Universitat Ramon Llull, of which La Salle Campus Barcelona is a founding member, has achieved outstanding results in the prestigious CYD Ranking 2026. In this edition, URL ranks among the top five universities in Spain and holds the third position in Catalonia.
In this context, URL stands out in the international orientation dimension, ranking as the best university in Spain in this area by achieving the highest performance in each of the indicators assessed. These results reinforce La Salle-URL’s international outlook, together with its academic offer aligned with international standards.
The ranking evaluates university performance through 36 indicators grouped into five dimensions: teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, international orientation, and contribution to regional development. In this edition, URL achieved outstanding results in 22 of the 36 indicators assessed.
Universitat Ramon Llull also excels in the contribution to regional development dimension, ranking as the third-best university in Spain and achieving the highest performance in three of the four quality indicators. It also performs strongly in knowledge transfer, where it ranks as the third-best university in Spain in this area.
The CYD Ranking 2026 also evaluates universities by fields of study. In this edition, URL ranks among the top five private universities in Spain in the field of Political Science. These results further strengthen the academic profile of La Salle Campus Barcelona, where programmes such as the Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, offered by the La Salle-URL Faculty of Philosophy (FFLS), are taught.