Universities in Barcelona
556 universities in Barcelona, Spain are listed here for studying abroad. Explore the universities below by world ranking, annual tuition and programs, and pick the school in Barcelona that fits you best. For a wider range of options, check out the universities in Spain page.
Studying in Barcelona: what to weigh up
Barcelona in Spain is home to 556 universities listed on Dream Uni. A city shapes your degree as much as the university does: it sets your cost of living, the languages you will hear day to day, the industries you can intern in, and how easily you can travel home. Two students at neighbouring universities can have completely different experiences depending on which side of those trade-offs they land.
Before you shortlist a programme in Barcelona, check four things on the university's own page: the language of instruction for your specific course, the tuition fee for international students, whether accommodation is guaranteed in the first year, and what the entry requirements are for applicants from your country. These vary between universities in the same city far more often than students expect.
Questions worth answering before you apply
- Is your course taught in English? A university can be English-friendly overall while your specific department teaches in the local language — always confirm at programme level.
- What is the real monthly budget?Rent, transport, health cover and food differ sharply between cities in the same country; build your budget from the university's own published cost-of-living guidance.
- Can you work while studying? Work rights come from your student visa, not the city — check the national rules for Spain.
- What happens after graduation? Post-study work routes are decided nationally too, and they often matter more than the ranking difference between two universities.
Where to look next
Start with the universities we list in Barcelona — for example University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT and Princeton University. Each page carries that university's verified fees, entry requirements and programme list. To compare Barcelona against other options, see all universities in Spain. If you would like help narrowing the list to the programmes you would actually be admitted to, book a free consultation with a Dream Uni advisor.
Universities in Barcelona
Universities located in Barcelona, Spain — click for details, rankings and tuition info.
- University of Oxford
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
- Princeton University
- University of Cambridge
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
- California Institute of Technology
- Imperial College London
- University of California, Berkeley
- Yale University
- ETH ZURICH – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Chicago
- Johns Hopkins University
- Tsinghua University
- National University of Singapore (NUS)
- Peking University
- Cornell University
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Columbia University
- University of Toronto
- Amherst College
- University College London (UCL)
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Williams College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Pomona College
- University of Washington (UW)
- Technische Universität München (TUM)
- Duke University
- Swarthmore College
- The University of Edinburgh
- Northwestern University
- New York University (NYU)
- Wellesley College
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
- The University of Hong Kong
- Carleton College
- EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- The University of Melbourne
- King's College London
- The University of Tokyo
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- McGill University
- Seoul National University
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Wesleyan University
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
- The University of British Columbia
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)
- Nanyang Technological University
- University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
- Université PSL
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Fudan University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- The University of Sydney