centres and Qualifications) is an administrative register of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, designed as an information tool that is continuously updated.
• The QEDU (Spanish initials for 'What and Where to Study at University') is the application created by The Ministry of Universities and SEPIEwith data taken from the Register of Universities, Centres and Qualifications and from the Integrated University Information System.
• Video tutorial QEDU
• Spanish universities offer a total of over 800 programmes taught fully or partially in English (English Taught Programmes). Go to the search tool for bachelor's degrees in English or for Master degrees in English