The Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), of which La Salle Campus Barcelona is a founding member, is positioned for the sixth consecutive year in the first group of universities in Spain with the best teaching performance and as the best Catalan university in this group according to the U-Ranking 2025 Report.
This report, published by the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (IVIE), analyzes 72 Spanish universities. Thus, URL stands out especially in the indicators of percentage of foreign students, percentage of students in international mobility programs, retention rate and success rate. The U-Ranking also analyzes the job placement of these 72 universities and URL, recently recognized by Forbes for being the best-valued private university in Catalonia according to companies, obtains very good results and is placed in 3rd position in Catalonia.
This year, the U-Ranking report has also incorporated a new classification by knowledge areas that allows for a detailed analysis of the performance of each university in the different branches. URL has been ranked in the five areas and La Salle-URL contributes to the good results in three areas with degrees, postgraduate degrees and doctoral programs of the four centers that make up the campus ecosystem: the La Salle Higher Technical School of Architecture (ETSALS), the La Salle Digital Engineering School (ETSELS), the La Salle International School of Commerce and Digital Economy (FICEDLS) and the La Salle Faculty of Philosophy (FFLS). The following results stand out:
- Social and Legal Sciences: 1st in Spain in teaching and 1st in Catalonia in job placement – The three degrees taught by the International School of Commerce and Digital Economy contribute, as well as the MBA, the Master of Science in Project Management, the Master of Science in Digital Marketing and Social Media Management, and the Master of Sicence in Supply Chain Management and Technology taught by the same faculty.
- Engineering and Architecture: 1st in Catalonia in teaching – The engineering degrees and masters taught by the School of Engineering and the architecture degrees taught by the School of Architecture contribute, as well as the Doctorate program in Information Technologies and its application in Management, Architecture and Geophysics.
- Arts and Humanities: 1st in Catalonia in teaching – The Degree in Animation & VFX, and the degrees and masters in Digital Arts, taught by the School of Engineering; and the degrees and master from the Faculty of Philosophy, as well as the Doctorate program in Philosophy: Humanism and Transcendence.